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20100230230 | Roller Conveyor - Roller conveyors of an aircraft cargo deck, including rollers for transporting freight packages, particularly containers, and a channel with side walls and a base for the installation of locking bar elements to hold the freight packages, are provided. The side walls have reinforcing sections with recesses in which the rollers are installed, whereby axles on which the rollers are rotatably mounted are fixed in each of the side walls. This results in an extremely sturdy but nevertheless lightweight construction | 09-16-2010 |
20100230535 | Cargo Hold Floor for a Cargo Hold of an Aircraft and Method for the Installation Thereof - Cargo hold floors are provided, and comprise panels or similar two-dimensional floor elements for the attachment of roller elements, ball elements, locking bar elements or similar functional elements. Support elements, in particular floor beams, are provided which support the two-dimensional floor elements whereby the floor elements are permanently joined to the support elements to make pre-fabricated floor modules and the floor modules are installable in the aircraft. To make installation work easier, separate load-bearing elements, for supporting the floor modules on and joining the floor modules to a body or a skin of the aircraft, are provided which, before the floor modules are installed in the aircraft, are joinable to the body or skin of the aircraft, and, when the floor modules are installed in the aircraft, are joinable to the support elements. As a result, it is possible in particular cases to make installation significantly easier. | 09-16-2010 |
20100230537 | Floor Module of a Cargo Deck in the Hull of an Aircraft - Floor modules of a cargo deck in a hull of an aircraft which comprise support devices for carrying functional elements, e.g. panels, roller conveyors or ball mats, are provided. The support devices are attachable in the hull of the aircraft directly or by way of intermediate elements. To improve stability at reduced weight, end support devices, as seen in the aircraft's longitudinal direction, have a thickness reduced in such a way compared to the other support devices of the floor module that only together with the end support devices of a floor module installed adjacently in the hull do they ensure a loading capacity that corresponds to at least the loading capacity of the other support devices. | 09-16-2010 |
20100230544 | Fastening Device of a Floor Module - A fastening device of a floor module in an aircraft hull is provided. The fastening device comprises an intermediate element that on one hand can be fastened to the aircraft hull using a joining device and on the other comprises a receiving device for a holding portion of the floor module. In this case the fastening device is designed in such a way that mobility of the holding portion relative to the aircraft is guaranteed in the aircraft's longitudinal direction by means of which it is possible to guarantee stress-free installation inside the aircraft hull. | 09-16-2010 |
20100230545 | Roller Conveyor - A floor module with roller conveyors which define an aircraft cargo hold floor with a loading level is provided. The floor modules have cross-members to which the roller conveyor is attached. A rail with two side pieces is provided, between which rollers are rotatably mounted in such a way that they protrude above upper edges of the rails. The side pieces are joined to one another by a floor section. To improve the strength of the floor module, the floor section has a bent region inclined in cross-section at an angle to the loading level, the bent region dividing the floor section into one partial section lying higher and one partial section lying lower relative to the upper edges. | 09-16-2010 |
20120027534 | FASTENING DEVICE FOR AT LEAST PARTIALLY SECURING A FIRST AND A SECOND FREIGHT ITEM - Fastening elements are known in which locking elements can be swivelled out of a non-operative position and into a fixing position. Usually, each of these locking elements has a locking lug. The known fastening devices are mostly very complex in their structure. | 02-02-2012 |
20120037753 | LATERAL GUIDE, LATERAL GUIDE ASSEMBLY, CARGO DECK - The present invention relates to a lateral guide for guiding cargo items in an aircraft. Such lateral guides are used to guide containers or pallets during their transport from the tail to the nose and to secure them in their final position. The proposed lateral guide has a mounting frame extending in the longitudinal direction and at least one lateral guide device having a sliding carriage, whereby the lateral guide device is movably supported in the mounting frame in the longitudinal direction. The sliding carriage has at least one guide roller for supporting the cargo items. | 02-16-2012 |
20120061511 | CARGO HOLD FLOOR AND AIRCRAFT HAVING A CARGO HOLD FLOOR - A cargo hold floor of an upper and/or a lower deck of an aircraft having a plane of symmetry which divides the cargo hold floor into a first half and a second half is disclosed, said cargo hold floor comprising locking gaps which each encompass all the locking elements located substantially on one level in the longitudinal direction (x direction) of the aircraft, in particular longitudinal locking elements for securing standardised cargo containers, in particular pallets and/or containers, in the longitudinal direction (x direction) of the aircraft whereby all the longitudinal locking elements of at least one locking gap are arranged in only one of the halves. | 03-15-2012 |
20120101636 | FREIGHT LOADING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MOVEMENT OF A FREIGHT ITEM ON A CARGO DECK - A freight loading system may include: freight transport devices each with at least one roller for transporting freight items in a transport direction and each sensor for detecting the presence of a freight item, wherein the rollers of at least a first freight transport device are mounted rotationally mobile such that the transport direction of the first freight transport device is adjustable, and a control unit which receives signals from sensors of at least two freight transport devices in order to detect a movement, of a freight item, wherein the control unit is designed to calculate from the signals a relative movement of part of the freight item relative to the first freight transport device and align the at least one roller of the first freight transport device taking into account the relative movement of the part of the freight item. | 04-26-2012 |
20120119026 | LOCKING ELEMENT - To secure containers in a cargo bay of an aircraft, locking elements are known comprising locking lugs which can move from a locked position to a rest position. The locking lugs engage in engagement recesses of freight items. On movement of the locking lugs from the locked position to the rest position, the locking lugs can seize in the engagement recesses. A locking element is proposed to which a pair of locking lugs is allocated which in the locked position each have a stop surface which can be brought into engagement on a stop edge of the engagement recess, wherein the locking lugs are mounted mobile such that on movement from the locked position to a rest position, the two stop surfaces separate from the stop edges. As a result the space required in the holding direction for the locking lugs and the risk of seizing of the locking lugs in the engagement recess are substantially reduced. | 05-17-2012 |
20120119052 | FUNCTION ELEMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FUNCTION ELEMENT - Some embodiments of the invention relate to function elements for fixing in seat rails of aircraft. The function element according to the invention may include: a fixing rail with a web running in the x direction and a multiplicity of extensions which protrude beyond the web in a y direction to form a T profile, wherein the fixing rail is formed corresponding to the seat rail such that the fixing rail can be inserted in the seat rail and moved along the x direction into a holding position in which the extensions sit between the holes below the slots, at least one fixing peg which is arranged mobile on the fixing rail and can be brought into a blocking position in which the fixing peg engages in a hole of the seat rail so that the function element is fixed in the x direction. | 05-17-2012 |
20120126058 | LOCKING ELEMENT - A locking element is described for securing containers, pallets or similar freight items in the cargo bay of an aircraft, wherein a first and a second locking claw are mounted on a frame swivellable from a lowered loading position into a raised working position for securing containers. A remotely controllable adjustment device is provided to change and adjust the state of the locking claws between the loading state in which the locking claws are in the loading position, a holding state in which the locking claws are in the working position and fixed, and a trigger state in which the locking claws are in the working position but can be swivelled from the working position into the loading position if a force acting on the locking claws exceeds a predetermined amount. | 05-24-2012 |
20120132744 | LOCKING ELEMENT - A lock is proposed for securing containers or similar freight on a cargo bay floor of an aircraft in a vertical direction perpendicular to the cargo bay floor and in a transverse direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the aircraft. The locking element comprises at least one lock attached to a frame for securing containers or similar freight and with a claw in the transverse direction of the aircraft to surround and hold a part section of the container. At least one lock is arranged mobile and fixable in a guide of the frame in order to adapt the spacing of the locks to containers of different sizes. | 05-31-2012 |
20120275485 | Cargo Deck For A Cargo Hold Of An Aircraft And Method For Monitoring The Temperature Of A Container, A Pallet Or A Similar Unit Load Device (ULD) Disposed On A Cargo Hold Floor - Disclosed is a cargo deck for a cargo hold of an aircraft, comprising at least one temperature measuring device for non-contacting measurement of the temperature of a container, a pallet or a similar unit load device (ULD). | 11-01-2012 |
20120312920 | Cargo Hold Floor for a Cargo Hold of an Aircraft, Function Element for Installing in a Cargo Hold Floor, Side Guide, Fixing Device for Introducing a Tensile Load, and Device for Ejecting Freight Items - The present invention concerns a cargo hold floor for a cargo hold of an aircraft. The cargo hold floor comprises a multiplicity of panels ( | 12-13-2012 |
20120312926 | Cargo Deck, Cargo Loading System and Method for Loading/Unloading a Cargo Hold - The object according to the invention, is to create a cargo deck which enables freight items to be loaded and unloaded quickly and efficiently. This object is achieved by a cargo deck which comprises:
| 12-13-2012 |
20130145593 | Cargo Gate for Holding at Least One Cargo Item Within a Cargo Hold of an Aircraft, Cargo Deck with a Corresponding Cargo Gate, and Method for Converting or Fitting out a Cargo Deck for the Purpose of Airdropping Cargo Items - A cargo gate for holding at least one cargo item at a predetermined position within a cargo hold of an aircraft comprising at least one retaining element at least one fastening device having at least one articulation for articulatedly fastening the retaining element to a cargo hold floor such that the retaining element can be pivoted from an operative position for holding the at least one cargo item into an inoperative position, wherein the retaining element can be traversed by the at least one cargo item in the inoperative position. The retaining element may be provided with a stop which can be operatively connected to a pivotable locking lug of a locking device such that the locking lug holds the retaining element in the operative position thereof. | 06-13-2013 |
20130168500 | Lift for an Aircraft, Aircraft Segment with a Corresponding Lift and Method for Stowing Freight Items in an Aircraft - The present invention concerns a lift for an aircraft. This is used to store freight items and/or transport these between a cargo hold and a passenger cabin. The lift comprises at least one receiver compartment, in particular a lift cabin, to receive a freight item, in particular a suitcase and/or a bag; at least one first opening and at least one second opening for loading and/or unloading the lift, wherein the first opening opens into a passenger cabin and the second opening into a cargo hold; and at least one guide ring in relation to which the receiver compartment is arranged mobile such that the receiver compartment is displaceable along the guide ring in a rotation movement about a rotation axis. | 07-04-2013 |
20130309036 | Latch Device for Securing and/or Guiding at Least One Cargo Item - The present invention relates to a latch device for securing and/or guiding at least one cargo item on a cargo deck, wherein the latch device comprises:
| 11-21-2013 |
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20110262885 | SURFACE MAPPING AND GENERATING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SURFACE MAPPING AND SURFACE GENERATION - A surface mapping and generating device which has devices for the process and/or cost optimization, in particular raw material recovery devices, an automatic control of the intensity of a used laser light, devices for carrying out a calibrating procedure by evaluating overlap errors at matching points, devices for archiving especially three-dimensional data of the jaw and/or for modeling the bite position of the upper and the lower jaws, devices for the optimized preparation of at least one dental stump for the production and placement of a dental prosthesis thereon and/or devices for taking into consideration the bite position of the upper and lower jaws. It can be provided that the devices for the process and/or cost optimization are designed to ensure that two half frames showing different positions or views are evaluated, whereby preferably a pulsed laser for exposure purposes is included and/or that an image recording device, in particular a CCD chip, is arranged so as to ensure that lines, taking into account the Scheimpflug angle, are located perpendicular to the direction of travel of a measuring table. Methods according to the present invention use such devices and function correspondingly. In addition, the invention also makes available a patient data archiving system which comprises a chip card and/or decentralized data storage systems especially for dental data. | 10-27-2011 |
20110269098 | SURFACE MAPPING AND GENERATING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SURFACE MAPPING AND SURFACE GENERATION - A surface mapping and generating device which has devices for the process and/or cost optimization, in particular raw material recovery devices, an automatic control of the intensity of a used laser light, devices for carrying out a calibrating procedure by evaluating overlap errors at matching points, devices for archiving especially three-dimensional data of the jaw and/or for modeling the bite position of the upper and the lower jaws, devices for the optimized preparation of at least one dental stump for the production and placement of a dental prosthesis thereon and/or devices for taking into consideration the bite position of the upper and lower jaws. It can be provided that the devices for the process and/or cost optimization are designed to ensure that two half frames showing different positions or views are evaluated, whereby preferably a pulsed laser for exposure purposes is included and/or that an image recording device, in particular a CCD chip, is arranged so as to ensure that lines, taking into account the Scheimpflug angle, are located perpendicular to the direction of travel of a measuring table. Methods according to the present invention use such devices and function correspondingly. In addition, the invention also makes available a patient data archiving system which comprises a chip card and/or decentralized data storage systems especially for dental data. | 11-03-2011 |
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20080241798 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DENTAL PROSTHESES, METHOD FOR CREATING A DATA RECORD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A method for manufacturing one or several dental prostheses, comprising the steps of: performing a rapid prototyping method for manufacturing one or several dental prostheses and subsequent working, such as reworking, of the one or several dental prostheses with a machining method, such as a milling method. In addition, a method for creating a data record which can be used for a rapid prototyping method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis wherein an end data record is obtained from a starting data record, so that in at least one area of a dental prosthesis manufactured with the end data record excess material is provided, compared to a dental prosthesis manufactured with the starting data record. | 10-02-2008 |
20090246736 | Method, computer, machine-readable medium, computer program and system, concerning the manufacture of dental prostheses - The invention relates to the examination of a dental prosthesis, wherein the dental prosthesis is examined with finite element methods. Furthermore, the invention relates to the automated manufacture of a dental prosthesis, wherein the shape of a remaining tooth area is directly determined on the basis of the remaining tooth area itself. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method, wherein manufacturing data (milling data) which have been created with a system for calculating manufacturing data (system for calculating milling data) are optionally forwarded to one or another manufacturing machine (milling machine) at different locations. | 10-01-2009 |
20090325128 | METHOD RELATING TO IMPLANTS, AND A MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM AND A COMPUTER - Method according to which an individual implant ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100015573 | MATERIAL AND BLANK FOR DENTURES - A material for dentures having a 3-point bending strength of at least 1300 MPa, dentures produced from said type of material, corresponding blank materials, a method for producing blanks, and a method for producing a denture part made from said material or a blank. | 01-21-2010 |
20100106276 | METHOD FOR MODELLING OR PRODUCING A DENTURE SUPPLY, MACHINE-READABLE DATA CARRIER, AND COMPUTER - The invention relates to a method of modelling a denture supply, such as a bridge construction, a crown, a cap, a set of artificial teeth or the like, said method comprising the following steps: creating or loading a first data record recording the shape of an initial situation before any treatment, such as the extraction or grinding of one or of a plurality of teeth, and creating or loading a second data record recording the shape of a post-treatment situation, and using the first and second data records for modelling the denture supply. The invention also relates to associated computer-readable data carriers and a computer. | 04-29-2010 |
20110136080 | METHOD FOR MODELING AN INDIVIDUAL DENTAL PROSTHESIS - Method for modelling an individual dental prosthesis, which includes an abutment, wherein a first geometry is ascertained by a detection device, wherein an auxiliary element is affixed to at least one manipulation implant/implant, and a first data set is determined therefrom. A second data set describing a geometry having at least one manipulation implant/implant without an auxiliary element is ascertained. Using the second data set, which includes no data from auxiliary elements, or using the first and second data sets, a direction of insertion is determined by which a dental prosthesis part is to be pushed onto the abutment. A production method and a system for modelling an individual dental prosthesis and a computer-readable medium having instructions, which, when loaded into a computer, execute the methods A further method is provided for automatically determining a direction of insertion for a dental prosthesis part. | 06-09-2011 |
20120009541 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING A MODEL - Device for holding a model of a dental prosthesis part, such as an abutment, including a first portion in which the mode of the dental prosthesis part can be modeled on and a second portion which allows a definite position identification of the holder, as well as a device for scanning objects, such as a jaw model and/or dental models and/or saw tooth model sections, comprising a holder in which an above-mentioned device with a definite position orientation can be held and scanned. Also provided is a method of generating a digital model of a dental prosthesis part, such as an abutment, including the steps of evaluating the scan data for detecting at least one part of the shape of the dental prosthesis part and evaluation of the scan data to detect at least the position of the holder, a data carrier with instructions to carry out such a method as well as a method of manufacturing a dental prosthesis part. | 01-12-2012 |