Sliding pocket door for aircraft use capable of nondestructive blow-out and easy access
OwnerCharles F. Steelinventor
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Abstract
A sliding pocket door adapted for aircraft use comprising two generally tabular door segments, each laying in a common sliding plane and each attached to a carrier frame which is mounted to an aircraft bulkhead. Each door segment is attached to its carrier frame by unique hinges that allow the door segment to rotate out of the sliding plane while simultaneously dropping along their axes of rotation. This rotation will allow a nondestructive depressurization of the doors, for example, during rapid decompression in the aircraft.
Claims16
An aircraft pocket door including an aircraft bulkhead and a decorative panel, the pocket door having a first door segment, first mounting means for mounting the door segment, the first mounting means for allowing the door segment to move between an open and a closed position, the pocket door comprising:
- a first support panel for mounting the first mounting means thereto with the first door segment engageable therewith, the first support panel having a top edge and a bottom edge and a leading edge;
- a multiplicity of first runners for fastening to the bulkhead for guiding the first support panel at the top and bottom edges thereof adjacent the bulkhead;
- and,
- first fastener means for attaching the first support panel to the bulkhead adjacent the inboard edge of the bulkhead;
- wherein installation of the first support panel is accomplished by guiding the first support panel over the runners and fastening the first support panel against the bulkhead.
A pocket door for attaching to the interior of an aircraft, the aircraft having a bulkhead, the pocket door comprising:
- a first support panel shaped to lay flush against the bulkhead, having a leading and trailing edge;
- a first door segment for mounting parallel to the first support panel;
- means for slideably mounting the first door segment to the first support panel;
- and
- fastening means accessible from outside the bulkhead for fastening the first support panel to the bulkhead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.