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Transfer device for transferring bulk material

US9334130B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Thyssenkrupp Resource Technologies GmbH · DE

Inventors

Helmut Weber · Webster, US
Peter Röttgen · Pulheim, DE
Wei Ye · Zhejiang, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 10, 2012
Grant date	May 10, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 15, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB63B35/301
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A transfer device is configured for transferring bulk material from a barge floating on a body of water into at least one receiving device. At least one lifting lock is provided by way of which the barge can be raised, while floating, to a tilting height above the surface of the body of water, and at least one tilting device is provided by way of which the barge can be tilted such that the bulk material is poured from the barge into the receiving device.

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