WO2020073076A1 - A cargo container handling apparatus and method of transferring bulk material - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- B65D88/12—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport
- B65D88/122—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport with access from above
- B65D88/124—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport with access from above closable top
- B65D88/126—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport with access from above closable top by rigid element, e.g. lid
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G65/00—Loading or unloading
- B65G65/23—Devices for tilting and emptying of containers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G63/00—Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours or in opening mining cuts; Marshalling yard installations
- B65G63/008—Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours or in opening mining cuts; Marshalling yard installations for bulk material
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G67/00—Loading or unloading vehicles
- B65G67/60—Loading or unloading ships
- B65G67/606—Loading or unloading ships using devices specially adapted for bulk material
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
- B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
- B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
- B66C1/101—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means for containers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
- B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
- B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
- B66C1/62—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled
- B66C1/66—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof
- B66C1/663—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof for containers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
- B66C13/00—Other constructional features or details
- B66C13/04—Auxiliary devices for controlling movements of suspended loads, or preventing cable slack
- B66C13/08—Auxiliary devices for controlling movements of suspended loads, or preventing cable slack for depositing loads in desired attitudes or positions
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G2814/00—Indexing codes relating to loading or unloading articles or bulk materials
- B65G2814/03—Loading or unloading means
- B65G2814/0397—Loading or unloading means for ships
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- the present invention relates to a cargo container handling apparatus and method of transferring bulk material.
- the invention finds a particular application in unloading bulk materials from ships, but is not limited to that application.
- bulk materials such as ores, coal, cereals, wood chips, sand, gravel etc are transported from place to place by sea using ships known as bulk carriers or freighters.
- the bulk material is loaded into one or more cargo holds on the ship through one or more hatchways which are typically covered by a removable hatch cover during transit.
- a dockside crane may be used to lower a bucket or the like through the hatchway into the hold to scoop up the bulk material.
- the bucket is then raised out of the hold and suspended above a location where the bulk material is dumped from the bucket.
- the present invention provides a cargo container handling apparatus for handling cargo containers with lids including: a main body; a container engagement arrangement for engaging with a cargo container, the container engagement arrangement being pivotally attached to the body; the body is attachable to a lifting device so that the combination of the handling apparatus and the container may be lifted off the ground and moved to different locations in an area; the body of the apparatus is adapted to rotate with respect to the container when the container is resting on a surface to thereby afford access to load material into the container.
- the apparatus may further include a container lid lifting mechanism which is associated with the body for engaging with a lid of the container and is arranged to move the lid of the container between a closed condition and an open condition.
- a container lid lifting mechanism which is associated with the body for engaging with a lid of the container and is arranged to move the lid of the container between a closed condition and an open condition.
- the apparatus may further including an engine to provide power to operations of the apparatus, and wherein the engine is pivotally mounted with respect to the main body and is arranged to rotate in the opposite direction to the body of the apparatus when the body rotates with respect to the container.
- the present invention provides a method of transferring bulk material from one location to another, the method including the steps of: providing a cargo container handling apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention;
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cargo handling apparatus shown in conjunction with a cargo container
- Figure 2 shows the cargo handling apparatus of figure 1 engaged with the container
- Figure 3 shows the cargo handling apparatus of figure 1 having lifted the lid of the container 100
- Figure 4 shows the cargo handling apparatus performing a tilting manoeuvre to afford access to load material into the container
- Figure 5 is a cross sectional view of the apparatus of figure 1;
- Figure 6 is a cross sectional view of the apparatus in the position shown in figure 4;
- Figures 7 and 8 show similar views to figures 5 and 6 of an alternative embodiment of a cargo handling device.
- Figure 9 shows the apparatus and container of figure 4 in association with an excavator which loads material into the container.
- a cargo container handling apparatus 10 for handling cargo containers 100 with lids 102 is shown.
- the apparatus 10 is a modified form of a containerised bulk handling apparatus sold under the trade mark ROTAINER ® by Container Rotation Solutions Pty Ltd (www.containerrotationsystems.com).
- Apparatus 10 includes a main body 20 and a container engagement arrangement for engaging with a cargo container in the form of two arms 22, each of which are pivotally mounted to body 20 and are each fitted with a pair of twist locks for engaging with twist lock pockets provided at the top comers of the container 100 in a known fashion.
- the arms 22 are associated with hydraulic actuators (not visible) which can be operated to rotate the arms with respect to the body 20.
- Apparatus 10 further includes a container lid lifting mechanism in the form of lid lifting assemblies 24 which are associated with the body for engaging with a lid 102 of the container 100 and are also associated with hydraulic actuators which are arranged to move the lid lifting assemblies 24 between a raised position and a lowered position to thereby move the lid of the container between a closed condition and an open condition as will be later described.
- a container lid lifting mechanism in the form of lid lifting assemblies 24 which are associated with the body for engaging with a lid 102 of the container 100 and are also associated with hydraulic actuators which are arranged to move the lid lifting assemblies 24 between a raised position and a lowered position to thereby move the lid of the container between a closed condition and an open condition as will be later described.
- Body 10 is attachable to a lifting device in the form of a dockside crane by way of attaching chains to eyelets 30 so that the combination of the handling apparatus 10 container 100 and lid 102 may be lifted off the ground and moved to different locations in an area.
- the cargo handling apparatus known as ROTAINER ® has been used for loading operations.
- the cargo handling apparatus is suspended from a dockside crane and is controlled by a control system that is operated by the dockside crane operator.
- the apparatus is brought into proximity with a loaded container and attached to the container by way of operating the twist locks provided on arms 22.
- the combination of the apparatus and container is then lifted by the crane and moved to a position where the container is suspended above the loading hatch of a ship’s hold.
- the crane operator then initiates a sequence of operations to 1) lift the lid of the container; and 2) rotate the container by way of the rotating arms 22 to invert the container so that the material in the container drops from the open container into the hold.
- the container is then returned to its upright position, the lid replaced, and the empty container is set down on the dockside for subsequent re-use.
- Apparatus 10 differs to existing cargo handling apparatus in that it has been modified for use in unloading operations as well as loading operations.
- the hydraulic actuators which control the rotation of the arms 22 are configured in a closed hydraulic circuit which operates the actuators in both directions. This allows for the rotational position of the arms to be hydraulically locked in any desired angular orientation.
- the main body of the apparatus is able to be controlled to rotate with respect to the container when the container is on the ground (see Fig 4) to thereby afford access to load material into the container as will now be described.
- FIG. 1 a sequence of operations utilising apparatus 10 will be described to unload bulk granular material such as wheat grains from the hold of a ship.
- the ship arrives at a destination port with a cargo of wheat grain.
- the port is equipped with a cargo handling apparatus according to figure 1, and a number of containers 100 each of which are fitted with a lid 102.
- the port is also equipped with an excavator which is fitted with wide, low impact tracks.
- a hatchway of the ship covering the hold containing the grain is opened and the excavator is lowered into the hold by the dockside crane, to sit on top of the grain in the hold.
- the crane operator then initiates a procedure to open the container for loading. Firstly, the lid lifting assemblies 24 are moved to their lowered position and engage with lid 102. The lift lifting assemblies 24 then return to their raised position to thereby lift the lid 102 from the container 100 as shown in figure 3.
- the apparatus 10 then performs a movement whereby the hydraulic actuators associated with arms 22 of the apparatus are actuated with the result that the body 20 rotates with respect to the container 100 (see Fig 4).
- the body rotates by approximately 60 degrees away from vertical.
- the interior of the container 100 is now accessible for loading with grain by the excavator (as illustrated in Fig 9).
- the hydraulic systems in the cargo handling device 10 are powered by a diesel internal combustion engine 50.
- Engine 50 is mounted inside body 20 on a pivotal mounting 62. Exhaust gases emanating from the engine are directed to the atmosphere by a flexible pipe 52.
- the orientation of the engine 50 during rotation of the main body 20 of the cargo handling device 10 is controlled by operation of hydraulic ram 60.
- FIG. 8 an alternative embodiment of engine mounting is shown.
- the engine 50 is mounted to a cradle 64 at a pivot point 66.
- the engine 50 is free to rotate under the influence of gravity to maintain the engine 50 in an upright orientation.
- the grain was unloaded from the hold using an excavator fitted with a bucket.
- other machinery may be used in the hold to load the container such as a front end loader. Loading machinery may be fitted with buckets or grapples. Augurs and conveyor belts may also be utilised in the hold of the ship to load the containers.
- Embodiments of the invention also have applications in tunnelling, mining and construction operations. Containers can be loaded underground and then raised to the surface for discharge.
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