1976-10-21
1978-05-09
Shapiro, Jacob
B63C 109
Patent
active
040879798
ABSTRACT:
A lifting platform of a drydock has plural sections along its length pivoted together at transverse support beams supported at each end by winch cables; flotation chambers in other embodiments contain air or foamed resin and are always below the lowest water level to offset 75% to 90% of the platform weight and reduce cable load.
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patent: 1380141 (1921-05-01), Hamilton
patent: 3073125 (1963-01-01), Pearlson
patent: 3265024 (1966-08-01), Kramlich
patent: 3626447 (1971-12-01), Hindlin
Pearlson Engineering Company, Inc.
Shapiro Jacob
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