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May 16, 1961 T. T. UNDE 2,984,202 LASHING ARRANGEMENT FOR PUSHER TOWBOAT AND BARGE Filed Jan. 6, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR. 77/CAMAS 7 AUWDA " (acAW ai O, 1 May 16, 1961 T. T. LUNDE 2,984,202 LASHING ARRANGEMENT FOR PUSHER TOWBOAT AND BARGE Filed Jan. 6, 1958 2. Sheets-Sheet 2 AF/G6 INVENTOR. 77/OMAS 7 A. WDA A77ORway 2,984,202 United States Patent Office Patented May 16, 1961 2 Fig. 3 is a schematic top elevational view of the barge and towboat; Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the towboat pusher 2,984,202 plpe; LASHING ARRANGEMENT FOR PUSHER 5 Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of the towboat TOWBOAT AND BARGE pusher-pipe; Thomas T. Lunde, 233 Cervantes Blvd., Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the barge San Francisco, Calif. pusher-block; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the barge pusher-block Filed Jan. 6, 1958, Ser. No. 707,425 O engaged with the towboat pusher-pipe; and 10 Claims. (C. 114-235) Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a special towline fitting. Referring now specifically to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, a pusher towboat , of conventional design, is shown in pushing contact with a load-carrying barge 2, in its un This invention relates to a method and apparatus for 15 laden condition in Fig. 1 and in its laden condition in lashing a pusher vessel or towboat to a load-carrying Fig. 2 as illustrated by the relative freeboard indicated in pushed vessel or barge.
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