ON-BOARD LOADING UNIT FOR HELICOPTER Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: loading units for helicopters.

SUBSTANCE: on-board loading unit for helicopter includes swivel strut with devices for articulated joint between floor and ceiling inside fuselage in area of door aperture, boom rigidly secured on strut and winch mounted on strut with rope running to roller fitted on boom end and provided with load hook. Fixed beam of boom is secured on strut on side brackets forming tail cantilever. Fixed and movable beams of boom are made in form of telescopic system consisting of rectangular beams with bearing rollers for movable beam. Boom is provided with hydraulic drive whose cylinder is secured on fixed beam and rod is connected with movable beam. Winch is secured on swivel platform mounted on lower part of strut for locking it in two positions. End of tail cantilever is provided with additional roller and two additional rollers with reeving systems are mounted in upper part of strut for motion of cargo inside fuselage by means of winch.

EFFECT: extended functional capabilities.

3 cl, 7 dwg