Patent · US Expired

Locking and restraining cargo in an aircraft

US4583896A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gunter Vogg · Bremen, DE
Hartmut Sempert · Delmenhorst, DE
Wilfried Eilenstein · Stuhr, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 6, 1983
Grant date	Apr 22, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 6, 2003

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D9/003
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A locking dog for restraining pieces of cargo in the cargo area of an aircraft is disclosed having a frame in which a locking member is pivotally mounted and can be folded down by means of an actuator flap either upon passage of a piece of frieght or manually by pushing the actuator flap down into an overcenter position in which a spring locks the folded down locking member, the member being released upon pulling the actuator flap up and over the dead center position.

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