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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Wittenstein GmbH & Co. KG, Igersheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 9/00 ; B65G 4/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 9/00 ; B65G 4/308 ;
Abstract
A method for loading an aircraft (R) with shipping containers ( ), the latter being passed on conveyor members ( ) into the interior of the aircraft (R) and rotated there in a loading area ( ), the position of the shipping container ( ) in the loading area ( ) is determined and the conveyor members ( ) are operated via a control system in accordance with the determined position to rotate the shipping container ( ).