Rain-guard device for shipping
AssigneeIhi Transport Machinery Co., Ltd
InventorsYasuhiro Otake, Koji Miyazawa, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, Shuhei Kinugawa
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Abstract
The present invention provides a rain-guard device for shipping that can prevent water from seeping into a hatch opening. A rain-guard device for shipping 20, includes a rail 19, which is placed on a sliding hatch cover 11, an on-board chute 22, which is provided in the rail 19 in a travelable manner, which covers part of a hatch opening 13, and which, furthermore, supplies cargo from a shiploader 1 into the hold 7, a lid member 23 to cover the rest of the hatch opening 13, and a water-blocking part 100, which prevents water from seeping into the hatch opening 13, through a gap between the lid member 23 and the sliding hatch cover 11.
Claims20
A rain-guard device for shipping, comprising:
- a rail, which is placed on a sliding hatch cover that opens and closes an upper opening of a hold of a vessel;
- an on-board chute, which is provided in the rail in a travelable manner, which covers part of a hatch opening that is formed when the sliding hatch cover opens, and which, furthermore, supplies cargo from a shiploader into the hold;
- a lid member, which is placed in both front and rear in a traveling direction of the on-board chute, and which is configured to expand and contract as the on-board chute travels, in order to cover the rest of the hatch opening;
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- a water-blocking part, which prevents water from seeping into the hatch opening, through a gap between the lid member and the sliding hatch cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.