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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Roland Lange, Nottensdorf, DE;
Stefan Ebeling, Wilhelmshaven, DE;
Jens Gärtner, Hamburg, DE;
Andreas Köhler, Hamburg, DE;
Raj Kotian, Hamburg, DE;
Ralf Schliwa, Dollern, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
An aircraft monument includes an elongate cavity having an open end and a lift apparatus mounted to the monument and adapted for lifting goods along the longitudinal axis of the cavity. The monument is adapted to be mounted on a floor structure of an aircraft separating two compartments of the aircraft from each other such that the open end of the cavity faces the floor structure. The lift apparatus includes a guide means including two straight guide members spaced apart, and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cavity, a conveying means including two conveying members each mounted to a different guide member, a moving means for linearly moving the two conveying members, a control means for controlling the moving means to synchronize the linear movement of the conveying members, and a gripping means secured to the conveying means and adapted for selectively gripping and releasing goods.