Aeronautics and astronautics – Landing field arrangement – Mooring devices
Patent
1991-04-19
1992-04-07
Barefoot, Galen
Aeronautics and astronautics
Landing field arrangement
Mooring devices
B64F 122
Patent
active
051020912
ABSTRACT:
A traversing system for handling aircraft, such as helicopters, on a ship comprises a rail (4) leading to the landing area; a shuttle (8) which moves along the rail and has forward and aft location slots (70,72) together with forward and aft guide pulleys (75,77) for respective handling wires; and a yoke (6), which is attached to the aircraft wheels (40), comprising a forward location pin (36) which can engage the shuttle forward location slot (70), an aft location pin (37) which can engage the shuttle aft location slot (72) and is mounted on a slidable block (32) which slides backwards and forwards on the yoke. The hauling wires (10c, 10b) pass through the guide pulleys on the shuttle and are attached to respective forward and aft positions (26,24) on the yoke, after the yoke has been attached to the aircraft wheels. The aft wire (10b) is then hauled by a winch to pull the yoke (and aircraft) until the aft pin (37) engages the aft slot (72). The slidable block (32) then slides along the yoke as continued hauling on the forward wire (10c) brings the forward pin (36) into engagement with the forward slot (70). The aircraft is then connected to the shuttle and may be hauled along the rail to a hangar area.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4319722 (1982-03-01), Pesando
patent: 4786014 (1988-11-01), Pesando et al.
Barefoot Galen
MacTaggart Scott (Holdings) Ltd.
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