Aircraft Tugs
OwnerPrisca Pondorfer, Viola Pondorferinventors
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Abstract
An aircraft tug comprises a steerable forklift device that is powered for travel in a forwards and backwards direction and has a pair of forks that can be raised and lowered, the tug further comprising an adapter that is secured between the forks to provide spaced abutments for a wheel such that, in use, the forks can be positioned at opposite sides of an aircraft wheel with the abutments fore and aft of the wheel, whereby the wheel may be lifted by the forklift device and then moved by powered travel of the forklift device.
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1-15. (canceled)
An aircraft tug comprising a steerable forklift device that is powered for travel in a forwards and backwards direction and has a pair of forks that can be raised and lowered, the tug further comprising an adapter that is secured between the forks to provide spaced abutments to support an aircraft wheel such that, in use, the forks can be positioned at opposite sides of the aircraft wheel with the abutments fore and aft of the aircraft wheel, whereby the aircraft wheel may be lifted by the forklift device and then moved by powered travel of the forklift device, wherein the adapter is removably secured between the forks such that, upon removal, the forklift device can be used as a normal forklift device without the adapter in place, wherein said abutments comprise a fixed, fore abutment and a removable, aft abutment, wherein the adapter is formed with one or more guide to position one or both of said abutments within the adapter, and both of said abutments are curved to engage the aircraft wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.