TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS

摘要

A transfer arrangement for transferring articles between two relatively moving stations such as ships under way in which a support cable extending between the stationsprovides a support for an article carrier, in which one of the stations carries a plurality of trolleys each supporting spaced regions of a flexible hose, and means are provided for feeding the trolleys on to the support cable until the leading trolley reaches the other station to permit the transfer of fluids between the stations, the movement of the intermediate trolleys being thereafter controlled in dependence upon variations in the distance between the stations to maintain a substantially uniform spacing between them.