Cover for a barge
AssigneeThe Ohio River Company
InventorHorst Hickmann
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Abstract
A hopper barge has a cover formed by a plurality of telescoping housings with the central housing being the highest and the other housings decreasing in height to the outermost housing at each end. The central housing has a transverse plate extending across it at the center of its length. The outermost housing at each end is driven separately with the other housings having cooperating elements to engage each other to cause the housings on each side of the transverse plate of the central housing to sequentially move in or out with respect to the central housing. All of the housings have glides or wheels on each side for riding on flat surfaces supported on opposite sides of the barge.
Claims23
A cover for a hopper area of a barge including a central housing having a transverse plate extending across the center of said central housing, at least one housing disposed on each end of said central housing and being telescopically received within said central housing at any position of said central housing, said housings covering the hopper area when said housings are in their extended positions, said transverse plate limiting the movement of said telescoping housings within said central housing while enabling each of said telescoping housings to be telescopically received within said central housing, each of said housings having support means to support said housings on the barge for movement therealong;
- and said transverse plate transmitting movement of said housing on one side of said transverse plate to said central housing when said housing on the one side of said transverse plate moves toward said transverse plate to be telescopically received within said central housing and into engagement with said transverse plate and transmitting movement of said housing on the other side of said transverse plate to said central housing when said housing on the other side of said transverse plate moves toward said transverse plate to be telescopically received within said central housing and into engagement with said transverse plate.
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