Conveyor apparatus for an aircraft cargo hold
AssigneeTelair International GmbH
InventorsThomas Huber, Richard Holzner
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Abstract
A conveyor apparatus for use in an aircraft cargo hold a plurality of direction-independent conveyor elements such as ball elements or similar, on which an item of freight such as a container can be transported in a transport plane linearly and with a change of direction. In order to improve the handling of items of freight, in particular to avoid damage, the apparatus comprises at least one brake element, for example in a door region of the cargo hold, in order to brake movement of the item of freight with a predetermined, finite braking force while it is being transported into the cargo hold or out of the cargo hold.
Claims9
Conveyor apparatus for use in an aircraft cargo hold comprising a plurality of direction-independent conveyor elements on which an item of freight can be transported in a transport plane, and at least one brake element adapted to brake movement of said item of freight with a predetermined, finite braking force while it is being transported into the cargo hold and out of the cargo hold, wherein said brake element is constructed as a swivel caster conveyor element with a braked roller.
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