CARGO CENTERING DEVICE

Power operated equipment is provided for lifting cargo from a ship's hold and centering it on a dolly nearby despite rolling and pitching of the ship. The dolly can then be rolled out on a ship's wing where the cargo is accessible for lift-off by a helicopter, shore crane, the ship's crane, another ship's crane or such.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This Government-owned invention available for U.S. licensing and, possibly, for foreign licensing.
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of the Army

  Pentagon Building
  Washington, DC  United States  20310
• Authors:
  • Black, R W
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cargo handling; Cargo handling equipment; Commodities; Freight transportation; Patents
• Old TRIS Terms: Centering; Patents (Cargo gear)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00146573
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: PAT-APPL-475 904 Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM