Cargo container storage and retrieval system and method includin

Details Cargo container storage and retrieval system and method includin Cargo container storage and retrieval system and method includin

1997-08-20

1999-01-19

Young, Karen M.

Material or article handling

Marine loading or unloading system

By use of laterally moving crane on marine vessel

4141415, 414273, B63B 2716

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active

058607838

ABSTRACT:
A cargo container storage and retrieval system and method. One embodiment of a system according to the present invention includes a vessel having cargo hold with a plurality of bulkheads disposed along a width of the cargo hold to define a plurality of adjacent cells along a length of the cargo hold. The cargo hold is also equipped with a plurality of tiers along a depth of the cargo hold. The vessel also includes a deck having a plurality of hatch openings that are used to gain access to the cargo hold. In addition, the vessel includes a storage and retrieval system having a plurality of sets of parallel spaced tracks and a plurality of chassis seats disposed within each set of parallel space tracks. Each track of each set of parallel spaced tracks is mounted to a surface of a bulkhead of opposing bulkheads so that one set of parallel space tracks is disposed within each cell along the length of the cargo hold and so that a plurality of sets of parallel spaced tracks are disposed within each tier of the cargo. Each chassis seat has corresponding wheels that move along a corresponding set of parallel spaced tracks to provide a plurality of chassis seat along the width of the cargo hold for each set of parallel spaced tracks within each tier. Each chassis seat is equipped to hold a standardized cargo container.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2929520 (1960-03-01), Mellam
patent: 3498477 (1970-03-01), Sommer

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