Portable aircraft moving device
US4915185A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 1988 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64F1/22
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A portable aircraft moving device comprising a portable electric drill containing a drive shaft extending from the drill output shaft to a worm gear reducer having an output shaft connected to a drive wheel that is mounted temporarily to the front wheel of an airplane above the airplane wheel, the drive shaft located inside a straight hollow support tube attached between the drill and the gear reducer, so that by actuating the trigger on the drill, causes the drive shaft to be turned and produce, through the gear reducer, rotation of the drive wheel on an axis parallel to the axis of the airplane's wheel. Pivotal means are employed to allow the drive wheel to be rotated into contact with the airplane wheel, by lowering the drill, to impart rotation to the airplane's wheel and movement to the airplane.
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