Material or article handling – Marine loading or unloading system – Marine vessel to/from shore
Patent
1978-11-06
1980-08-05
Paperner, L. J.
Material or article handling
Marine loading or unloading system
Marine vessel to/from shore
73 65, 340617, 340689, 414138, 414144, 414786, B63B 2700
Patent
active
042159652
ABSTRACT:
A water borne barge or other floating vessel is loaded automatically with flowable material from end-to-end with a proper predetermined level of material without dependency on inaccurate human observations. The automatic load-out is terminated with the vessel in a level plane. A material level sensor initiates fore and aft relative movement between the vessel and dockside material delivery equipment and the relative movement progresses until the vessel is loaded end-to-end. During the automatic load-out under control of the material level sensor, a vessel list or slope sensor monitors the degree of list in the fore and aft plane and generates an electrical signal proportional to the degree of list at any given moment. As the vessel load-out progresses, this signal will advance toward the level or null point and when such point is reached, the operation of the dockside material delivery equipment will be terminated automatically with the vessel completely loaded and in a level attitude.
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Fishburne, Jr. B. P.
Paperner L. J.
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