Patent ID: 11919610
Assignee: LAMBHUSASUND EHF
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for transferring cargo tubs in a cargo hold of a vessel, the apparatus comprising:
a cargo lane configured to store and advancing one or more stacks of cargo tubs in a cargo hold along a first direction of the cargo hold from an in-feed end towards an out-feed end;
a pushing device configured to push the one or more stacks of cargo tubs along the cargo lane and comprising a pushing bar configured to applying a lateral pushing force onto the one or more stacks of cargo tubs;
a wagon configured to transport the one or more stacks of cargo tubs along a second direction of the cargo hold;
a stacking device configured to form the one or more stacks of cargo tubs in the cargo hold; and
a pulling device configured to pull the one or more stacks of cargo tubs at the out-feed end of the cargo lane into the wagon; and
a lock positioned adjacent to the pulling device on the in-feed end and configured to lock into a bottom structure of a lowest tub of the one or more stacks of cargo tubs.