Material or article handling – Marine loading or unloading system – Marine vessel to marine vessel
Patent
1985-04-17
1987-05-19
Paperner, Leslie J.
Material or article handling
Marine loading or unloading system
Marine vessel to marine vessel
212191, 212230, 254277, 254900, 254902, B66D 150
Patent
active
046663576
ABSTRACT:
A transport system (10) for transporting a litter carrier (40) from one location onboard a first ship to a second location onboard another ship includes a retractable boom (12) having a stationary member (16) and a telescoping member (18) slidably engaged therein. Boom (12) also includes a hoist unit (28) which is operatively connected through a hoist cable (34) to carrier (40) to cause movement thereof. Carrier (40) includes acoustic rangefinders (50) and contact detectors (52) which are electrically coupled to a control circuit (60) located onboard one of the vessels through internal electrical conductors in hoist cable (34). Rangefinders (50) generate signals indicative of the distance between carrier (40) and a selected one of the ships. Contact detectors (52) provide signals which indicate whether carrier (40) is in transit or has landed onto a ship. Control circuit (60) is operable to receive signals from acoustic rangefinders (50) and contact detectors (52) to compensate the operation of hoist (28) and carrier (40) for the relative motion between the two ships, thereby effecting a smooth transfer of the carrier between the ships.
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Howison Gregory M.
Mills Jerry W.
Paperner Leslie J.
VMW Industries, Inc.
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