B - Operations – Transporting – 64 – F
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
64
F
B64F 1/14 (2006.01) B64F 1/08 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2190864
The invention is a mooring tower (24) for a lighter-than-air vehicle (14). In detail, the invention includes a vertical tower (24) having a vertical and lateral axis. A first support member (40) is mounted on the top (34) of said tower (24), which is rotatable in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis aligned with the vertical axis of the tower. A second support member (54) is mounted by its first end (56) mounted to the first support member (40) and includes a telescoping second end (64). The second support member (54) is rotatable in a vertical plane about its first end (56). The second support member (54) includes an aperture (88) extending therethrough from the first end to the second. A winch (82) is mounted to the vertical tower (34) having a mooring line (88) extending through the aperture (80) in the second member (54) from the first end (56) to and out the second end (64) thereof. Thus a vehicle (10) having the end of the mooring line (88) attached to the nose (36) thereof can be winched to the vertical tower (24).
L'invention concerne une tour d'amarrage (24) pour des aéronefs (14) plus légers que l'air. Plus particulièrement, l'invention concerne une tour verticale (24) ayant un axe vertical et un axe latéral. Un premier élément de support (40) est monté en haut (34) de ladite tour (24) qui peut tourner dans un plan horizontal autour d'un axe vertical aligné avec l'axe vertical de la tour. Un second élément de support (54) est monté par sa première extrémité (56) au premier élément de support (40) et il comprend une seconde extrémité télescopique (64). Le second élément de support (54) peut tourner dans un plan vertical autour de sa première extrémité (56). Le second élément de support (54) a une ouverture (88) qui le traverse de la première à la seconde extrémité. Un treuil (82) est monté sur la tour verticale (34) et il porte un câble d'amarrage (88) passant dans une ouverture (80) dans le second élément (54) qui s'étend depuis la première extrémité (56) jusqu'à la seconde extrémité (64) de cet élément. Ainsi, un véhicule (10) ayant l'extrémité du câble d'amarrage (88) fixée à son nez, peut être ramené par le treuil vers la tour verticale (24).
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Smart & Biggar
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