Patent ID: 6328154
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: B64D,B65G

Abstract:
A freight loading system for conveying an object on a freight deck of an aircraft comprising:a drive roller unit with at least one drive roller which can be brought into engagement with an undersurface of the object, and with a controllable drive motor that is in operative connection with the drive roller;a sensing means comprising a measurement roller which can be brought into connection with the undersurface of the object;at least one measurement sensor connected to and located relative to the measurement roller in order that at least one of a circumferential velocity of the measurement roller, a load imposed on the measurement roller substantially perpendicular to the freight deck, a horizontal force acting on the measurement sensor during braking of the measurement roller, and a torque corresponding to such a horizontal force is converted into measurement signals by the measurement sensor; anda control means with an operator's console, to which the measurement signals are sent and which is in controlling connection with the drive motor of the drive roller unit in order that operation of the drive motor can be controlled and regulated according to the measurement signals.