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LOADING AIRCRAFT ATENT No. 873,689 shows a vehicle for use

6th October 1961, Page 110
6th October 1961
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Page 110, 6th October 1961 — LOADING AIRCRAFT ATENT No. 873,689 shows a vehicle for use
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on the loading of aircraft which has means of elevating the body and projecting it forward. (Cochran Equipment Company, Salinas, California. U.S.A.).

The drawing shows the body both in its normal position (I) and in its elevated position (2) in which it reaches the loading hatch (3) of the aircraft. The body is raised by a mechanism (4) which is operated hydraulically.

Chief point of the patent is the provision of an extensible ramp (5). This is power operated and is long enough to reach inside the aircraft. Controls are provided both in the driver's cab arid on an extension, able to he operated from inside the hatch. Safety switches are incorporated to make it impossible to lower the ramp while it is inside the air. craft.

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