Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft structure – Passenger or cargo loading or discharging
Patent
1995-06-14
1997-08-12
Kashnikow, Andres
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft structure
Passenger or cargo loading or discharging
2441181, 280 7911, 414397, 414589, B64D 900, B62B 112, B65G 6702
Patent
active
056557345
ABSTRACT:
An airplane galley is moved through an airplane door and into final position on an airplane over honeycomb floor panels without damaging the panels or straining the workers by the use of a jacking dolly that is inserted into a meal cart slot under the galley. The dolly has a vertically extendable framework attached between an upper structure and a lower structure on casters. The upper structure is dimensioned to fit into at least one of the meal cart slots in the galley and can be jacked up to lift the galley off the floor. The casters supporting the lower structure of the dolly each include a low pressure pneumatic wheel that partially flattens and distribute the weight of the galley over a wide wheel footprint. The footprint of the partially flattened wheels has an area wide enough area to prevent damage to the honeycomb floor panels. The dolly is wheeled through the airplane door and into the final position on the airplane over the honeycomb floor panels and the jack is released to lower the galley directly onto the mounts in the airplane.
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Kashnikow Andres
Mojica Virna Lissi
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