Movable bulkhead
AssigneeIntelligent Engineering (Bahamas) Limited
InventorStephen J. Kennedy
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Abstract
A movable bulkhead with a first side and a second side, said first and second sides having upper and lower edges and first and second ends, wherein a first layer with inner and outer surfaces defines at least part of said first side with said outer surface, and a second layer with inner and outer surfaces defines at least part of said second side with said outer surface, an intermediate layer comprised of elastomer being bonded between said inner surface of said first layer and said inner surface of said second layer so as to transfer shear forces between said first and second layers.
Claims31
A movable bulkhead for use in dividing the hold of a cargo vessel into a first cargo hold section and a second cargo hold section, the first and second cargo hold sections being adjacent cargo hold sections, said bulkhead comprising a sandwich plate member comprising:
- a first metal layer, the first metal layer including an outer surface and an inner surface, the outer surface of the first metal layer defining a first outer surface of the bulkhead, the first outer surface of the bulkhead defining a wall of the first cargo hold section;
- a second metal layer, the second metal layer including an outer surface and an inner surface, the outer surface of the second metal layer defining a second outer surface of the bulkhead, the second outer surface of the bulkhead defining a wall of the second cargo hold section;
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- an intermediate layer comprising a material bonded to the inner surfaces of the first and second metal layers with sufficient strength to transfer shear forces therebetween, wherein the material occupies substantially the entire extent between the inner surfaces of the first and second metal layers and the material comprises at least one of a plastic and a polymer.
A movable bulkhead for use in dividing the hold of a cargo vessel into first and second cargo hold sections, the first and second cargo hold sections being adjacent cargo hold sections, said bulkhead comprising a sandwich plate member comprising first and second outer metal layers and an intermediate layer comprising at least one of a plastic and a polymer material bonded to said first and second outer metal layers with sufficient strength to transfer shear forces therebetween, the movable bulkhead further comprising first and second steel side sections extending between the top and bottom of said sandwich plate member, wherein the first and second outer metal layers define walls of the first and second cargo hold sections, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.