Method and device for external de-icing of aircraft
OwnerMarc Liczbinskiinventor
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Abstract
In a method for exterior de-icing of an aircraft before takeoff, a region of the aircraft to be de-iced has hot air applied thereto and is heated, the air exiting a de-icing nozzle that can be disposed in the vicinity of the region to be de-iced, hot air exiting a hot air outlet opening of the aircraft is collected and fed to the de-icing nozzle. A device for externally de-icing aircraft, having a flexible hot air channel and a de-icing nozzle disposed at a first end of the hot air channel includes a collector device for hot air exiting the aircraft and connected to a second end of the hot air channel.
Claims16
A method for the exterior deicing of airplanes before a start, comprising
- heating an area of the airplane to be deiced by applying hot air to the area to be deiced, which hot air exits from a deicing nozzle proximate the area to be deiced,
- collecting and supplying hot air exiting from a hot-air discharge opening of the airplane is collected and supplied to the deicing nozzle.
An apparatus for the exterior deicing of airplanes, comprising
- a flexible hot-air conduit having a deicing nozzle arranged at a first end of the hot-air conduit,
- collector apparatus for hot air exiting from the airplane, which collector apparatus is connected to a second end of the hot-air conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.