Transfer device for transferring bulk material
AssigneeThyssenkrupp Resource Technologies GmbH
InventorsHelmut Weber, Peter Röttgen, Wei Ye
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Abstract
A transfer device is configured for transferring bulk material from a barge floating on a body of water into at least one receiving device. At least one lifting lock is provided by way of which the barge can be raised, while floating, to a tilting height above the surface of the body of water, and at least one tilting device is provided by way of which the barge can be tilted such that the bulk material is poured from the barge into the receiving device.
Claims19
A transfer device for transferring bulk material from a barge floating on a body of water into a receiving device, the transfer device comprising:
- at least one lifting lock configured for raising the barge, while the barge is floating, to a tilting height above a surface of the body of water;
- at least one pump configured for pumping water into said lifting lock to raise the barge in a floating manner to the tilting height;
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- at least one tilting device into which the barge coming from said lifting lock is transferable, said tilting device configured for tilting the barge in order to pour the bulk material from the barge into the receiving device.
A method of transferring bulk material from a barge floating on a body of water into a receiving device by way of a transfer device, the method comprising the following steps:
- raising the barge, while the barge is floating, with a lifting lock for lifting the barge;
- pumping water, with at least one pump, into the lifting lock in order to raise the barge in a floating manner to a tilting height above surface of the body of water;
- transferring the barge from the lifting lock into a tilting device;
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- tilting the barge with the tilting device to thereby pour the bulk material from the barge into the receiving device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.