A conveyor apparatus for loading and unloading aircraft (1), said apparatus comprising a first conveyor (14) for conveying articles from an area outside of an aircraft (1) to an entrance to a cargo compartment (2) of the aircraft and a second conveyor (16) for conveying articles from an end of said first conveyor into said cargo compartment, said second conveyor being telescopically extendable from said first conveyor, wherein said second conveyor comprises an endless flexible member extending between a tail end of the second conveyor adjacent the first conveyor and a head end of the second conveyor segment at a distal end of said second conveyor, drive means driving said endless member to convey articles along said second conveyor.
Conveyor apparatus for loading and unloading an aircraft
2015-09-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen |
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