Multi functional transportable field maintenance and repair assembly
OwnerNeil McCoubreyinventor
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Abstract
A self contained mobile assembly capable of use for remote area maintenance and repair of unwanted damage to a wall of a confined space tanks. The assembly comprises an undercarriage carriage including a wheel base, a housing mounted above the wheel base and defining an internal space capable of receiving and retaining repair and maintenance equipment for repairing said tank. The equipment includes a defouling kit, equipment for desealing and resealing of an interior of the confined space tank, equipment for decontamination of air in the tank; and a breathing kit for a wearer to safely access the internal space and repair the unwanted damage from the inside of the confined space.
Claims15
A self contained mobile trailer assembly for facilitating repair and maintenance of a punctured aircraft fuel tanks;
- the trailer comprising:
- an undercarriage which supports a housing having walls defining an internal space;
- wherein the internal space receives and retains therein technical equipment for use in and to facilitate field repair of the punctured fuel tank;
- the undercarriage comprising a chassis mounted on a wheel assembly, the trailer assembly being configurable between a non-working state suitable for transportation in which the housing is closed and a deployed working state in which the housing is opened for access to the technical equipment wherein the technical equipment includes desealing and decontamination equipment of treating the punctured tanks, gas monitors to enable monitoring of gas inside the tanks and gas masks.
A method for maintenance or repairing unwanted penetrations in a wall of a confined space aircraft fuel tank of the type whose inside confined space is accessible to a person for the repair from inside the tank, the method comprising the steps of;
- a) deployment of a mobile self contained assembly for the repair of the damaged fuel tank on the aircraft;
- the assembly comprising an undercarriage having a wheel base, a housing mounted on the wheel base and defining an internal space capable of receiving and retaining repair and maintenance equipment;
- b) emptying a confined space tank to be repaired of any liquid stored therein;
- c) evacuating contaminated air, fumes or vapours from the tank;
- d) taking a de fouling kit from the assembly and spraying de fouling reagent on an inner surface of the tank to be de fouled;
- e) de sealing the tank using a de sealing and resealing kit capable of de sealing;
- f) manually repairing unwanted penetration/s in the tank;
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- g) resealing the interior surface of the confined space tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.