Monument for an aircraft comprising a lift apparatus

US9469403B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Roland Lange · Nottensdorf, DE
• Stefan Ebeling · Wilhelmshaven, DE
• Jens Gärtner · Hamburg, DE
• Andreas Kohler · Hamburg, DE
• Raj Kotian · Hamburg, DE
• Ralf Schliwa · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft monument includes an elongate cavity having an open end and a lift apparatus mounted to the monument and adapted for lifting goods along the longitudinal axis of the cavity. The monument is adapted to be mounted on a floor structure of an aircraft separating two compartments of the aircraft from each other such that the open end of the cavity faces the floor structure. The lift apparatus includes a guide means including two straight guide members spaced apart, and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cavity, a conveying means including two conveying members each mounted to a different guide member, a moving means for linearly moving the two conveying members, a control means for controlling the moving means to synchronize the linear movement of the conveying members, and a gripping means secured to the conveying means and adapted for selectively gripping and releasing goods.