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WO2018185473A1
WO2018185473A1 PCT/GB2018/050884 GB2018050884W WO2018185473A1 WO 2018185473 A1 WO2018185473 A1 WO 2018185473A1 GB 2018050884 W GB2018050884 W GB 2018050884W WO 2018185473 A1 WO2018185473 A1 WO 2018185473A1
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hangar
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airplane
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David Banks
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Banks Specialist Covers Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B64F1/00—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations
    • B64F1/22—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for handling aircraft
    • B64F1/222—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for handling aircraft for storing aircraft, e.g. in hangars
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H6/00—Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
    • E04H6/44—Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages for storing aircraft
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B64F1/00—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations
    • B64F1/005—Protective coverings for aircraft not in use

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  • the present invention relates to a hangar for housing an airplane.
  • hangars It is known to house aircraft in hangars in order to protect them while not in use. Typically such hangars are significantly larger than the aircraft they house and so have a significant visual impact on the surrounding landscape. This is particularly problematic in the case of airfields that are used for recreational flying in areas that are noted for their natural beauty.
  • the present invention may provide a hangar for housing an airplane, the airplane comprising:
  • the hangar comprises: ⁇ a central elongate portion that is configured to accommodate the fuselage of the airplane; • first and second elongate side portions extending laterally from the central elongate portion, each being in internal communication with the central elongate portion, and each being configured to accommodate a respective wing of the airplane; and
  • the hangar having a forward direction extending along the central elongate portion away from the tail portion, wherein a first aperture is provided in a forward -facing section of the hangar, the first aperture extending across the first elongate portion, the central portion and the second elongate portion and having at least one open configuration that allows passage of the wings and fuselage of the airplane therethrough; and further wherein a second aperture is provided in a forward-facing section of the tail portion, the second aperture having at least one open configuration that allows passage of the fin therethrough; characterised in that the central elongate portion comprises two side walls and a roof that is movable between a closed position in which the roof spans the two side walls, and an open position in which the side walls are not connected by the roof.
  • the hangar may be configured to house any kind of airplane, but typically the airplane has a wingspan in the range 9-34m.
  • the airplane may be a glider, that is, it is adapted to allow free flight without a motor.
  • the airplane may be adapted for powered flight.
  • the provision of a movable roof on the central elongate portion of the hangar allows the central elongate portion to have a height that is lower than the aircraft fin. This assists in providing a hangar having a low elevation, so as to reduce it visual impact on the surrounding landscape.
  • the roof When the airplane enters the hangar, the roof is moved to the opened position, in order to allow the fin to travel along the central elongate portion. When the airplane has entered the hangar fully, the roof may be moved to the closed position, in order to provide shelter for the fuselage of the airplane.
  • the roof is preferably hingedly connected to a first wall of the two side walls.
  • one section of the roof typically a first edge of the roof
  • another section typically an edge that is distal to the first edge
  • the roof may comprise two or more hingedly-connected portions, such that the roof may be folded to move it to an open position.
  • the hinged connections may be provided by lines of weakness along the roof.
  • Securing means may be provided to retain the roof in the folded arrangement.
  • the roof may be resiliently biased towards a retracted position in which the side walls are not connected by the roof.
  • the second wall may comprise securing means for retaining the roof in the closed position.
  • the roof is provided by a flexible sheet material.
  • a first wall of the two side walls may comprise means for storing the flexible sheet in a rolled arrangement, and the second wall comprises means for retaining an edge of the flexible sheet.
  • the roof may comprise two channels, each channel being configured to engage with the top of a respective side wall.
  • the roof may simply rest on the side walls when the roof is in the closed position.
  • the roof may be supported in the open position by tracks extending outwardly from one side wall of the central elongate portion. To move the roof to the closed position, the roof is made to slide along the tracks, in a direction towards the other side wall, until the roof spans both side walls.
  • the roof is curved.
  • at least one section of the roof is curved about an axis that extends in a forward direction of the hangar.
  • the roof may comprise a plurality of sections that are independently movable between an open position and a closed position.
  • the principal component of the roof may either be a flexible material such as PVC or a stiff material such as glass-reinforced plastic or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).
  • At least one of the first and second side portions has a quadrilateral cross- section.
  • the hangar may be provided with one or more support members that are configured to span one or both of the first and second apertures to support the perimeter of the respective aperture, the one or more support members being movable so as to allow the respective aperture to adopt the open configuration.
  • the one or more support members are rods that are hingedly connected to the perimeter of the respective aperture.
  • the tail portion extends in a lateral direction of the central elongate portion. This arrangement may allow the tail portion to accommodate the horizontal stabiliser of an airplane, as well as the fin.
  • the hangar comprises a plurality of struts that are connected to provide a framework, and sheet material that extends between adjacent struts. This arrangement may allow easy construction of the hangar or re-configuration to suit airplanes having different dimensions.
  • the struts comprise a metal, such as aluminium or steel (typically stainless steel).
  • the struts may comprise a polymer such as carbon fibre or glass-reinforced plastic.
  • the present invention may provide a kit for building a hangar according to the first aspect of the invention, the kit comprising a plurality of struts, a roof portion, sheet material and means for connecting the sheet material to at least two of the struts.
  • the kit may optionally comprise instructions for building the hangar.
  • the hangar constructed from the kit according to the second aspect of the invention may have one or more optional features of the hangar according to the first aspect of the invention.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a hangar according to a first embodiment of the first aspect of the invention
  • Figure 2 shows a schematic perspective view of an airplane housed in the hangar of Figure 1 , the support rods being in an upright position;
  • Figure 3 shows a schematic perspective view of the hangar of Figure 1 , the roof being in the open position, the support rods being in a level position and the nose portion of the central elongate portion being folded down;
  • Figure 4 shows a schematic plan view of the hangar of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 5 shows a schematic side elevation view of the hangar of Figure 1 ;
  • FIG 6 shows a schematic front elevation view of the hangar of Figure 1 .
  • a hangar 10 comprises a central elongate portion 12, a first elongate side portion 14, a second elongate side portion 16, and a tail portion 18.
  • the central elongate portion 12 is a hollow structure that is configured to accommodate the fuselage 120 of an airplane.
  • the central elongate portion 12 has a forward part 12a and a rearward part 12b, the forward part 12a having a greater vertical elevation than the rearward part, so as to be able to accommodate the cockpit 122 of the airplane.
  • the first elongate side portion 14 is a hollow structure that extends laterally from the forward part 12a of the central elongate portion 12 and that is in internal communication with the central elongate portion 12.
  • the second elongate side portion 16 is a hollow structure that extends laterally from the forward part 12a of the central elongate portion 12 and that is in internal communication with the central elongate portion 12.
  • the first and second elongate side portions 14,16 are each configured to accommodate a respective wing 124,126 of the airplane.
  • the first and second side portions 14,16 each have a quadrilateral cross-section.
  • the tail portion 18 is located adjacent the rearward part 12b of the central elongate portion 12 and extends in a crossways direction relative to the axis of the central elongate portion 12.
  • the tail portion 18 is in internal communication with the central elongate portion 12 and has a greater vertical elevation than the remainder of the hangar.
  • the tail portion 18 of the hangar is configured to accommodate the tail portion of an airplane, which comprises an upright fin 128 and a horizontal stabiliser 130.
  • the hangar 10 has a forward direction A that is aligned with the central elongate portion 12 and extends away from the tail portion 18.
  • Forward part 12a of the central elongate portion 12 comprises a nose portion 12a1 that extends in a forward direction of the hangar 10, ahead of the elongate side portions 14,16.
  • the central elongate portion 12 comprises two side walls 42,44 and a roof 46 (the two side walls each comprise an arch in the middle section of the central elongate portion that allows for communication between the interior of the central elongate portion and the interiors of the first and second elongate side portions).
  • the roof 46 comprises a plurality of sub-sections that are each curved about an axis that extends generally in the forward direction A (in the case of the forward part 12a of the central elongate portion, the axis is tilted upwards or downwards relative to the forward direction A).
  • the sections of the two side walls 42,44 that are associated with the nose 12a1 of the hangar are configured so that they are each movable between an upright position (shown in Figures 1 ,2 and 4-6) and a folded position (shown in Figure 3). In the folded position, the side walls of the nose 12a1 are folded about a line extending in the longitudinal direction of the central elongate portion 12.
  • the roof 46 is hingedly connected to the first side wall 42, such that it is movable between a first closed position (shown in Figures 1 , 2 and 4-6) and a second open position (shown in Figure 3).
  • the sub-sections of the roof are movable independently of each other.
  • the roof spans the two side walls (that is, one longitudinal edge of the roof is hingedly connected to the first side wall 42 and the other longitudinal edge rests on the second side wall 44).
  • the sub-sections of the roof are pivoted about the hinged connection with the first side wall, such that they each lie to one side of the central elongate portion.
  • the first elongate side portion 14 has an elongate opening or slot 24 provided in a forward- facing wall.
  • the slot extends along the length of the side portion.
  • the second elongate side portion 16 has an elongate opening or slot 26 provided in a forward-facing wall.
  • the central elongate portion 12 has an opening 28 provided at its forward -facing end.
  • a plurality of support rods 25 are provided that are hingedly connected to the bases of slots 24 and 26 and that are configured to move between an upright position (shown in Figure 2) and a level position (shown in Figure 3).
  • Figure 1 shows the support rods in intermediate orientations between the upright and level positions.
  • the support rods In the upright position, the support rods span each respective slot 24,26, thus supporting the perimeter of the slot.
  • openings 24, 26 and 28 are unbounded from each other and thus provide a composite aperture in a forward -facing section of the hangar.
  • the shape and dimensions of the composite aperture allow the two wings 124,126 and the cockpit 122 of the airplane to pass therethrough.
  • Tail portion 18 has a T-shaped opening 30 provided in a forward -facing side thereof, the T- shaped opening comprising an upright base portion and a cross-bar positioned above the base portion.
  • the base portion of the opening provides communication between the central elongate portion 12 and the tail portion 18.
  • the shape and dimensions of the T-shaped opening 30 are configured to allow passage of the tail portion 18.
  • the airplane to be rolled backwards into the hangar, such that the tail portion of the airplane initially enters the forward part 12a of the central elongate portion, travels along the central elongate portion 12 and enters the tail portion 18 of the hangar via the T-shaped opening 30.
  • the two wings of the airplane enter the first and second slots 24,26 provided on the first and second elongate side portions 14,16 respectively.
  • the wings are accommodated in the first and second elongate side portions, and the fuselage is accommodated in the central portion, the sections of the two side walls 42,44 that are associated with the nose 12a1 are moved to the upright position.
  • the roof 46 may be pivoted about the hinged connection with the first wall 42, in order to move the roof to the closed position, to provide shelter for the fuselage of the airplane.
  • the support rods 25 are moved to the upright position, to support the upper perimeter of the slots 24,26.
  • the roof 46 is made from a stiff sheet material such as glass- re info reed plastic or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).
  • the roof is made from a flexible sheet material such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and a supporting framework.
  • the remainder of the hangar is made of flexible sheeting that is supported by a framework of struts.
  • the hangar may easily be re-configured to accommodate airplanes of different dimensions.
  • the distance between the extreme ends of the first and second elongate side portions is in the range 1 0-35m and the length of the central elongate portion is in the range 7-17m.
  • the hangar may accommodate an airplane having a wing span in the range 9-34m.
  • Figures 1 -6 show the sheeting to be transparent, but this is simply to allow details of the structure of the hangar to be made clear. In practice, the sheeting is typically opaque, although in certain cases it may be transparent or translucent.
  • the hangar may be made of stiff sheet material that is supported by a framework of struts.

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La présente invention porte sur un hangar (10) pour loger un avion, l'avion comprenant un fuselage, un cockpit disposé à une extrémité du fuselage, une ailette disposée à l'autre extrémité du fuselage, l'ailette s'étendant dans une direction verticale, deux ailes s'étendant latéralement à partir du fuselage à une position entre le cockpit et l'ailette. Le hangar comprend une partie allongée centrale (12) qui est configurée pour recevoir le fuselage de l'avion, des première et seconde parties latérales allongées (14, 16) s'étendant latéralement à partir de la partie allongée centrale, chacune étant en communication interne avec la partie allongée centrale (12), et étant chacune configurée pour recevoir une aile respective de l'avion, une partie queue (18) disposée à une extrémité de la partie allongée centrale (12), la partie queue (18) ayant une élévation verticale supérieure à celle de la section adjacente de la partie allongée centrale (12), la partie queue étant en communication interne avec la partie allongée centrale et étant configurée pour recevoir au moins l'ailette de l'avion. Le hangar ayant une direction avant s'étendant le long de la partie allongée centrale (12) à l'opposé de la partie queue (18), une première ouverture (24, 26, 28) étant disposée dans une section orientée vers l'avant du hangar, la première ouverture s'étendant à travers la première partie allongée (14), la partie centrale (12) et la seconde partie allongée (16) et ayant au moins une configuration ouverte qui permet le passage des ailes et du fuselage de l'avion à travers celle-ci et une seconde ouverture (30) est disposée dans une section orientée vers l'avant de la partie queue, la seconde ouverture (30) ayant au moins une configuration ouverte qui permet le passage de l'ailette à travers celle-ci; la partie allongée centrale comprenant deux parois latérales (42, 44) et un toit (46) qui est mobile entre une position fermée dans laquelle le toit (46) couvre les deux parois latérales (42, 44), et une position ouverte dans laquelle les parois latérales (42, 44) ne sont pas reliées par le toit (46).
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US4004382A (en) * 1975-05-30 1977-01-25 R & D Constructors, Inc. Hangar facility
US20040093807A1 (en) * 2002-11-20 2004-05-20 Richard Ensign Storage structure for sailplanes and small aircraft
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US3838879A (en) * 1970-07-16 1974-10-01 B Lilly Mobile aircraft hangar and utility building
US4004382A (en) * 1975-05-30 1977-01-25 R & D Constructors, Inc. Hangar facility
US20040093807A1 (en) * 2002-11-20 2004-05-20 Richard Ensign Storage structure for sailplanes and small aircraft
US20150292224A1 (en) * 2014-04-09 2015-10-15 Michael P. Ginther Portable Aircraft Storage System

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