ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,977, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to IHI TRANSPORT MACHINERY Co. LTD (Tokyo).
"Rain-guard device for nozzle" was invented by Yasuhiro Otake (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a rain-guard device for a nozzle that can prevent the cargo being loaded aboard from getting wet with rainwater. A nozzle rain-guard device 30 has a nozzle cover 31, which covers an outer periphery of a nozzle 8 of a shiploader 1, and a chute cover, which is provided in a lower end part of the nozzle 8, and covers a chute 22 provided on a hatch opening 13 from above."
The patent was filed on Jan. 15, 2020, under Application...