Patent ID: 8863911

Claim:
A device for moving and fixing a component between two positions, respectively of an operational position in which the component is attached to a structure, and a non-operational position underneath the operational position, in which the component is detached from the structure, the device comprising: a fixed chassis secured to ground and including vertical guide pins; a moving chassis configured to move with respect to the fixed chassis and including vertical guide pins; a lifting platform configured to bear the component from the operational position into the non-operational position and vice versa, the lifting platform being guided vertically by directly contacting the guide pins of the fixed chassis and the guide pins of the moving chassis; locking and unlocking means for locking and unlocking the component onto and from the structure, and being attached to the lifting platform; and a set of four cables associated with return pulleys, a first end of each of the cables is mounted on a winch configured to raise and lower the lifting platform between the non-operational position and the operational position, and a second end of each of the cables is attached to the lifting platform.