Closure curtain for aircraft passenger boarding bridge cab
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1. A closure for a cab forming a longitudinally extending passageway that connects a passenger loading bridge to a doorway formed in the fuselage of an aircraft which comprises:
- a support plate having a pair of laterally spaced side walls;
a plurality of longitudinally spaced pairs of rigid vertical support members having inner and outer ends;
pivot means for pivotally connecting the inner ends of said vertical support members to said side walls;
a plurality of rigid horizontal support members which extend between the outer ends of said pairs of vertical support members;
attachment means for attaching the ends of said horizontal support members to said outer ends of said vertical support members such that said pairs of vertical support members and said horizontal support members form a curtain frame;
a curtain having an inner side surface and an outer side surface; and
a plurality of longitudinally spaced laterally extending sleeves formed on the outer surface of said curtain adapted to receive said pairs of vertical support members and said horizontal support members such that said curtain is suspended from said horizontal support members between said pairs of vertical support members.
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Abstract
A closure for a cab forming a longitudinally extending passageway that connects a passenger loading bridge to a doorway formed in the fuselage of an aircraft has a curtain with sleeves formed on the outer surface thereof which receive spaced pairs of vertical support members and horizontal support members which connect the outer ends of the vertical support members such that the curtain is suspended from the horizontal support members between the pairs of vertical support members.
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1. A closure for a cab forming a longitudinally extending passageway that connects a passenger loading bridge to a doorway formed in the fuselage of an aircraft which comprises:
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a support plate having a pair of laterally spaced side walls; a plurality of longitudinally spaced pairs of rigid vertical support members having inner and outer ends; pivot means for pivotally connecting the inner ends of said vertical support members to said side walls; a plurality of rigid horizontal support members which extend between the outer ends of said pairs of vertical support members; attachment means for attaching the ends of said horizontal support members to said outer ends of said vertical support members such that said pairs of vertical support members and said horizontal support members form a curtain frame; a curtain having an inner side surface and an outer side surface; and a plurality of longitudinally spaced laterally extending sleeves formed on the outer surface of said curtain adapted to receive said pairs of vertical support members and said horizontal support members such that said curtain is suspended from said horizontal support members between said pairs of vertical support members. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A closure for a cab forming a longitudinally extending passageway that connects a passenger loading bridge to a doorway formed in the fuselage of an aircraft which comprises:
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a support plate having a pair of laterally spaced side walls; a plurality of longitudinally spaced pairs of rigid vertical support members having inner and outer ends; a pair of segmented vertical support members positioned one on each side of said support plate; each of said segmented vertical support members having an inner segment pivotally connected to an outer segment; pivot means for pivotally connecting the inner ends of said rigid vertical support members and the inner ends of said inner segments to said side walls; wherein said segmented vertical support members are positioned at the aircraft end of said support plate; a plurality of rigid horizontal support members which extend between the outer ends of said rigid pairs of vertical support members and the outer ends of said outer segments; attachment means for attaching the ends of said horizontal support members to said outer ends of said rigid vertical support members and the outer ends of said outer segments; a curtain having an inner side surface and an outer side surface; and a plurality of longitudinally spaced laterally extending sleeves formed on the outer surface of said curtain adapted to receive said pairs of rigid and said segmented vertical support members and said horizontal support members such that said curtain is suspended from said horizontal support members between said pairs of said rigid and segmented vertical support members. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A closure for a cab forming a longitudinally extending passageway that connects a passenger loading bridge to a doorway formed in the fuselage of an aircraft and movable between a retracted position in which the outer end of said closure is moved toward said bridge and an extended position in which said outer end of said closure is moved away from said bridge and has a positive curvature which substantially complements that of the fuselage of an adjacent aircraft which comprises:
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a support plate having a pair of laterally spaced side walls; a plurality of longitudinally spaced pairs of rigid vertical support members having inner and outer ends; a pair of segmented vertical support members positioned one on each side of said support plate; each of said segmented vertical support members having an inner segment pivotally connected to an outer segment; a pair of longitudinally flexible vertical pad supports having inner and outer ends positioned one on each side of said support plate; pivot means for pivotally connecting the inner ends of said rigid vertical support members to said side walls; first connecting means for connecting the inner ends of said vertical pad supports to said support plate; second connecting means for connecting the inner ends of said inner segments to said side walls; wherein said vertical pad supports are positioned at the aircraft end of said support plate and said segmented vertical support members are positioned between said rigid vertical support members and said pad support; a plurality of rigid horizontal support members which extend between the outer ends of said rigid pairs of vertical support members and the outer ends of said outer segments; attachment means for attaching the ends of said horizontal support members to said outer ends of said rigid vertical support members and the outer ends of said outer segments; a longitudinally flexible horizontal pad support which extends between the outer ends of said vertically pad supports; a curtain having an inner side surface and an outer side surface; a plurality of longitudinally spaced laterally extending sleeves formed on the outer surface of said curtain adapted to receive said pairs of rigid and said segmented vertical support members and said horizontal support members such that said curtain is suspended from said horizontal support members between said pairs of said rigid and said segmented vertical support members; first fastening means for fastening said curtain to said vertical pad supports; and second fastening means for fastening said curtain to said horizontal pad support. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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