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Title:
METHOD OF UNLOADING BULK CARGO AND DEVICE THEREFOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH10297581
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To simply cut through and scrape away bulk cargo such as wood ships remaining upright along an inner wall of a cargo hold.

Wood chips in a cargo hold 11 is unloaded up to a predetermined depth by means of a crane 3 with a glove. Then, wood chips 4 remain in an upright wall-like shape, along the inner wall parts of the cargo hold 11. Accordingly, air-bags 16 are inflated while compressed air is blown off from air nozzles 17 so as to cut through and scrape off the wood chips 4 in the upright wall-like shape under the pressures thereof. Thus the wood chips 4 scraped off are unloaded by the crane. With the repetitions of the above- mentioned steps, the wood chips 4 in the cargo hold 11 can be unloaded in its substantially entirety by means of the crane 3.


Inventors:
YONEMOTO HIDEMI
Application Number:
JP6203498A
Publication Date:
November 10, 1998
Filing Date:
February 27, 1998
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
NIPPON YUSEN KK
International Classes:
B63B25/04; B65G67/60; (IPC1-7): B63B25/04; B65G67/60
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Toshihiro Komatsu (1 person outside)