Patent ID: 6572319
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A modular cell elevator for transferring containers through a container cell mouth opening on a container ship, the modular cell elevator comprising:a frame mountable on a container cell in an open hold of the ship, the frame having a central opening therethrough sufficiently large to pass a container fitting the cell vertically through the frame; a plurality of hoists mounted on the frame and releasably engageable with at least one container so as to transfer a container in either vertical direction up and down through the central opening and between a first location proximal the mouth opening of the container cell and a second location below the first location and mouth opening of the container cell in the container cell; and a plurality of supports on the frame releasably engageable with the container in the first location proximal the cell mouth opening so as to support the container in the first location separately from the hoists.