Device for preventing access to an area of an aircraft
AssigneeSchroth Safety Products GmbH
InventorsWilko Reinck, Stefan Bach, Mike Höhn
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Abstract
A device for preventing access to an area of an aircraft includes a first vertical frame post designed for attachment to a structure of the aircraft, a second vertical frame post designed for attachment to a structure of the aircraft, a barrier element displaceably connected to the first frame post and including a latching element for detachable connection of the barrier element to the second frame post, and a delay unit including a spring-loaded damping cylinder displaceable into a damping position by a locking movement in opposition to a spring force. The delay unit is designed to release the latching element after a time delay.
Claims16
A device for preventing access to an area of an aircraft, said device comprising:
- a first vertical frame post designed for attachment to a structure of the aircraft;
- a second vertical frame post designed for attachment to a structure of the aircraft;
- a barrier element displaceably connected to the first frame post and including a latching element for detachable connection of the barrier element to the second frame post;
- a delay unit arranged in the second frame post and including a spring-loaded damping cylinder displaceable into a damping position by a locking movement in opposition to a spring force, said delay unit designed to release the latching element after a time delay;
- a closure body arranged for displacement in the second frame post in a longitudinal direction of the second frame post and Including an actuating element to move the closure body manually, said delay unit being connected to the closure body;
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- a locking element acting between the closure body and the second frame post and designed to lock the closure body in a locking position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.