Patent ID: 9469403
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: B64D,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A monument for an aircraft, the monument comprising: a straight elongate cavity open at one of longitudinal ends thereof towards the exterior of the monument; and a lift apparatus mounted to the monument and adapted for lifting goods from outside the monument along the longitudinal axis of the cavity through the open end into the cavity, wherein the monument is adapted to be mounted on a floor structure of an aircraft separating two compartments of the aircraft from each other such that the longitudinal axis is oriented perpendicularly to the floor structure and the open end of the cavity is facing the floor structure, the lift apparatus comprising: a guide means extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cavity; a conveying means disposed in the cavity and mounted to the guide means such that the conveying means is linearly moveable along the guide means; a moving means adapted for driving the conveying means to linearly move along the guide means; a control means adapted for controlling the moving means; and a gripping means disposed in the cavity, secured to the conveying means and adapted for selectively gripping and releasing goods, wherein the guide means comprises first and second straight guide members spaced from each other, each being attached to or integrated into a different one of two spaced opposing wall portions of a sidewall arrangement defining the cavity and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cavity, wherein the conveying means comprises first and second conveying members, each mounted to a different one of the guide members such that the first and second conveying members are linearly moveable along the respective guide members, wherein the moving means is adapted for driving the first and second conveying members to linearly move along the guide members, wherein the control means is adapted for controlling the moving means to synchronize the linear movement of the first and second conveying members effected by the moving means, and wherein the gripping means is secured to the first and second conveying members such that the first and second guide members are disposed on opposite sides of the gripping means.