Patent ID: 8985519
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B64C,B64D

Abstract:
1. A load-carrying system for a transport airplane, said system comprising at least one internal container which is able to receive at least one load, the at least one internal container having a first level and a second level above the first level; an external container which is able to be fastened, directly and completely, in a hold of the transport airplane, and wherein said at least one internal container is arranged within said external container and movable longitudinally to be brought from one of two positions to the other of the two positions, the two positions being: a first position, in which the at least one internal container is completely located inside said external container; and a second position, in which the at least one internal container is translated towards the rear of the aircraft with respect to said first position, so that a part of said at least one internal container and a part of said at least one load are then located outside said external container and outside the transport airplane through a plane defined by a perimeter of an opening at the rear of the hold, and said at least one load is droppable while in flight from the second level; wherein said at least one internal container is mounted inside said external container using a first sliding means which is able to move said at least one internal container between said first position and a second position; wherein a second sliding means is able to bring said at least one load from a part of the at least one internal container that is located inside the transport airplane to the part of said at least one internal container that is located outside the transport airplane when the at least one internal container is in said second position.