US3598256A - Container ship cranes - Google Patents

Container ship cranes Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3598256A
US3598256A US842470A US3598256DA US3598256A US 3598256 A US3598256 A US 3598256A US 842470 A US842470 A US 842470A US 3598256D A US3598256D A US 3598256DA US 3598256 A US3598256 A US 3598256A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
girder
extensible
ship
main girder
along
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US842470A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Edward J Kinkopf
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Alliance Machine Co
Original Assignee
Alliance Machine Co
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Alliance Machine Co filed Critical Alliance Machine Co
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3598256A publication Critical patent/US3598256A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/10—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of cranes
    • B63B27/12—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of cranes of gantry type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C19/00—Cranes comprising trolleys or crabs running on fixed or movable bridges or gantries
    • B66C19/002—Container cranes

Definitions

  • Werner Auomey- Buell, Blenko & Ziesenheim line of the ship preferably by inverted substantially T-shaped leg means and having an extensible single girder positioned side by side with said main girder adapted to be extended over a cargo area of the ship and docks on either or both sides of the ship and being supported and guided along said main girder by support means adapted to extend across top portions and down side portions of said main girder, positioned adjacent end portions and intermediate end portions of said extensible girder and having drive means for moving said extensible girder along said main girder mounted on said support means intermediate end portions of said extensible girder and engaging said main girder, and having a hoist means adapted to be driven along the extensible girder preferably by said drive means simultaneously ,with said extensible girder.
  • This invention relates to a ship crane used to load and unload containers to and from said ship. It is particularly useful in providing a relatively inexpensive and compact means of loading and unloading containers into and out of a ship from either or both side thereof.
  • Container ship cranes are broadly old and well known. They have heretofore existed in several forms.
  • One form consisted of a gantry having rotatable arms capable of swinging the arms to overhang the ship deck or the dock.
  • Such cranes were however expensive to build and operate, and were too balkly and restricted in movement to operate in certain dock areas and to load and unload certain ships or portions thereof.
  • Still another form as shown for example in Anderson, US. Pat. No. 2,490,609, consisted of a hoist means adapted to be carried by rails or rolls by a single extensible girder over the ship deck and either side of the ship, which extensible girder was in turn carried beneath a main girder on rolls.
  • the main girder was in turn supported by A-shaped supports above the ship deck on spaced apart parallel trackways positioned lengthwise of the ship adjacent each side of the ship.
  • Such crane device was relatively compact and could beoperated over almost any cargo area and deck area, but was commercially limited because it was relatively complex to build and maintain.
  • the drive means for the extensible girder had to have the power means mounted on the main girder on the ship deck and complex reevings and sheaves, because of the need for free movement of hoist means along the extensible girder from one extreme position where the extensible girder and hoist means extend over one side of the ship to an opposite extreme position where the extensible girder and hoist means extend over the opposite of the ship.
  • the present invention overcomes these difficulties and disadvantages, and provides a compact container ship crane which is relatively inexpensive to build and maintain.
  • I provide a container ship crane movable on spaced apart trackways adjacent each edge of a ship deck and substantially parallel to the centerline of the ship.
  • a single main girder is extended transverse of the ship deck.
  • Leg means support said main girder, preferably at end portions vertically above the ship deck and adapted to move on the trackways on the ship deck.
  • Drive means power said leg means along the trackways.
  • An extensible single girder is movably mounted on and side by side with said main girder for moving substantially transverse to the centerline of the ship from one extreme position where the extensible girder extends over one side of the ship to an opposite extreme position where the extensible girder extends over the opposite side of the ship.
  • Hoist means is movably mounted on said extensible girder for moving from one end of the extensible girder to the other end.
  • Said extensible girder is mounted on said main girder and guided along said main girder by support means positioned adjacent each end portion of said extensible girder and intermediate said end portions of said extensible girder each support means and adapted to extend across top portions and down side portions of said main girder.
  • the support means intermediate said end portions of said extensible girder be positioned substantially at the center of said extensible girder and that it provide the main support for said extensible girder.
  • First power means is provided for moving said extensible girder along said main girder which is attached to said main girder possibly through intermediate supports and engages said main girder.
  • said first drive means is mounted on the support means positioned intermediate the end portions of the extensible girder.
  • Second drive means is provided for moving said hoist means along said extensible girder.
  • said first and second drive means is a single drive means for moving said extensible girder along said main girder and for moving said hoist means.
  • FIG. I is a side view of a ship showing two married con tainer ship cranes according to my invention over each hole of the ship;
  • FIG. 2 is a top view of the deck of FIG. 1 showing two married container ship cranes according to my invention over each hole of the ship;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged end view of two married container ship cranes according to my invention.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial side view of a container ship crane according to my invention.
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial top view of a container ship crane according to my invention.
  • a ship 10 having a deck 11, a forward hold 12 and a rearward hold 13.
  • a forward hold 12 and a rearward hold 13 Above the forward hold 12 and the rearward hold 13 there are provided two married container ship cranes 14 according to my invention, wherein each married container ship crane 14 is movable on spaced apart trackways 15 adjacent each edge 16 of the deck 11 and substantially parallel to the centerline 17 of the ship 10.
  • Each container ship crane 14 has a single main girder 18 extending transversely of the deck 11. Said main girder I8 is supported by leg means 19, each of an inverted substantially T- shape, vertically above the deck 11 which is provided with wheels 20 for movement on the trackways 15 on the deck 11. One of said wheels 20 is driven by conventional drive means 21 for moving the container ship crane 14 along the trackways 15.
  • An extensible single girder 22 is movably mounted on and side by side with said main girder 18 for movement substantially transverse to the centerline of the ship 10 from one extreme position where said extensible girder 22 extends over one side of the ship 10 to an opposite extreme position where said extensible girder 22 extends over the opposite side of the ship 10.
  • Said extensible girder 22 is carriedon said main girder 18 by a driving means 23 and support means 34 and 34' positioned adjacent and intermediate end portions of extensible girder 22 respectively.
  • Said driving means 23 is rigidly fastened to said extensible girder 22 substantially at the centerline thereof through support means 34, said support means 34 being carried by wheel means 24 on rail 25, said rail 25 being fixed along said main girder l8.
  • Said support means 34 is guided along said main girder 18 by wheel means 26, 27 and 28 which engage trackways 29, 30 and 31 respectively, said trackways being fixed along said main girder l8.
  • Said driving means 23 carries a motor 32 and a gear assembly 33 adapted to move along rack 58 on main girder l8, and thereby move said extensible girder 22 along said main girder l8.
  • Said motor 32 is powered through a power track 59.
  • Said motor 32 and gear assembly are positioned on said support means 34 so that the weight of the extensible girder 22 is counterbalanced over wheel 24.
  • Said support means 34 are rigidly fastened to each end portion of extensible girder 22 and are provided with wheels 35, 36 and 36a that are adapted to engage trackways 29, 30 and 31 respectively. By this arrangement, one of the support means 34 is in contact with the main girder I8 at all times to provide support for said extensible girder 22.
  • Hoist means 37 is movably mounted on said extensible girder 22 for movement substantially transverse to the centerline of the ship from one end portion of said extensible girder 22 to the opposite end portions of said extensible girder 22.
  • Said hoist means 37 carries a cab 60, a drive motor 38, gear assembly 39, and drums 40, for hoisting a lift beam 41 on cables 42.
  • Said hoist means 37 is powered through power track 61.
  • Said hoist means 37 is carried by wheels 43, 44 and 45 that engage rail 46, said rail being fixed along said extensible girder 22. And said hoist means 37 is guided along said extensible means 22 by wheel 47 which engages trackway 48.
  • Travel rope reeving 49 consists of sheaves 50 positioned at one end portion of said extensible girder 22 and sheaves 51 positioned at opposite end portions of said extensible girder 22.
  • Travel cable 52 is dead ended on hoist means 37 at 53, passes around sheaves 50, and is dead ended on said main girder 18 at its center portion 54.
  • Travel cable 55 is dead ended on hoist means 37 at 56, passes through sheaves 51, and is dead ended on said main girder 18 at center portions 57.
  • the hoist means 37 is moved along said extensible girder 22 in unison with the movement of said extensible girder 22 along said main girder 18 from one extreme position where said extensible girder 22 and the hoist means 37 extend over one side of the ship 10 to an opposite extreme position where said extensible girder 22 and the hoist means 37 extend over the opposite side of the ship 10.
  • No separate power means is needed to move hoist means 37 along said extensible girder 22.
  • two ship container cranes 14 can be married at 62 and operated in unison.
  • the ship container crane I4 is operated as follows.
  • the driving means 23 is energized to move the wheels and in turn the container ship crane 14 to the desired position on the ship 10 to load or unload containers.
  • the motor 32 is energized to drive the gear assembly 33 along rack 58 and thereby run out said extensible girder 22 on wheel 24 over rail 25, and said hoist means 37 on wheels 43, 44 and 45 over rail 46, until said extensible girder 22 and said hoist means 37 are positioned over the container to be loaded.
  • the drive motor 38 is then energized to drive drums 40 and thereby lower lift beam 41 on cables 42.
  • the drive motor 33 is again energized to lift the lift beam 41 and the container until it will clear the deck 11 and any obstacles thereon.
  • the motor 32 is then energized to move said extensible girder 22 along said main girder l8, and said hoist means 37 along said extensible girder 22, until the lift beam 41 and the container thereon is positioned over the desired hatch in either the forward hold 12 or the rearward hold 13.
  • Drive motor 38 is then energized to lower the lift beam 41 and the container on cables 42 through the hatch into the hold H2 or 13 to the desired location, where the container is detached from the lift beam 41. In the case of unloading from the ship 10, the operation is the reverse ofthat just described.
  • a container ship crane movable on spaced apart trackways adjacent each edge of a ship deck and substantially parallel to the centerline of the ship comprising: a single main girder extending transverse of the ship deck; leg means movably mounted on the trackways of the ship deck for supporting said main girder vertically above the ship deck; drive means for driving said leg means along the trackways; an extensible single girder movably positioned substantially side by side with said main girder for movement substantially transverse to the centerline of the ship from one extreme position where the extensible girder extends over one side of the ship to an opposite extreme position where the extensible girder extends over the opposite side of the ship; support means for mounting said extensible girder on said main girder and guiding said extensible girder along said main girder positioned adjacent and intermediate end portions of said extensible girder, and adapted to extend across top portions and down side portions of said main girder; hoist means movably mounted on said extensible girder for movement substantially transverse to the center
  • a container ship crane as claimed in claim I wherein: said support means positioned intermediate said end portions of said extensible girder is positioned substantially at the center of said extensible girder and has said first drive means mounted thereon.
  • said first and second drive means is a single drive means for moving said extensible girder along said main girder and for moving said hoist means along said extensible girder in unison, from one extreme position where said extensible and said hoist means extend over one side of the ship to an opposite extreme position where said extensible girder and said hoist means extend over the opposite side of the ship.
  • a container ship crane as claimed in claim 4 comprising in addition: sheaves positioned at each end portion of said extensible girder; and cables, each said cable passing through the sheaves at one end portion of said extensible girder and dead ending on the hoist means and on the main girder at its center portion.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Leg Units, Guards, And Driving Tracks Of Cranes (AREA)
  • Ship Loading And Unloading (AREA)
US842470A 1969-07-17 1969-07-17 Container ship cranes Expired - Lifetime US3598256A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US84247069A 1969-07-17 1969-07-17

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3598256A true US3598256A (en) 1971-08-10

Family

ID=25287384

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US842470A Expired - Lifetime US3598256A (en) 1969-07-17 1969-07-17 Container ship cranes

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US3598256A (en))
BE (1) BE742646A (en))
DE (1) DE1960084A1 (en))
FR (1) FR2056102A5 (en))
GB (1) GB1285950A (en))

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2703643A1 (de) * 1976-03-17 1977-09-29 Algoship Int Portalkran
US6572319B1 (en) 1999-09-20 2003-06-03 August Design Modular cell elevator for containership
US9061738B2 (en) 2009-12-21 2015-06-23 National Oilwell Varco, L.P. Crane on a vessel

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
SE419325B (sv) * 1976-06-11 1981-07-27 Resmastservice Ab Sett for att lasta och lossa tunga kollin pa fartyg samt anordning for settets genomforande
DE3607865A1 (de) * 1986-03-10 1987-10-01 Phb Weserhuette Ag Einrichtung zum transportieren von containern oder stueckgut
NO168937C (no) * 1989-04-26 1992-04-22 Jebsen Skipsrederi Anordning ved stykkgodsskip med sideportaapninger.
NO330543B1 (no) * 2005-12-23 2011-05-09 Munck Cranes As Løfting i prosessreoler

Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US655522A (en) * 1898-07-21 1900-08-07 Wellman Seaver Engineering Company Crane.
US2456104A (en) * 1944-10-09 1948-12-14 Harnischfeger Corp Cargo hoist
US2490609A (en) * 1945-05-07 1949-12-06 Harnischfeger Corp Cargo handling apparatus
US3061112A (en) * 1960-12-08 1962-10-30 Lake Shore Inc Material handling apparatus
US3317058A (en) * 1963-12-19 1967-05-02 Mac Gregor Comarain Sa Travelling crane with telescoping boom assembly
US3358854A (en) * 1966-08-01 1967-12-19 Matson Navigation Co Crane
FR1553842A (en)) * 1967-10-04 1969-01-17

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US655522A (en) * 1898-07-21 1900-08-07 Wellman Seaver Engineering Company Crane.
US2456104A (en) * 1944-10-09 1948-12-14 Harnischfeger Corp Cargo hoist
US2490609A (en) * 1945-05-07 1949-12-06 Harnischfeger Corp Cargo handling apparatus
US3061112A (en) * 1960-12-08 1962-10-30 Lake Shore Inc Material handling apparatus
US3317058A (en) * 1963-12-19 1967-05-02 Mac Gregor Comarain Sa Travelling crane with telescoping boom assembly
US3358854A (en) * 1966-08-01 1967-12-19 Matson Navigation Co Crane
FR1553842A (en)) * 1967-10-04 1969-01-17

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2703643A1 (de) * 1976-03-17 1977-09-29 Algoship Int Portalkran
US4106641A (en) * 1976-03-17 1978-08-15 Algoship International Limited Universal gantry crane
US6572319B1 (en) 1999-09-20 2003-06-03 August Design Modular cell elevator for containership
US9061738B2 (en) 2009-12-21 2015-06-23 National Oilwell Varco, L.P. Crane on a vessel

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
BE742646A (en)) 1970-05-14
FR2056102A5 (en)) 1971-05-14
DE1960084A1 (de) 1971-02-04
GB1285950A (en) 1972-08-16

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3146903A (en) Straddle truck with a guided lifting frame for handling containers
US4747745A (en) Selective beam gantry crane
US3598440A (en) Rotatable container-hoisting apparatus
US3784028A (en) Gantry crane
US3490622A (en) Van handler vehicle
US3051321A (en) Gantry type crane assembly
US3722705A (en) Marine crane particularly designed for handling cargo containers
JPH01162698A (ja) 走行コンテナクレーン
US3687309A (en) Device for transloading floating containers
US4256230A (en) Cantilever straddle carrier
SU622393A3 (ru) Кран дл погрузки-разгрузки однотипных грузов
US3241686A (en) Anti-sway linkage for container engaging means
JP2683730B2 (ja) 線路走行型可動クレーン
RU2093447C1 (ru) Устройство для перегрузки штучных грузов в форме транспортных упаковок
US3598256A (en) Container ship cranes
US3396858A (en) Load handling apparatus having retractable stabilizing arm
US3315825A (en) Self-loading railroad car
US3061110A (en) Cargo container handling equipment
US2984367A (en) Cable hauling system with fixed machinery for use on container ships
US3244297A (en) Container ship cranes
JP2991156B2 (ja) クレーンを用いた荷役装置
US3077992A (en) Material handling apparatus
GB952840A (en) Improved apparatus for the loading and unloading of ships
GB2202510A (en) Vehicle loading and unloading
JPH01150695A (ja) マルチ・コンテナ・キヤリヤ・ローダ