Tool and method for applying an anti-corrosion substance to an aircraft passenger seat rail

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10207288-B2
Application number	US-201615282055-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2016
Priority date	Oct 7, 2015
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

A tool for applying a corrosion-protection substance to a rail for securing seats in an aircraft. The tool includes a component of elongate overall shape, with a base configured to slide along the rail, and a rollers support connected to the base. The tool also has an axle incorporated in the rollers support, which extends transversally with respect to the longitudinal direction of the component on each side of the rollers support, and rollers for applying the substance mounted on the transverse axle, one on each side of the component. The tool allows the substance to be applied effectively to the flange parts of the rail that is to be protected.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tool for applying a substance for protection against corrosion to flanges of a rail for securing seats in an aircraft, the tool comprising an elongate overall shape that comprises:
a base slidable along the rail;
a rollers support detachably mounted to and supported by the base and comprising at least one shaft that extends transversely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the tool; and
a plurality of rollers mounted on the at least one shaft, one roller on each side of the tool, for applying the substance.

2. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the rollers are mounted spaced from the tool.

3. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the base is insertable between the flanges of the rail.

4. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the tool comprises a grasping part connected to the tool in order to drive the tool with a sliding movement along the rail.

5. The tool according to claim 4 , wherein the grasping part is mounted detachably on the rollers support.

6. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one shaft is mounted on the rollers support by at least one resilient part.

7. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the tool comprises at least one tank to contain the substance for protection against corrosion, wherein the tank is configured to distribute the substance on the rollers.

8. The tool according to claim 7 , wherein the tool comprises one or more circuits to distribute the substance from the tank on the rollers.

9. The tool according to claim 8 , wherein the tool comprises at least one control part which can open or close the one or more circuits by command, in order to permit or interrupt distribution of substance on the rollers.

10. The tool according to claim 8 , wherein the tool comprises at least one part for regulation of flow of distribution of substance on the rollers.

11. The tool according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one part for regulation of the flow is configured to:
regulate the flow according to a type of substance used; and/or
regulate the flow independently from one roller to another roller.

12. The tool according to claim 8 , comprising at least one part for regulation of a position of the one or more circuits for distribution of the substance from the tank on the rollers, according to a diameter of the rollers.

13. The tool according to claim 1 , comprising removable stops mounted on the at least one shaft between the rollers support and the rollers, wherein the removable stops set the transverse position of the rollers.

14. The tool according to claim 1 , comprising a receiving unit attached to the base and defining a receptacle for receiving and locking the rollers support.

15. The tool according to claim 14 , wherein the base comprises a widened portion on which the receiving unit and the rollers support are disposed.

16. A method for application of a substance for protection against corrosion to a rail for securing seats in an aircraft, the rail comprising a central part which forms a rack and two lateral flanges, wherein the method uses a tool for applying a substance for protection against corrosion to a rail for securing seats in an aircraft, the tool comprising an elongate overall shape that comprises:
a base slidable along the rail; and
a rollers support detachably mounted to and supported by the base and comprising at least one shaft that extends transversely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the tool; and
a plurality of rollers for applying the substance being mounted on the at least one shaft, one roller on each side of the tool.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the tool is positioned above the rail while engaging the base in the rack, such that the rollers impregnated with substance are on opposite lateral flanges of the rail, the tool then being displaced along the rail such that the rollers are supported on the flanges and roll on the flanges to deposit the substance on the flanges.

18. A rail for securing aircraft seats, wherein the rail is protected against corrosion by the method for application, on the rail, of a substance for protection against corrosion according to claim 16 .

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Menard Christophe
• Blond Nicolas

Classifications

• B64D11/0696

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• B05C17/0232 Primary

  all of them having the same axis · CPC title

• B05C17/0245

  Accessories · CPC title

• B05C17/0205

  characterised by the handle, e.g. handle shape or material (B05C17/0217, B05C17/022 take precedence) · CPC title

• B05C17/02

  Rollers {(for applying toilet or cosmetic substances A45D34/04); Hand tools comprising coating rollers or coating endless belts} · CPC title