Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft structure – Passenger or cargo loading or discharging
Patent
1988-10-19
1990-05-08
Barefoot, Galen
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft structure
Passenger or cargo loading or discharging
414446, 89 151, 89 155, 89 159, 2441374, B64D 900
Patent
active
049231480
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION
This invention relates to apparatus for stowing and deploying stores from air and marine craft.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4 161 301 there is disclosed apparatus for stowing and deploying stores from aircraft and surface marine craft including modular palletised stowage of such stores. The stores are stowed on cradles mounted in pallets and releasable locking devices secure the pallets together and to the craft. Rack and pinion drive mechanisms are provided to effect movement of the cradles relative to the pallets to a deployment position and to effect deployment. The rack and pinion drive mechanisms also serve to restrain movement of the cradles relative to the pallets by constituting an irreversible drive between the racks, the pinions and the drive motors.
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus for stowing and deploying stores from air and marine craft including a modular stowage structure for such stores, the stores being stowed on the structure, with releasable locking devices securing the structure to the craft, in which further releasable locking devices are arranged to secure the stores to respective associated portions of the structure and are adapted to permit, upon release of the respective further releasable locking devices, movement of the stores to effect deployment of the stores.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus for stowing and deploying stores from air and marine craft including modular palletised stowage of such stores, the stores being stowed on pallets, with releasable locking devices securing the pallets to the craft, in which further releasable locking devices are arranged to secure the stores to respective associated pallets and the pallets are adapted to permit, upon release of the respective further releasable locking devices, movement by the effect of gravity of the stores to effect deployment of the stores.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus for stowing and deploying stores from air and marine craft including modular palletised stowage of such stores, the stores being stowed on cradles mounted in pallets, with releasable locking devices securing the pallets together and to the craft, in which further releasable locking devices are arranged to secure the cradles to respective associated pallets and the cradles and pallets are adapted to permit, upon release of the respective further releasable locking devices, movement by the effect of gravity of the cradles relative to the pallets to a deployment position and, also by the effect of gravity, to effect deployment of the cradles.
According to a further aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus for stowing and deploying stores from sub-surface marine craft including a stowage structure releasably locatable on the sub-surface marine craft and provided with a hanger support having releasable hanger means for individual pendant support of respective stores.
According to a yet further aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus for stowing and deploying stores from sub-surface marine craft including a stowage structure releasably attachable to the underside of the sub-surface craft at five attachment locations, two of the attachment locations being laterally spaced apart at the forward end of the structure, two of the attachment locations being laterally spaced apart at the aft end of the structure and the fifth location being adjacent the center of the structure, attachment means at the fifth location being engageable between the stowage structure and the sub-surface marine craft prior to engagement of attachment means at the fore and aft locations between the structure and the craft and dis-engageable subsequent to disengagement of the attachment means at the fore and aft locations.
According to another further aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus for stowing and deploying stores from sub-surface marine craft including a stowage structure relea
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Fillingham John F.
Hawkins Ronald J.
Wilson Anthony D.
Babcock Energy Limited
Barefoot Galen
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