IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSPORTING AND TRANSHIPPING GRAIN COAL, SALT, BALLAST, AND BULK CARGO
Year: 1884

page_text: I, ADOLPH JULIUS LEHMANN of No 12 Delamore Street Kirkdale, Liverpool in
the county of Lancaster, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the naturo of my said
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSPORTING AND TRANSHIPPING GRAIN COAL,
SALT, BALLAST, AND BULK CARGO, to be as follows:-
The object is to facilitate and cheapen the transportation and transhipment of
bulk cargo.
For this purpose I construct the hold of a barge to receive boxes of
novel construction as hereinafter set forth such boxes being used for containing the
cargo. These boxes are of square or other shape which will allow of their being
placed within the hold close together side by side so as to occupy all or nearly all
the available space and they are when the barge containing them is alongside a
ship raised by a crane derrick or other means on the barge or ship and passed into
the bunker or hold of the ship or over or alongside of a shoot, hatchway, or other
receiver leading to the bunker or hold in the ship. The said boxes are constructed
with bottoms or sides which can be opened at will when raised to allow of free
discharge of their contents. The opening bottoms or sides are fitted with hinges
and catches and also with eye bolts or other means for attaching to the elevating
appliances.
The distinguishing features of the invention are constructing or fitting barges or
vessels with boxes to receive the cargo, moving these boxes by crane or like means
with their contents and discharging on to a quay or into another ship or vessel and
returning said boxes to the barge or vessel to receive further cargo. The
transportation and transhipment of bulk cargo is thus greatly facilitated" and
cheapened.
J. T. KING,
Per W. B. Johnson,
Agent for the Applicant. *

page_text: Referring to Sheet II Fig 3 is a vertical Section Fig 4 a horizontal Section
Fig 5 an elevation and Fig 6 a plan of one modification of box to be used in
carrying my invention into effect, i sides of box of sheet metal strengthened at top
and bottom by angle iron j-k cross bars at top to prevent pieces of coal of too
large size from entering the boxes and for hooking the elevating chain to, I door at
bottom hinged at m and kept closed by the Spring Catch n, o eye to which the
chain p by which the catch is withdrawn at the desired time is connected.
Fig 7 is an elevation Fig 8 a horizontal Section Fig 9 a vertical Section and
Fig 10 a plan of a modification of box in which the door is made in the form of
a shoot hinged at m and is strengthened by cross bars q. p eyes to which the
links for opening and closing the said bottom are coupled Fig. 11 is a vertical
Section Fig 12 a plan Fig 13 an elevation and Fig 14 a horizontal Section of a
box made in two longitudinal halves hinged together at m and held closed by
interlocking spring catches n at the bottom The said catches are released by
means of the push pieces 8.
Referring to Sheet III Figs 15 and 16 are diagrams showing how cargo is
transferred from barges to Ships on my improved system In Fig 15, 1 represents
a Ship in transverse Section, 2 a barge along one side of the Ship, 3 a derrick on
the barge, 4 a hopper at the side of the ship leading to the coal bunkers The said
hopper may be placed so as to deliver coal or cargo to any other part of the Ship,
and 5 a box being emptied into the hopper 4-On the other side of the Ship.the
way 6 leading to the coal bunkers is shewn on the deck and the box 7 is transferred
from the barge 8 by means of one derrick 9 on the barge and another 10 on
the Ship.
In Fig 16 the box 11 is transferred direct from the barge 12 on one side by the
derrick 13 so as to discharge over the opening 14-On the other side the barge 15
is shewn with two derricks 16, one of which takes the boxes 17 from the barge 18
whilst the other raises them so as to discharge over the bopper 19--It will be
obvious that numerous arrangements of discharging derricks may be used-It will
be evident that with this system no spading or passing from hand to hand is
required.
Fig 17 is a Section and Fig 18 an elevation of a hopper suitable for use in
carrying my Invention into effect. 20 is the hopper provided with a Stage 21 for
the attendant and slung from the ships side by the links 22.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First Transporting and trans shipping grain coal Salt ballast and bulk Cargo by
the barge, boxes and crane or derrick, substantially as herein setforth.
Second Transporting and trans shipping Cargo by means of barges or vessels
fitted with boxes having movable bottoms or sides or both and by moving the said
boxes by cranes or like appliances and discharging the contents into a hopper or
direct to the Ship or Quay substantially as herein setforth.
Third In transporting and trans shipping cargo the employment of barges
constructed with holds adapted to receive boxes with moveable bottoms and sides,
or one of them, substantially as herein setforth.
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