Stowage and removal system for rollable containers in a vehicle, and a vehicle having such a system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11518518-B2
Application number	US-202016838325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2020
Priority date	Apr 3, 2019
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A stowage and removal system for an accommodation space for storing rollable containers in a vehicle is provided. It preferably has a rail system in the floor region of the accommodation space, on which rail system a transfer plate is movable, which transfer plate can assume a storage position and an insertion and removal position for the container. The storage position of the container is provided with its rear wall in the region of the rear wall of the accommodation space. The insertion and removal position is provided in the region of an insertion opening, arranged oppositely in relation to the rear wall, for the insertion and removal of a container into the accommodation space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stowage and removal system for an accommodation space for storing one or more rollable containers in a vehicle, having:
a rail system in a region of a floor of the accommodation space,
a transfer plate which is movable on the rail system in the floor region of the accommodation space and which assumes a storage position and a removal position for the container,
wherein the storage position of the container is provided in a region of a rear wall of the accommodation space and the removal position is provided in a region of an insertion opening, arranged oppositely in relation to the rear wall, for an insertion and removal of a container equipped with transport rollers into the accommodation space,
the rail system has guide rails which are arranged on the floor of the accommodation space in a movement direction of the transfer plate and run from the insertion opening as far as into a region of the rear wall, and
movement bodies which engage into the guide rails are arranged on the transfer plate.

2. A system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the accommodation space is, for purposes of accommodating at least two containers arranged one behind the other, formed with a front parking location and a rear parking location,
wherein a rear container of the two containers is positioned on the transfer plate.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rails are positioned such that they run in each case approximately vertically below the transport rollers, and in each case, one cover element is provided, as a running surface for the transport rollers, in a region of a top side of the guide rails at least in the accommodation space of a front parking location.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the transfer plate has at least one locking device for releasably locking the transfer plate for the removal position.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one locking device is mechanically or electromechanically actuatable.

6. The system according to claim 1 , furthermore having at least one positioning device of the container on the transfer plate.

7. The system according to claim 3 , wherein run-on ramps onto the transfer plate or the cover elements for the guide rails are arranged at a face side of the guide rails at a corresponding position on the floor.

8. A stowage and removal system for an accommodation space for storing one or more rollable containers in a vehicle, having:
a rail system in a region of a floor of the accommodation space,
a transfer plate which is movable on the rail system in the floor region of the accommodation space and which assumes a storage position and a removal position for the container,
wherein the storage position of the container is provided in a region of a rear wall of the accommodation space and the removal position is provided in a region of an insertion opening, arranged oppositely in relation to the rear wall, for an insertion and removal of a container equipped with transport rollers into the accommodation space,
the rail system has guide rails which are arranged on the floor of the accommodation space in a movement direction of the transfer plate and run from the insertion opening as far as into a region of the rear wall, and
movement bodies which engage into the guide rails are arranged on the transfer plate,
wherein the guide rail has two longitudinal rails which run parallel, wherein, between the longitudinal rails, a storage and running body acts as cover element.

9. A vehicle comprising:
a cabin,
a cabin monument which is situated therein, and
the stowage and removal system according to claim 1 .

10. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the vehicle is a passenger aircraft.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Bauer Michael
• Giesa Hans-Gerhard
• Lange Roland
• Wietzke Andreas

Classifications

• B64D11/0007 Primary

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• B64D11/04 Primary

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• B64D2011/0046

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