US 5,328,133 AGranted

System for carrying equipment and/or a workman to a high voltage line or installations

OwnerMarc Charest, Sylvain Allardinventors

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Abstract

An electrically insulated support or the like is mounted on a helicopter to extend from both sides of the helicopter. A bucket for equipment, material and/or a worker is provided, which can be engaged or disengaged at the end of the support. To carry out operation on a high voltage line or installations, the bucket with its equipment, material and/or worker is hooked at one end of the support and is carried by the helicopter to a location of the high voltage line or installations where an operation has to be carried out. The operation is done while the helicopter holds the bucket or most preferably, the bucket which is provided with suspension wheels is mounted on the line conductors or installations and the helicopter is moved away while the operation is being carried out.

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Dependent claims

A system for carrying equipment, material and a worker, and placing them on a high voltage line or installations by means of a helicopter, to effect operations thereon, said system comprising:

elongated support means made of electrically insulating material, said elongated support means extending from both sides and away from the body of said helicopter, along a horizontal transverse axis thereof,
at least one bucket for said equipment, material and worker, said bucket having hooking means formed on one side thereof for connection with said support means,
engaging means provided at the ends of said support means for removably attaching said at least one bucket on said one side thereof at least at one end of said support means, by connection of said engaging means with said hooking means, and,
means enabling said bucket to be maintained in substantially vertical position while attached at said one end of said support means, and aligned with said horizontal axis so as to enable said bucket to be in vision line of a helicopter pilot, when said bucket is in vicinity of or fixed at one end of said support means.

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