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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Christian Boe, Farum, DK;
Anders Jensen, Alleroed, DK;
Thomas Lund, Vedbaek, DK;
Airbus Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A vertical lift system is constructed for transporting a receptacle, such as a food or supply receptacle from one deck to another deck, particularly in an aircraft. For this purpose, a vertical lift () is equipped with a number of lifting hooks () each mechanically coupled to a respective locking pawl (). Each receptacle is equipped with a respective number of latch elements () such as recesses () to be engaged by a respective hook (). The latching and unlatching is caused by the cooperation of the hooks () and pawls () with each other, with a stationary activating member () engaging a cam track () of a pawl (), with biasing forces and with the latch elements (). Latching requires a small downward motion of the vertical lift. Unlatching requires a slight further downward motion of the vertical lift. During latching and unlatching the receptacle () is supported on a floor ().