IP Library Granted Patent US 9,138,955
Granted Patent B2
US 9,138,955 · App. 14/368,486 · Granted Sep 22, 2015

Aeroplane crushing device, and aeroplane demolition method

Inventor: Yoshiaki Takakura (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOWANI
B30B9/00B09B3/00B09B5/00B30B7/04B30B9/32B30B15/0023B64F5/00Y02T50/90
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Patent No.
US 9,138,955
App. No.
14/368,486
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aircraft collapsing device that collapses an aircraft fuselage inward includes: a gate-shaped shell which covers a circumference of both sides and an upper portion of a fuselage of an aircraft body from which horizontal wings and a vertical wing have been decoupled, a wedge-shaped pressing member that is mounted to an upper portion of the shell to press at least one portion of a circumference of at least one of annular frames juxtaposed in a longitudinal direction of the fuselage toward a center of the fuselage, a pair of sidewall pressing members that is mounted to both sides of the shell to press the fuselage simultaneously from two directions crossing a pressing direction of the wedge-shaped pressing member at the center of the fuselage after pressing by the wedge-shaped pressing member, and a moving unit that moves the fuselage of the aircraft and the shell relative to one another.

Claims (20)

1. An aircraft collapsing device that collapses a fuselage of an aircraft inward, the system comprising:

a gate-shaped shell formed to cover a circumference of both sides and an upper portion of a fuselage of an aircraft body from which horizontal wings and a vertical wing have been decoupled;

a wedge-shaped pressing member that is mounted to an upper portion of the shell to press at least one portion of a circumference of at least one of annular frames juxtaposed in a longitudinal direction of the fuselage toward a center of the fuselage;

a pair of sidewall pressing members that is mounted to both sides of the shell to press the fuselage simultaneously from two directions crossing a pressing direction of the wedge-shaped pressing member at the center of the fuselage after pressing by the wedge-shaped pressing member; and

a moving unit that moves the fuselage of the aircraft and the shell relative to one another.

2. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 1 , wherein the moving unit moves a circumferential surface of the fuselage from one longitudinal end on a tail side to an other end on a cockpit side.

3. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 1 , wherein when the wedge-shaped pressing member abuts each of the juxtaposed annular frames of the fuselage, the wedge-shaped pressing member presses each annular frame substantially equally.

4. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 1 , wherein the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the at least one of annular frames of the fuselage obliquely to a circumferential direction of the at least one of annular frames.

5. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 1 , wherein auxiliary pressing members that are capable of preventing a buildup of the fuselage when the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the fuselage are provided to both sides of the wedge-shaped pressing member.

6. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 2 , wherein when the wedge-shaped pressing member abuts each of the juxtaposed annular frames of the fuselage, the wedge-shaped pressing member substantially presses each annular frame equally.

7. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 2 , wherein the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the at least one of annular frames of the fuselage obliquely to a circumferential direction of the at least one of annular frames.

8. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 3 , wherein the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the annular frames of the fuselage obliquely to a circumferential direction of the annular frames.

9. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 6 , wherein the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the annular frames of the fuselage obliquely to a circumferential direction of the annular frames.

10. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 2 , wherein auxiliary pressing members that are capable of preventing a buildup of the fuselage when the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the fuselage are provided to both sides of the wedge-shaped pressing member.

11. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 3 , wherein auxiliary pressing members that are capable of preventing a buildup of the fuselage when the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the fuselage are provided to both sides of the wedge-shaped pressing member.

12. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 4 , wherein auxiliary pressing members that are capable of preventing a buildup of the fuselage when the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the fuselage are provided to both sides of the wedge-shaped pressing member.

13. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 6 , wherein auxiliary pressing members that are capable of preventing a buildup of the fuselage when the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the fuselage are provided to both sides of the wedge-shaped pressing member.

14. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 7 , wherein auxiliary pressing members that are capable of preventing a buildup of the fuselage when the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the fuselage are provided to both sides of the wedge-shaped pressing member.

15. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 8 , wherein auxiliary pressing members that are capable of preventing a buildup of the fuselage when the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the fuselage are provided to both sides of the wedge-shaped pressing member.

16. The aircraft collapsing device according to claim 9 , wherein auxiliary pressing members that are capable of preventing a buildup of the fuselage when the wedge-shaped pressing member presses the fuselage are provided to both sides of the wedge-shaped pressing member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2014
From: TAKAKURA, YOSHIAKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOWANI
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-243750 · Nov 5, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150007736A1 · Jan 8, 2015