Abstract:
Tapa estanca para puntos de trincaje de carga en buques para implantarse en los puntos de anclaje o trincaje de carga que habitualmente se establecen sobre la superficie de la cubierta de un buque así como en su bodega, para permitir el amarrado y consecuente estabilización de la carga, cuando dichos puntos no están siendo utilizados, proporcionando, según el invento, un dispositivo que evite que dichos puntos de anclaje se llenen de suciedad y agua, lo cual podría llegar a inhabilitar la función para la que han sido previstos y, así mismo, al tapar el punto de trincaje, se evita que existan huecos que pudieran ocasionar la caída, por tropiezo, de la tripulación, facilitando también la rodadura y desplazamiento de elementos de trasporte.
Abstract:
A vehicle suspension includes a vehicle body, a supporting member, wherein a proximal end is attached to the vehicle body at a central axis. The supporting member is configured to secure an end of a vehicle suspension component to the vehicle body. A distal end of the support member includes a hanger configured to receive and to allow a tie-down hook to move in an arcuate path defined by a circle centered at the central axis.
Abstract:
Cargo is secured in a cargo container, such as the hold of a ship by placing dunnage bags between the cargo items. Each dunnage bag is connected to a manifold (7) by an individual bag hose (8), and the manifold (7) is connected to a source of compressed air. The manifold (7) supplies compressed air to each bag (3) in order to maintain a substantially constant pressure in all the bags.
Abstract:
A dunnage bag is fabricated of thermoplastic sheet material joined together to form an air cushion including being joined to form an inflation panel edge seam. An inflation opening to the air cushion is defined between two layers of thermoplastic sheet material adjacent a terminus of the panel edge seam. Two layers of the thermoplastic sheet material extend from the inflation panel edge seam and inflation opening, and the two layers are joined together by an inflation panel seam pattern to form an inflation panel. The inflation panel seam pattern further defines an inflation area communicating with the inflation opening and with an inflation valve sealed to the inflation panel in the inflation area, for supplying inflation air from the inflation valve through the inflation panel and into the air cushion. The inflation area is preferably an elongated sinuous tube. This configuration protects the inflation valve and contributes to the integrity of the dunnage bag. The thermoplastic sheet material is substantially transparent, so that cargo inspections may be made without removing the dunnage bags.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an arrangement (1) for locking cargo (2) to a deck (3) on board a ship (40). Lateral dividing profiles (4, 4 ), which are capable of being laid out on the deck (3) and secured to it, and which are so arranged as to form loading lanes (5) between pairs of rows, exhibit lock-accommodating openings (6, 7) to accept rotatable and/or movable locking devices (12; 151) from trailer supports and/or cargo cassettes capable of being parked in the cargo lane (5). Present on the trailer supports and/or load cassettes (11) in question is a mechanism (14) which is connected to the aforementioned locking device (12) for the purpose of releasing it or locking it, in conjunction with which a cargo vehicle (13), which can be driven along and between the dividers (4, 4 ) is so arranged as to actuate the mechanism when the cargo vehicle in question passes the mechanism.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for loading large-size and one-piece loads on a carrier ship, such as ice slabs, and for unloading them from said ship. The method involves withdrawing the loads from the water and placing them directly into the hold of the ship. The loading operation is carried out in a loading section which is located at the aft or bow portion of the ship and which is defined by elongated flanges extending deep into the sea, by mobile partitions and by hold gates. The loading section comprises a reception compartment as well as a transit compartment, wherein loading is achieved by adjusting the water level in said compartments. This ice carrier ship comprises a dual-wall intermediate bodys well as side bodies for the machinery. In order to arrange the loads in the hold, the method involves using a flotation system of the barge-container type which comprises dual thermal-insulation walls and which is freeze-attached to the walls of the hold during transport onboard the ice carrier ship.
Abstract:
Load-bearing panel (1) for carrying cargo on a ship defining a cross-sectional sandwich structure extending in a longitudinal direction (L) and in a vertical direction (V), and comprising a top plate (2) having a cargo-facing surface (3), a load-bearing core structure (4) fixedly attached to the top plate (2) by a number of upper attachment points (5), and a bottom plane (6). The load bearing core structure (4) extending in a transverse direction (T) and comprising a plurality of spaced apart core segments (7) extending a substantial part in the vertical direction (V) from said top plate (2) to said bottom plane, and wherein each core segment (7) is made of a sheet of metal.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for longitudinally restraining a movable structure disclosed herein include, but are not limited to, providing a rack attached to a first structure and a chock attached to a second structure, wherein the rack and chock are configured to engage one another. Upon engagement, the chock may be locked into place with extendable jack screws, thereby restraining the movable structure in the longitudinal direction.