Arrangement for loading a cargo compartment, in particular that of an aircraft, with piece goods
First Claim
1. Arrangement for loading a cargo compartment (3) of an aircraft having a curved fuselage floor with piece goods, with at least one conveying device (9), able to be moved by a motor from a loading aperture (5) of an aircraft cargo compartment (3) outwardly in a direction toward its opposite end (6) and back,which device covers the curved surface of the aircraft fuselage floor (14) of the cargo compartment (3), and by means of which piece goods placed on the conveying device (9) in the region of the loading aperture (5) can be conveyed away from the loading aperture (5) into the cargo compartment (3) and back in the direction of the loading aperture (5) during unloading,which device comprises a plurality of high-tensile flexible tensioning elements (belts 10), disposed adjacently to each other, which are held at the end (6) of the cargo compartment (3) opposite the loading aperture (5),which device features in a portion at least approximately equivalent to the depth of the cargo compartment (3) a carpetlike conveying surface (18) of a flexible textile material, andwhich device is reversed over a plurality of rotatable reversing rolls (84) arranged in the area of the loading aperture (5),characterized in thatthe reversing rolls (84) are fixed to a guide profile (13) arranged between the upper and lower portions of the conveying device (9), said guide profile being curved to conform the guide profile (13) to, and the conveying surface (18) being curved to conform to, the curved surface of the aircraft fuselage floor (14) of the cargo compartment (3),the motor drive (8) for the conveying device (9) is positioned in the area of the end (6) of the conveying compartment (3) opposite the loading aperture (5), andthe guide profile (13) is supported against the tensile stress of the conveying device (9) at its side opposite to the reversing rolls (84) by a slide plate (96;
- 143) supported against the drive (8) at the opposite end.
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Abstract
An arrangement for loading of a cargo compartment (3), in particular that of an aircraft fuselage (1), with piece goods, is proposed, consisting of a conveying device (9) in the form of a number of high-tensile belts (10) located at intervals from one another and which are provided with a carpet-like conveying surface (18), for instance in nylon fabric, in that section of them which covers the cargo area of the cargo compartment (3) in the fully-loaded position. A rear cargo wall (23) fixed to the belts (10) provides the rear stowage room limit for the goods transported. Loading and unloading can be performed by means of movement backwards and fowards of the belts (10). Since tensile loadings are concentrated exclusively in the belts (10), reversal can be performed in the vicinity of the loading aperture (5) of the cargo compartment (3) on a thin guide section located near the floor, which can be designed to accord with any contour of the floor (14) of the cargo compartment (3). There thus results in a design for the conveying device (9) in the form of a carpet which fluidly adapts itself to any contour on which the goods transported can be safely and reliably conveyed into and out of the cargo in compartment (3).
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1. Arrangement for loading a cargo compartment (3) of an aircraft having a curved fuselage floor with piece goods, with at least one conveying device (9), able to be moved by a motor from a loading aperture (5) of an aircraft cargo compartment (3) outwardly in a direction toward its opposite end (6) and back,
which device covers the curved surface of the aircraft fuselage floor (14) of the cargo compartment (3), and by means of which piece goods placed on the conveying device (9) in the region of the loading aperture (5) can be conveyed away from the loading aperture (5) into the cargo compartment (3) and back in the direction of the loading aperture (5) during unloading, which device comprises a plurality of high-tensile flexible tensioning elements (belts 10), disposed adjacently to each other, which are held at the end (6) of the cargo compartment (3) opposite the loading aperture (5), which device features in a portion at least approximately equivalent to the depth of the cargo compartment (3) a carpetlike conveying surface (18) of a flexible textile material, and which device is reversed over a plurality of rotatable reversing rolls (84) arranged in the area of the loading aperture (5), characterized in that the reversing rolls (84) are fixed to a guide profile (13) arranged between the upper and lower portions of the conveying device (9), said guide profile being curved to conform the guide profile (13) to, and the conveying surface (18) being curved to conform to, the curved surface of the aircraft fuselage floor (14) of the cargo compartment (3), the motor drive (8) for the conveying device (9) is positioned in the area of the end (6) of the conveying compartment (3) opposite the loading aperture (5), and the guide profile (13) is supported against the tensile stress of the conveying device (9) at its side opposite to the reversing rolls (84) by a slide plate (96; - 143) supported against the drive (8) at the opposite end.
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