WO2015155166A1 - Véhicule de service pour aéronef - Google Patents

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WO2015155166A1
WO2015155166A1 PCT/EP2015/057472 EP2015057472W WO2015155166A1 WO 2015155166 A1 WO2015155166 A1 WO 2015155166A1 EP 2015057472 W EP2015057472 W EP 2015057472W WO 2015155166 A1 WO2015155166 A1 WO 2015155166A1
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loading platform
aircraft
rear loading
service vehicle
container body
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Ronan Mallaghan
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Mallaghan Engineering Limited
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P1/00—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
    • B60P1/02—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading with parallel up-and-down movement of load supporting or containing element
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B64F1/00—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations
    • B64F1/32—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for handling freight
    • B64F1/326—Supply vehicles specially adapted for transporting catering to and loading into the aircraft

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  • This invention relates to a service vehicle for an aircraft and in particular to a service vehicle that can be used with aircraft of many different sizes.
  • service vehicles at airports to facilitate servicing of the interior of the aircraft, for example, cleaning the interior and seating of the aircraft, and more particularly for replenishing supplies of food and drink and other provisions for passengers.
  • service vehicles are typically equipped with a container or truck body mounted on a lifting arrangement on the chassis of the vehicle, behind the operators cab, whereby the container can be raised to the height of the fuselage of an aircraft, typically by a scissor lift arrangement activated by one or more hydraulic rams.
  • a loading platform is usually provided at forward end of the container for docking with a door of an aircraft to allow persons, equipment and supplies to be transferred between the container and an aircraft.
  • the loading platform must be folded and/or raised to a height to clear the cab of the vehicle when the container is in a lowered position. This results in a minimum operating height for the loading platform (to allow clearance for the cab), restricting the use of the service vehicle to servicing larger aircraft wherein the fuselage is at a height above said minimum operating height.
  • Previous attempts to enable such service vehicles to be used with smaller aircraft have involved removing one half of the cab, so that the loading platform can be positioned alongside the remainder of the cab when the container is in its lowered position. However, this requires substantial modification to the cab, reduces the size of the cab and requires a corresponding reduction in the width of the loading platform.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a service vehicle that can be used with many different sizes of aircraft.
  • a service vehicle for aircraft comprising a wheeled chassis having an operators cab at a forward end thereof, a container body being mounted on the chassis behind the operators cab via a lifting means, such as a scissor lift, enabling the container body to be elevated with respect to the chassis to allow the container body to be aligned with a service entrance of an aircraft, a front loading platform being provided at a forward end of the container body and a rear loading platform being provided at a rear end of the container body, whereby persons, equipment and supplies can be transferred between the body and the service entrance of the aircraft from the forward end of the body via the front loading platform or from the rear end of the body via the rear loading platform, sensing means being provided at the rear of the body for transmitting information to an operator in the cab regarding the position of the rear loading platform with respect to an aircraft such that the operator can manoeuvre the vehicle to align the rear loading platform into position adjacent a
  • said sensing means comprises one or more cameras for transmitting one or more images to the cab and/or one or more proximity sensors for sensing the proximity of the rear loading platform to the fuselage and/or service entrance of an aircraft.
  • the rear loading platform comprises a first portion extending from the rear of the container body and a second portion extending from the first portion, the second portion being displaceable between a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the first portion.
  • the second portion may be telescopically extendable from the first portion for movement between said retracted and extended positions.
  • One or more proximity sensors and/or cameras may be mounted on the second portion of the rear loading platform, preferably at or adjacent an outer region thereof, for determining the proximity of the rear loading platform to an adjacent aircraft fuselage and/or service entrance.
  • the rear loading platform may be pivotally mounted on the body for movement between an operative position, wherein the rear loading platform extends outwardly from the rear of the body, and a folded position, wherein the rear loading platform extends upwardly from the body.
  • the rear loading platform may be movable between its operative and folded positions by means of one or more hydraulic rams.
  • Figure 1 is a side view of a service vehicle in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention in a transport configuration
  • Figure 2 is a side view of the service vehicle of Figure 1 in an operative configuration
  • Figure 3 is a detailed perspective view of a rear portion of the service vehicle of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 4 is a detailed perspective view of the rear loading platform of the service vehicle of Figure 1 ; and Figure 5 is a side view of the rear loading platform of the service vehicle of Figure 1 in its folded configuration.
  • a service vehicle in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises a chassis 2 supported on front and rear pairs of road wheels 4,6.
  • An operators cab 8 is mounted upon a front end of the chassis 2 from which the vehicle may be driven.
  • a container body 10 is mounted on the chassis behind the cab 8, within which may be carried catering supplies, cleaning equipment and other items and provisions required for servicing aircraft.
  • the container body 10 is mounted on the chassis 2 via a scissor lift 12, or other suitable lifting means, whereby the container body 10 may be vertically elevated to the height of an aircraft fuselage by means of a suitable drive means, such as one or more hydraulic rams.
  • a horizontally extending front loading platform 14 is provided on a forward end of the container body 10 for loading persons, equipment, provisions and catering and/or cleaning supplies from a forward end of the vehicle onto an aircraft via a door or other service entrance of the aircraft.
  • the service vehicle can be driven up to an aircraft and, once in position, the container body 10 can be raised to the required height (i.e. level with the service entrance of the aircraft) and the front loading platform 14 extended such that the front edge of the front loading platform 14 abuts the fuselage just below the service entrance.
  • Safety railings 16 may be provided on either side of the front loading platform 14 and a resilient bumper 18 may be mounted on a leading edge of the front loading platform 14 for abutting the aircraft fuselage without damaging the aircraft.
  • Ground engaging stabilisers (not shown) may be provided on the vehicle which may be extended to engage the ground and stabilise the vehicle before raising the container body 10.
  • the front loading platform 14 is mounted on the forward end of the container body 10 on slide carriers and may be provided with lifting means, such that the front loading platform 14 can be vertically displaced between a raised transportation position, as shown in Figure 1 , where it can be positioned above the cab 8 when the container body 10 is in a lowered position, and a lowered operative position, as shown in Figure 2, where the front loading platform 14 is level with the floor of the container body 10.
  • the container body 10 must be raised above the height of the top of the cab 8 before the front loading platform 14 can be moved to its operative position, defining a minimum height at which the front loading platform 14 can be used.
  • the service vehicle in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a rear loading platform 20 mounted on a rear end of the container body 10 for loading persons, equipment, supplies and provisions onto an aircraft from the rear of the vehicle.
  • the rear loading platform 20 comprises a main platform section 22 mounted on and extending from the rear end of the container body 10, mounted between upright support posts 24a, 24b attached to the container body 10 on opposite sides of a loading opening 25 in a rear wall 23 of the container body 10.
  • a door (not shown) may be provided for closing the loading opening 25.
  • the main platform section 22 of the rear loading platform 20 may be pivotally mounted on the lower ends of the support posts 24a, 24b via hinged couplings, such that the rear loading platform 20 can be pivoted between a horizontally extending operative position, as shown in Figure 2, and a folded, upwardly extending transportation position, as shown in Figure 1 .
  • Hydraulic rams 28 may be mounted beneath a rear end of the container body 10 for moving the rear loading platform 20 between its operative and folded positions.
  • a roller door 30 may be provided in the rear wall 23 of the container body 10, alongside the loading opening 25 of the rear loading platform 20, through which provisions and equipment may be loaded into the container body 10.
  • a tail lift (not shown) may be provided for loading the container body 10 via the roller door 30, as is conventional in the art.
  • Pairs of upper and lower side rails 32 may be located on either side of the main platform section 22 of the rear loading platform 20, extending between the upright support posts 24a, 24b mounted on the rear end of the container body 10 and a pair of vertically extending outer support posts 34a, 34b mounted on an outer end of the main platform section 22.
  • the side rails 32 may be pivotally connected, at opposite ends thereof, to the upright support posts 24a, 24b and outer support posts 34a, 34b, to be moveable in parallelogram manner as the main platform section 20 is moved between its operative and folded positions.
  • Extension rails 38 may be slidably mounted on each pair of side rails 32 on either side of the outer platform section 36 via sliding couplings 39 fitted on the side rails 32, the extension rails 38 being slidably mounted on the respective upper and lower side rails 32 to be moveable between extended and retracted positions, as shown in Figures 4 and 5 respectively.
  • Each pair of extension rails 38 may be linked at outer ends thereof to respective upright members 40a,40b, to which the extension rails 38 are pivotally mounted.
  • the extension rails 38 preferably pass through enlarged openings 41 in the outer support posts 34a, 34b to allow the rear loading platform 20 to be moved between its operative and folded positions.
  • Resilient bumpers 42 may be mounted on an outer edge of the outer platform section 36 and on outer edges of the upright members 34a, 34b for engaging the fuselage of an aircraft.
  • One or more rear facing cameras 44 are preferably mounted on the rear wall of the container body 10 connected to one or more displays in the operators cab so that the operator can reverse the vehicle and manoeuvre the rear loading platform 20 into position adjacent a service entrance of an aircraft.
  • Ultrasonic proximity sensors 46 such as those used for parking sensors on cars, may be provided on the outer platform section 36, on or adjacent a rear edge thereof, to provide the operator of the vehicle with feedback, for example via audible signals or a visual display, regarding the distance of the rear loading platform 20 from the fuselage of an aircraft to facilitate docking off the rear loading platform 20 with the service entrance of an aircraft, in particular when extending the outer platform section 36 from the main platform section 22 to engage the fuselage of an aircraft.
  • one or more further cameras may be mounted on or adjacent a rear edge of the outer platform section 36.
  • the rear loading platform 20 provides greater versatility to the service vehicle, allowing the vehicle to be used with a variety of different sizes of aircraft and allowing the container body to be brought into aligned with a service entrance of an aircraft from either from front or rear of the service vehicle.
  • the rear loading platform 20 enables the docking of the container body 10 with the service entrance of the aircraft with the container body 10 in a lower position than that possible using the front loading platform 14.
  • the provision of one or more cameras and proximity sensors associated with the rear loading platform enables the rear loading platform to be safely and reliably docked with a service entrance of an aircraft without requiring the vehicle operator to leave the cab.
  • the service vehicle in accordance with the present invention is described for transferring workers, cleaning provisions, catering supplies and other provisions between the container body and an aircraft, the service vehicle could also be used to transfer passengers between the container body and an aircraft, for example for wheelchair passengers or other disabled or able bodied passengers.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un véhicule de service pour aéronef, comprenant un châssis à roues (2) pourvu d'une cabine d'opérateur (8) au niveau de son extrémité avant, un corps de conteneur (10) étant monté sur le châssis derrière la cabine d'opérateur par l'intermédiaire d'un moyen de levage (12) permettant au corps de conteneur d'être élevé par rapport au châssis afin que ledit corps soit aligné avec une entrée de service d'un aéronef, une plate-forme de chargement avant (14) étant disposée au niveau de l'extrémité avant du corps de conteneur et une plate-forme de chargement arrière (20) étant disposée au niveau de l'extrémité arrière du corps de conteneur, ce qui permet de transférer des personnes, des équipements et des fournitures entre le corps de conteneur et l'entrée de service de l'aéronef à partir de l'extrémité avant du corps par l'intermédiaire de la plate-forme de chargement avant ou à partir de l'extrémité arrière du corps par l'intermédiaire de la plate-forme de chargement arrière, des moyens de détection étant disposés à l'arrière du corps de conteneur pour transmettre des informations à un opérateur dans la cabine relatives à la position de la plate-forme de chargement arrière par rapport à l'aéronef, de sorte que l'opérateur puisse manoeuvrer le véhicule pour aligner la plate-forme de chargement arrière dans une position adjacente à l'ouverture de service de l'aéronef sans quitter sa cabine.
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