In general, one aspect of the invention relates to an apparatus comprising: a vertical support member pivotally mounted to any one of a wheel axle, chassis, or landing gear at a first terminal end and coupled perpendicularly to a horizontal member to an opposing terminal end; said horizontal member dimensioned with a first plurality of linear dispensing nozzles oriented towards a bottom portion of at least one wheel, and a second plurality of linear dispensing nozzles oriented towards a top portion of a driving surface, wherein the first and second plurality of linear dispensing nozzles are each fed by an air or fluid line that diverges from a single air or fluid line in operable communication with an on-board air-pressure unit; said vertical support member and horizontal member configured to extend into a down-right position electro-mechanically at the first terminal end, wherein the first plurality and second plurality of linear dispensing nozzles is positioned less than 24 inches from the bottom portion of at least one wheel and the top portion of the driving surface, wherein activation of the vertical support member and horizontal member extending into the down-right position and deployment of pressurized air or fluid from the first and second plurality of linear dispensing nozzles.
Automated deployment of pressure-drying apparatus for improved traction
2020-05-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Automated Deployment of Pressure-Drying Apparatus for Improved Traction
European Patent Office | 2020
|Improved electric traction equipment
Engineering Index Backfile | 1947