Patent ID: 6068216
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B64F

Abstract:
A device for treating the exterior of an aircraft comprising a pair of gantries disposed on either side of an aircraft parking guide line on an aircraft parking place, said gantries having each an elongate support beam positioned above aircraft wing level and extending substantially parallel to said parking guide line, and said gantries being placed to be independently moved, from a spread starting position in which the gantries are spread apart to an extent corresponding to the wing span of an aircraft, towards one another in a direction transversely to said parking guide line and with said support beams passing over the wings of an aircraft to be treated, said support beams carrying means for dispensing treatment fluid, wherein said treatment fluid dispensing means is constituted by at least one spraying tube, that extends longitudinally of the respective elongated support beams, said tube being provided with longitudinally spaced spraying nozzles, which cooperate with independently controllable valves.