Conveyor apparatus for an aircraft cargo hold

US8387919B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Telair International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Huber · Schliersee, DE
• Richard Holzner · Rosenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2004
• Grant date: Mar 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G39/025
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyor apparatus for use in an aircraft cargo hold a plurality of direction-independent conveyor elements such as ball elements or similar, on which an item of freight such as a container can be transported in a transport plane linearly and with a change of direction. In order to improve the handling of items of freight, in particular to avoid damage, the apparatus comprises at least one brake element, for example in a door region of the cargo hold, in order to brake movement of the item of freight with a predetermined, finite braking force while it is being transported into the cargo hold or out of the cargo hold.