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SHIP TRANSFER SYSTEM

  • US 3,654,869 A
  • Filed: 07/27/1970
  • Issued: 04/11/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1970
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a two line system for transferring cargo between ships at sea, a pair of drums, a pair of individually energizable reversible motors, direct gearing means for interconnecting one of said motors to differentially rotate said drums in opposite directions and connecting the other of said motors to rotate said drums in the same direction, said gearing means responsive to concurrent operation of both motors to drive said drum according to the algebraic sum of the movements of said motors, an inhaul and outhaul line for both supporting and traversing said cargo between said ships, said inhaul line being wound and unwound on one of said drums and said outhaul line being wound and unwound on the other drum.

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