CARGO CONTAINER FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: air transportation of various cargoes. SUBSTANCE: container has stiffened bottom, top, walls and door. Container is provided with four suspension units located on vertical load-bearing profiles of lateral walls. Suspension units are made in form of shackles with holes for studs for securing the beam of cargo compartment on brackets; axes of rotation of shackles on one of lateral walls are parallel to longitudinal axis and axes of rotation of shackles on other lateral wall are perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Container is also provided with load-bearing beam mounted along front wall on its outside for securing two braces between container and center wing section. Laid along longitudinal axis of container top on inner side is beam projecting beyond container door. Secured on this beam is electric winch. Carriage with rollers and cargo hoisting hook is movably mounted on beam. Cargo hoisting hook is engageable with cable of electric winch. Container is provided with heat insulating coat. Bottom is provided with casing arranged underneath for feeding air from container heating system. Fitted in front end portion of bottom are seats for connecting the branch pipe of air distributing manifold; holes in rear end portion are used for discharge of used air. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 2 cl, 2 dwg