A fan shipping frame (310) includes a frame assembly for supporting a loaded fan section of a jet aircraft engine. A plurality of caster (360) assemblies attached to the shipping frame provide locomotive capability and adjustable height positioning so that a loaded fan section may be transferred onto the appropriate transport aircraft or vehicle. Rail members (322) mounted on the frame assembly are alignable with rail members of a fan dolly so that the fan section may be directly transferred from the fan dolly onto the shipping frame. A template bracket (332) integral with the shipping frame enables the fan section to be mounted thereon. A platform assembly rotatably mounted to the shipping frame may be deployed to enable the fan section to be tilted from a vertical transport position to a horizontal transport position wherein, the shipping frame may be transported in either position. A storage container mounted on the shipping frame stores the removed fan blades of the fan section in either position.
申请公布号
WO9719850(A1)
申请公布日期
1997.06.05
申请号
WO1996US18999
申请日期
1996.11.27
申请人
STANLEY AVIATION CORPORATION;LILJA, GERALD, D.;FOWLER, FRANK;HATCH, ROBERT, F.