Patent · US Expired

System for supplying an enclosure with trolleys or similar

US5074496A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 6, 1991
Grant dateDec 24, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64D11/04
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system is disclosed for supplying an enclosure with trolleys or similar, provided more particularly in the passenger cabin of an aircraft and comprising: PA1 at least one storage container in which said trolleys are arranged and which is situated in the baggage compartment of said aircraft; PA1 a controllable automatic device provided in the baggage compartment of said aircraft and able to move to seize each of said trolleys in said container, by gripping means, and then bring it to said enclosure via a passage formed between the baggage compartment and said enclosure; and PA1 a programmable control unit connected to said automatic device and containing the information relative to the position of said trolleys in the container and to the types of products contained in each of them so that, depending on the information transmitted by said unit, said automatic device moves for seizing said corresponding trolley and bringing it from the baggage compartment to said enclosure.

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