Sliding gatebox for the release of wet and dry material
AssigneeTexas Transland LLC
InventorCalvin Lee Kroes
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Abstract
A gatebox for an aircraft comprises a hopper configured to contain a solid material or a liquid material in the gatebox, an opening within the hopper configured to allow a solid material in the hopper to be discharged from the gatebox, and a door mechanism with a door that is configured to operate in a first mode to release the solid material from the opening and a second mode to prevent the liquid material from escaping through the opening, wherein the door mechanism is configured to move the door linearly when operating in the first mode.
Claims21
1-27. (canceled)
A gatebox for an aircraft, comprising:
- a door mechanism comprising a door, a hinge point, and a door slide;
- a mode selector shaft configured to rotate a mode selector cam to move the door mechanism about the hinge point;
- and
- a door crank arm configured to move the door linearly along the door slide.
A gatebox for an aircraft, comprising:
- a door mechanism comprising a door, a hinge point, a door slide, and a seal;
- and
- a mode selector shaft configured to rotate a mode selector cam to move the door mechanism about the hinge point;
- wherein the door mechanism is configured to move the door from a first position engaged with the seal to a second position at least partially disengaged with the seal by rotation of the mode selector shaft causing the door mechanism to pivot about the hinge point.
A gatebox for an aircraft, comprising:
- a door mechanism comprising a door, a hinge point, and a door slide;
- a mode selector shaft configured to rotate a mode selector cam;
- and
- a door actuator shaft configured to rotate a door crank arm that is coupled to the door;
- wherein:
- rotation of the mode selector shaft moves the mode selector cam and thereby moves the door mechanism about the hinge point;
- and
- rotation of the door actuator shaft rotates the door crank arm and thereby moves the door linearly along the door slide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.