DEVICE FOR OPENING CARGO DOOR OF FLYING VEHICLE Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: aeronautical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has rocker made in form of bar link hinged to fuselage framework in upper doorway; mounted along link is slide block with two ears one of which is used for securing the slide block to upper edge of door near its axis of rotation; actuating cylinder is secured to other ear by means of hinge; second end of actuating cylinder is hinged to the door. EFFECT: cargo door may be opened within optimal working stroke of actuating cylinder rod through angle sufficient for performing loading both by motor transport loader and cranes, provided cylinder doorway is not shaped; when door is closed, mechanism occupies little useful space inside fuselage, thus providing for ease of operation of cargo door. 8 dwg