Patent ID: 6132156
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A ship loading installation comprising:(a) an elongate beam structure having a proximal end and an opposed distal end, the proximal end mounted to a fixed pivot means, wheel means mounted to said distal end of said beam structure which engage an arcuate rail bed, said beam structure pivoting about a vertical axis intersecting said pivot means;(b) a tubular support structure having a proximal end, an opposed distal end and wheel means, said tubular support structure wheel means engaging said beam structure enabling movement of said support structure along a longitudinal axis of said beam structure, a loading slot opening formed in the proximal end of said tubular support structure;(c) a tubular boom structure having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of said tubular boom structure pivotally mounted to the distal end of said support structure within a flexible seal means;(d) a chute pivotally mounted to the distal end of said boom structure; and(e) belt conveyor means mounted in said tubular support structure and said tubular boom structure which receives material from a handling system through said loading slot opening and discharges material through said chute.