GB1209752A - Means for the transportation of containerised goods - Google Patents

Abstract

1,209,752. Container ships; stowing containers. S. MARSH. 16 Oct., 1967 [14 Oct., 1966], No. 47062/67. Headings B7A and B7S. [Also in Division B8] A container ship 28 is loaded by running trains of containers 10 mounted on wheeled chassises 24 on rails into the ship through a bow port lifting all the containers together from the train, and transporting them to a storage position on another deck, and then withdrawing the train of wheeled chassises from a further load of container. The ballast of the ship is adjusted to align the entry deck with a key 48 and rails 94 leading from a storage 96 joined by a pivoted bridge to the rails 38 on the entry deck. The containers which may be a standard size may alternatively be built up of sections provided with vertical and horizontal tubes 22, 20 through which connecting rods may be passed and secured by a nut. The vertical rod may be pierced and provided with collars to help take the weight of the sections above it. Each container 10 is aligned on its chassis 24 by fixed end guides 27a and movable side guides 27b, Fig. 13. In the ship a hoisting plant 70, Fig. 12, has a unit for each container of the train comprising a lifting bracket 72, Fig. 11 running in vertical guides 74 secured in the ship each bracket having lifting arms 78 which can be pivoted to engage as a container by a motor 82. When the containers reach the storage position they are engaged by clamp arms 88 actuated by rams 90, Fig. 11, acting on a toggle lever 92 and when the storing is complete each container is further secured by clamp arms acting on the sides and ends to brace it against its neighbour. In order to allow the containers to be lowered to the decks below the entry decks the rails 38 are mounted on slides and by a motor 58, Fig. 8, driving a worm gear 60 engaging the screw 62 can after the containers are lifted and the chassises withdrawn be moved apart to allow the containers to pass between them.