Patent ID: 6616102
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B64F,B66F

Abstract:
An apparatus for deicing an aircraft in one pass of the aircraft through the apparatus, comprising a pair of spaced-apart deicing devices, each of said deicing devices comprising:a vertically disposed support tower having upper and lower ends; said lower end of said support tower being rigidly fixed to a supporting surface; an upstanding boom pedestal rotatably mounted, about a vertical axis, on the upper end of said support tower; an elongated, telescopic boom assembly having inner and outer ends, pivotally mounted about a horizontal axis on said pedestal for selective extension and retraction with respect thereto; an elongated support, having inner and outer ends; said inner end of said elongated support being pivotally mounted, about a horizontal axis, to said outer end of said boom assembly; an operator's cab selectively movably mounted on said outer end of said elongated support; at least one deicing spray nozzle mounted on said operator's cab for spraying deicing fluid onto an aircraft; said deicing spray nozzle being in fluid communication with a source of pressurized deicing fluid.