Mobile rocket service tower
US5209433A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 1991 |
| Grant date | May 11, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64G5/00
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A rocket assembly apparatus is disclosed in which a vertical assembly building houses a multi-stage rocket and provides a clear work area around the entire circumference of the rocket. A mobile rocket service tower is moveable on the floor of the vertical assembly building to any desired circumferential location with respect to the rocket and has a plurality of cantilevered access platforms with curved outer edges for conforming to the shape of the rocket at various vertical and circumferential positions.
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