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AssigneesNippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha, Kayaba Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nihon Koki Kabushi Kaisha
InventorsKazuhiro Uchizono, Kentaro Yamada, Kenji Saito, Takato Taninaka, Yoshinari Abe, Masayoshi Ishii, Hiroo Nakayama, Sachio Futatsuki
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An apparatus and method wherein a pair of frame members each having four jacks and placed one upon another are provided with other jacks which are horizontally movable to change the relative position of the frame members, and the jacks are suitably operable sequentially to provide the frame members with a capacity to be moved freely within a dock, whereby a propeller or rudder for a large ship is held between a pair of scaffolds provided on the frame members and the article is then conveyed to the desired place and mounted in the desired position of the ship.
A propeller and rudder supporting, conveying and mounting apparatus comprising a frame including a conveying structure, a scaffold mounted on said frame, and mounting means mounted on said scaffold for selectively supporting a propeller and a rudder and mounting the same in a predetermined position, said frame means comprising an upper frame member and a lower frame member, each including four jacks mounted thereon, a double-rod jack connected to said upper frame member on the underside thereof and including two rods extending from said jack and supported at their ends by the lower frame member;
A method of selectively supporting a propeller and a rudder and for mounting the same in a predetermined position by a scaffold erected on a conveyable frame structure, comprising the steps of:
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