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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Ackerman, Pulham, GB;
Assignee:
Bridport-Gundry PLC, Bridport, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2441181 ; 2441185 ; 220264 ; 74 98 ;
Abstract
In an overhead luggage bin for the passenger cabin of an aircraft, the bin has an opening with at least two hinged doors being provided at the bin opening. The bin includes at least one telescopically extensible spring strut device. In such a device a spring is resiliently loaded as the strut telescopically contracts. The spring strut device operates on two of the doors simultaneously through the medium of a differential mechanism. The thrust of the spring strut device tends to open the two doors simultaneously and the differential mechanism permits the two doors to be opened and closed, one relative to the other.