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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2020
Jbt Aerotech Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Mark James Rodenkirch, Groveland, FL (US);
JBT AeroTech Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An aircraft loaderincludes an upper loading platformand an underlying framewith the frame utilizing the bogey suspension system, as well as carrying auxiliary lift systemat the rearward end thereof for assisting in the initial lifting of the platform relative to the frame. Powered roller assemblies, and, composed of hollow drive shafts, may be conveniently assembled and disassembled from the underside of loading platform. A plurality of upwardly convex-shaped static slider elementsfacilitate unidirectional movement of loads on the platform. At the forward end of the platform, a guard or side railis rotatable from a retracted position within the confines of a control platformto a forwardly directed position toward the fuselage of the aircraft. The side railis shaped to resemble the exterior cross-sectional shape of the fuselage, thereby to close the gap between the forward end of the loading platform and the fuselage, for the protection of loader personnel.