Patents Assigned to Mallaghan Engineering, Ltd.
  • Conveyor apparatus for loading and unloading an aircraft
    Patent number: 9174805
    Abstract: A conveyor apparatus for loading and unloading aircraft, the apparatus comprising a first conveyor for conveying articles from an area outside of an aircraft to an entrance to a cargo compartment of the aircraft, and a second conveyor for conveying articles from an end of the first conveyor into the cargo compartment, the second conveyor being telescopically extendable from the first conveyor, wherein the second conveyor comprises an endless flexible member extending between a tail end of the second conveyor adjacent the first conveyor and a head end of the second conveyor segment at a distal end of the second conveyor, and a driver for driving the endless member to convey articles along the second conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mallaghan Engineering Ltd.
    Inventor: Ronan Mallaghan
  • CONVEYOR APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20130118864
    Abstract: A conveyor apparatus for loading and unloading aircraft, the apparatus comprising a first conveyor for conveying articles from an area outside of an aircraft to an entrance to a cargo compartment of the aircraft, and a second conveyor for conveying articles from an end of the first conveyor into the cargo compartment, the second conveyor being telescopically extendable from the first conveyor, wherein the second conveyor comprises an endless flexible member extending between a tail end of the second conveyor adjacent the first conveyor and a head end of the second conveyor segment at a distal end of the second conveyor, and a driver for driving the endless member to convey articles along the second conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Mallaghan Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ronan Mallaghan