US 5,338,143 AGranted

Car storage apparatus for car carrier

AssigneesMitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Seiryo Engineering Co., Ltd.

InventorsYoshitaka Matsuda, Koichi Kondo, Shuhei Kuribayashi, Akiko Noda, Takuya Nakashima, Ryutaro Saito, Kae Tsuji, Hideo Mori, Yoshinori Mori

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Abstract

This invention relates to a car storage apparatus in a car carrier having a plurality of stages of car storage decks. The car storage apparatus comprises a car loading port installed at the ship side on one of the decks, a loading/unloading berth extending from the loading port into the ship, elevator shafts extending vertically through the car storage decks, a lifter which is disposed in each elevator shaft and moves up and down with a car being mounted thereon, and conveyors which are installed on the loading/unloading berth, lifters, and car storage decks for transferring a car between them.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A car storage apparatus in an automative car carrier ship, said carrier having a plurality of car storage decks, comprising:

a car loading port installed at the ship side on one of the decks;
a loading/unloading berth extending from and permitting movement of a car from said loading port into the ship;
elevator shafts extending vertically through said car storage decks;
a lifter disposed in each elevator shaft for movement between said car storage decks with a car being mounted thereon;
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conveyor means installed on said loading/unloading berth, lifters, and car storage decks, for transferring a car between said berth, said lifters and said car storage decks.

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