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US 6,575,686 B2Granted
Cargo-transfer apparatus and method
OwnerWilliam Hagenziekerinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for cargo transfer. A cargo sled is stuffed into/stripped from a container. The method encompasses a marine terminal that stores sleds prior to stuffing into a container. Method and apparatus reduce the required number of cargo containers by up to a factor of eight.
Claims15
Apparatus for stuffing and stripping a standard cargo container, said apparatus comprising:
- a longitudinally extended platform having a platform perimeter and an underside, and
- a plurality of upright members;
- wherein said platform is sized such that said platform perimeter fits snugly within said standard cargo container;
- and
- wherein each upright member of said plurality of upright members is removably attachable to said platform perimeter.
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Apparatus for loading cargo for shipment, said apparatus comprising:
- a sled;
- and
- a modified cargo container;
- wherein said sled includes a platform with a platform perimeter, a platform longitudinal axis, and a platform underside, and two or more longitudinal rails depending from said platform underside, each of said longitudinal rails extending parallel to said longitudinal axis of said platform,
- wherein said modified cargo container is a standard cargo container with an inner container perimeter, a container longitudinal axis, and a floor, wherein said standard cargo container is modified to include a plurality of rows of rollers mounted on said floor for guiding said longitudinal rails, each of said rows disposed substantially parallel to said container longitudinal axis, and
- wherein said plurality of rows of rollers includes a double row of floor rollers, wherein a first row of said double row is spaced a distance from a second row of said double row such that one rail of said two or more longitudinal rails is receivable within said double row, thereby guiding said sled when said sled is introduced or removed from said modified cargo container, and
- wherein said sled is sized so as to fit snugly within said inner container perimeter and said sled is slidably receivable on said floor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.