Aircraft anchoring harpoon with jack connected to pressurized gas source
AssigneeDcns
InventorRonan Affre de Saint Rome
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Abstract
An anchoring harpoon (1) intended in particular for an aircraft, capable of cooperating with an anchoring grate (2) of a platform, includes a jack member (3) including a cylinder element (4) containing a mobile piston element (5) provided with a rod (6) that extends beyond the cylinder element, the free end of which includes a harpoon head (7) that is hooked in the grate and includes retaining fingers (8, 13, 14) that can be moved between a retracted position and an active position by control elements (9). The jack member is connected to a pressurized fluid source (30) by the control elements (31) and the pressurized fluid source includes a consumable gas cartridge (30).
Claims19
An aircraft anchoring harpoon adapted for cooperating with an anchoring grate (2) of a platform, comprising:
- jack means (3) comprising cylinder means (4), the cylinder means (4) containing a mobile piston (5) that is moveable with respect to the cylinder means (4), the mobile piston (5) comprising a jack rod (6) fixedly attached to the mobile piston (5) to move in accordance with a movement of the mobile piston (5), a free end of the rod (6) extending beyond the cylinder mean, the free end of the jack rod including a harpoon head (7) for anchoring the harpoon in the grate (2), the jack means being configured to deploy the harpoon head,
- the harpoon head (7) provided with retaining fingers (8, 13, 14), the retaining fingers being movable between a retracted position and an active position by first control means (9) for deploying the retaining fingers;
- second control means (31) for deploying the harpoon head via the jack means;
- and
- a pressurized fluid source (30) comprising a consumable gas cartridge (30),
- the jack means connected to the pressurized fluid source (30) through the second control means (31).
An aircraft anchoring harpoon for cooperating with an anchoring grate (2) of a platform, comprising:
- jack means (3) with cylinder means (4), the cylinder means (4) containing a mobile piston (5) that is moveable with respect to the cylinder means (4), the mobile piston (5) comprising a jack rod (6) with a free end fixedly attached to the mobile piston (5) to move in accordance with a movement of the mobile piston (5), a free end of the rod (6) extending beyond the cylinder mean, the free end of the jack rod including a harpoon head (7) that anchors in the grate (2), the jack means being configured to deploy the harpoon head, the harpoon head (7) provided with retaining fingers (8, 13, 14);
- first control means (9) for deploying the retaining fingers from a retracted position to an active position;
- second control means (31) for deploying the harpoon head via the jack means;
- and
- a consumable gas cartridge before use storing a gas,
- the jack means connected to the consumable gas cartridge (30) through the second control means (31).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.