Method of unloading floating containers
AssigneeCogar Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorLowell Cogar
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Abstract
A system and method of transporting and unloading a load from a floating container that includes placing a load on a floating container at a first location, wherein the load is a mixture of solid material and liquid; moving the floating container with the load on a body of water from the first location to a remote second location; positioning the floating container so that a crane at the second location is within reach of the load; positioning a dewatering unit at the second location proximate the crane; unloading a quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid from the floating container with the crane; depositing the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid into the dewatering unit; and dewatering the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid with the dewatering unit.
Claims20
A method of transporting and unloading a load from a floating container comprising:
- placing a load on a floating container at a first location, wherein the load comprises a mixture of solid material and liquid;
- moving the floating container with the load on a body of water from the first location to a remote second location;
- positioning the floating container so that a crane at the second location is within reach of the load;
- positioning a dewatering unit at the second location proximate the crane;
- unloading a quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid from the floating container with the crane;
- depositing the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid into the dewatering unit by raising a connector member on the dewatering unit proximate an opening into an interior chamber defined by the dewatering unit;
- and dropping the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid through the opening;
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- dewatering the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid with the dewatering unit.
A system comprising:
- a floating container adapted to move along a body of water and transport a load comprising a mixture of solid materials and a liquid from a first location to a remote second location;
- a dewatering unit provided at the second location, wherein the dewatering unit is a railcar adapted to travel along rail tracks, and the dewatering unit includes:
- a body defining an interior chamber therein;
- a top wall provided on the body;
- an opening defined in the top wall;
- a connector member located proximate the opening, said connector member being selectively raiseable to enable introduction of the mixture of the solid material and the liquid into the interior chamber;
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- a crane adapted to lift the load from the floating container and place the load into the dewatering unit;
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- stabilizing assemblies provided on the railcar, wherein the stabilizing assemblies move vertically and linearly towards a ground surface when deployed and move vertically and linearly away from the ground surface when retracted.
A system comprising:
- a floating container adapted to move along a body of water and transport a load comprising a mixture of solid materials and a liquid from a first location to a remote second location;
- a dewatering unit provided at the second location;
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- a crane adapted to lift the load from the floating container and place the load into the dewatering unit;
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- a secondary dewatering unit positionable proximate a discharge end of the dewatering unit and adapted to receive at least partially dewatered solid materials from the discharge end of the dewatering unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.