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Apparatus for loading and unloading an aircraft

  • US 4,446,524 A
  • Filed: 11/02/1981
  • Issued: 05/01/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for loading and unloading an aircraft and for ascertaining the weight of the load, comprising weighing station means arranged within the aircraft fuselage in such position that the weight of any item of payload to be added to the actual weight of the aicraft must operatively and individually pass said weighing station means for individually measuring the weight of each payload item entering the aircraft, load cell means in said weighing station means to provide weight data in the form of individual weight representing electrical signals, electronic logic circuit means, airborne digital computer means, conductor means operatively connecting said electronic logic circuit means to said load cell means and to said digital computer means for processing said individual weight representing electrical signals into respective control signals, said system further comprising ground based electronic data preparing means for preparing loading information data and transmission link means including ground based and airborne data link means operatively connected to said airborne digital computer means for also processing said loading information data received from said ground based data preparing means.

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