Passenger loading bridge for small aircraft and method of aligning same
CA 2207499 A1 · Owner: Standring, Robert · Inventors: Pothier, Jacqueline; Boudreau, Jean; Freedman, Gordon
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A passenger loading bridge is disclosed for bridging passengers between a ground floor terminal and commuter aircraft from as low as 40 inches to as high as 108 inches or higher. The bridge has a rotating rotunda and walkway extending therefrom to an aircraft. The walkway is supported by a gantry having wheels directed laterally to the walkway and on opposing sides thereof and a hydraulic lifting mechanism for lifting and lowering an end of the walkway. When lowered, the walkway rests between the wheels. The aircraft interface is at right angles to the walkway and is on an extensible section of the walkway. The extensible section of the walkway angles down from the walkway's highest point …
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- Filed June 10, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 10, 2017.
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