Dew Engineering and Development Limited

John Savage

Daniel Rolfe

Kimberley Bucci

Ronald W Wollenschlager

Andrew Plummer

Disclosed is an adjustable cab including an adjustable cab floor engagement assembly for use with a passenger loading bridge to service a plurality of different aircraft types, each different aircraft type having a different doorway configuration. The adjustable cab floor engagement assembly includes upper and lower floor members, which are moveable one relative to the other, to provide a plurality of different floor configurations. A light-weight, flip up panel is provided along a leading edge of the assembly, which pivots upwardly upon contact with a portion of the aircraft to avoid damaging either one of the assembly or the aircraft. The adjustable cab includes an auto-leveling structure to provide a level surface for passengers entering and exiting the aircraft.

Retractable floor assembly for a passenger loading bridge

When a loading bridge is connected to a small aircraft to allow passengers to board or deplane, a large size difference exists between the aperture of a loading bridge and the entry/exit hatch of a small aircraft; the loading bridge aperture being larger than the aircraft hatch. Accordingly, the size difference creates a potentially dangerous gap. The extensible platform on an extensible passenger loading bridge is for alleviating the gap and as such for providing a safe pathway to passengers when they board or deplane.

Extensible platform on an extensible passenger loading bridge

An extensible loading bridge for passenger loading having at least two extensible sections for supporting aircraft from an airport terminal at ground level. A wheeled gantry is located at the aircraft facing end of the aircraft facing section. The gantry provides linear movement of the aircraft facing section along the walkway, arcuate movement about the substantially vertical axis and means for lifting or lowering the aircraft facing end of the aircraft facing section. The wheeled gantry allows lowering of the aircraft facing end of the bottom of the aircraft facing section to a height above ground being approximately equal or less than a gantry wheel diameter.

Passenger loading bridge extending from a terminal at ground level and for servicing aircraft of various sizes

A canteen especially useful in extreme environments includes a hollow watertight container adapted to hold a quantity of a drinking fluid. An adapter allows the canteen to be sealed with a gas mask adapter depending from the face mask, in such a manner as to allow the passage of fluid between the canteen and a delivery tube within the mask accessible by a user with minimal or no contamination of the contents of the canteen in an identified nuclear, biological, or chemical threat. In a first position, the adapter allows fluid flow between delivery tube and the canteen, and in a second stopped position, fluid is prevented from leaving the canteen.

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