Barge unloading terminal

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1981-06-29

1983-05-10

Basinger, Sherman D.

Ships

Mother ship, floating landing platform, and harbor

Floating boat dock

414 13, B63B 3572

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043824188

ABSTRACT:
A barge unloading terminal comprises a floating dock having platforms and a trough therebetween, a carrier in the nature of a plurality of rings is positioned within the trough, a barge is secured within the carrier, both the carrier and barge are adapted to ride upwardly along a ramp on one side of the trough, a plurality of hoppers in the one of the platforms, an A-frame on the platforms spanning the trough, and cables attached to the carrier at their ends and to a power source at their opposite ends whereby operation of the power source causes the carrier and barge to rise out of the trough and water and roll upwardly along the ramp to a point where the contents of the barge are discharged into the hoppers.

REFERENCES:
patent: 710194 (1902-09-01), Hughes
patent: 1823172 (1931-09-01), Schon
patent: 3428193 (1969-02-01), Miller
patent: 3537600 (1970-11-01), Schuchmann
patent: 3687307 (1972-08-01), Macrander et al.

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