Discharge apparatus for aerial vehicle
AssigneeToyo Seikan Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsushi Kominami, Souji Araki
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Abstract
A discharge apparatus for an aerial vehicle is provided which is capable of mounting an aerosol container by effectively utilizing a space outside an airframe. The discharge apparatus for an aerial vehicle, in which a content is discharged through a nozzle from an aerosol container mounted on an airframe, is characterized in that the aerosol container is mounted outside the airframe, and is arranged so that a central axis of the aerosol container is along a pitch axis of the airframe, or arranged on an extension portion such as a small wing extending from a fuselage of the airframe, an arm portion provided with a rotor blade, a leg portion for taking off and landing, or the like, with the aerosol container and the nozzle being connected to each other through a tube.
Claims3
A camera-equipped discharge apparatus comprising:
- a nozzle configured to discharge a content of an aerosol container for mounting on a moving vehicle and a camera for mounting on the moving vehicle, wherein the nozzle and the camera are arranged so as to be operated in unison by a common direction changing device, wherein:
- the direction changing device includes at least one rotating body that rotatably supports the nozzle such that a direction of the nozzle can be changed,
- an extension line of a center line of a discharge port in the nozzle intersects with extension lines of rotation center lines of all the rotating bodies, and
- the direction changing device comprises:
- a first motor;
- a first rotating body configured to rotate by a driving force of the first motor;
- a second motor configured to turn in accordance with rotation of the first rotating body;
- a second rotating body configured to rotate by a driving force of the second motor;
- a third motor configured to turn in accordance with rotation of the second rotating body;
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- a third rotating body configured to rotate by a driving force of the third motor;
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- wherein the nozzle is arranged so as to change its direction in accordance with an operation of the third rotating body.
A camera-equipped discharge apparatus comprising:
- a nozzle configured to discharge a content of an aerosol container for mounting on a moving vehicle;
- and a camera for mounting on the moving vehicle, wherein the nozzle and the camera are arranged so as to be operated in unison by a common direction changing device, wherein:
- the direction changing device includes at least one rotating body that rotatably supports the nozzle such that a direction of the nozzle can be changed,
- an extension line of a center line of a discharge port in the nozzle intersects with extension lines of rotation center lines of all the rotating bodies, and
- the direction changing device comprises:
- a first motor;
- a first rotating body configured to rotate by a driving force of the first motor;
- a second motor configured to turn in accordance with rotation of the first rotating body;
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- a second rotating body configured to rotate by a driving force of the second motor;
- wherein the nozzle is arranged so as to change its direction in accordance with an operation of the second rotating body, and
- an extension line of a rotation center line of the first rotating body and an extension line of a rotation center line of the second rotating body do not intersect with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.