Aircraft defueling system

B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – B

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B65B 1/04 (2006.01)

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CA 2542580

An apparatus and method for defueling and aircraft. The apparatus includes a vacuum fuel tank comprising a first vacuum generator, a defueling hose in fluid communication with the vacuum fuel tank, a first defueling fitting attached to the first defueling hose, and a second vacuum generator operatively connected to the first defueling fitting. By providing both a first and a second vacuum generator, the defueling fitting can be attached and detached from an aircraft independent of the suction used to withdraw fuel from an aircraft. According to some embodiments, there may be multiple defueling hoses and additional vacuum generators. Further, some embodiments include a telescoping funnel that can be selectively isolated from the vacuum fuel tank so that the tank can be held at vacuum pressure.

Appareil et procédé de vidangeage d~un aéronef. L~appareil comporte un réservoir de carburant à dépression comprenant un premier générateur de dépression, un tuyau flexible de vidangeage en communication fluidique avec le réservoir de carburant à dépression, un premier raccord de vidangeage fixé au premier tuyau flexible de vidangeage et un deuxième générateur de dépression relié de façon fonctionnelle au premier raccord de vidangeage. En prévoyant un premier et un deuxième générateur de dépression, il est possible d~attacher et de détacher le raccord de vidangeage d~un aéronef indépendamment de l~aspiration utilisée pour prélever du carburant d~un aéronef. Selon certains modes de réalisation, plusieurs tuyaux flexibles de vidangeage et des générateurs de dépression supplémentaires peuvent être prévus. Par ailleurs, certains modes de réalisation comprennent un entonnoir télescopique susceptible d~être isolé de manière sélective du réservoir de carburant à dépression de façon à maintenir en dépression le réservoir de carburant à dépression.

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