A device that provides conditioned air to an aircraft may include a housing with a housing outlet end, a longitudinally collapsible hose that has a hose outlet for attachment to the aircraft and is partially received within the housing, a hose drive for extracting and retracting the hose by selectively pushing the hose in an outward or inwards directions, a drive control for controlling the hose drive, an outward marker attached to the hose, and a sensor for detecting the presence of the outward marker. The hose may have an extracted length that is at least twice a length of the housing. The hose may pass through the housing outlet end. The drive control may be adapted to respond to signals from the sensor to control the hose drive. Further, the marker may be adapted to provide a magnetic signal or a radio signal for detection by the sensor.
DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CONDITIONED AIR TO AN AIRCRAFT
2020-04-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen |
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