MATERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Described herein is an aerial material delivery system (100), which includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (102) and a material dispensing assembly (114) mounted to the UAV (102). The material dispensing assembly (114) includes a rotary cartridge (104) defining a plurality of channels (212) exten...

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Hauptverfasser:	MEADE Darryl A, WHITLEY Mark Jefferson, LI Xuan, LANG Edward
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; spa
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE AIRCRAFT ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION CHEMISTRY COSMONAUTICS EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FERTILISERS FERTILISERS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR FORM FERTILISING FISHING FLYING SUITS FORESTRY HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING MANUFACTURE THEREOF METALLURGY MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENTSUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05 MIXTURES OF ONE OR MORE FERTILISERS WITH MATERIALS NOT HAVINGA SPECIFIC FERTILISING ACTIVITY, e.g. PESTICIDES,SOIL-CONDITIONERS, WETTING AGENTS PARACHUTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PLANTING SOWING TRANSPORTING TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:	Described herein is an aerial material delivery system (100), which includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (102) and a material dispensing assembly (114) mounted to the UAV (102). The material dispensing assembly (114) includes a rotary cartridge (104) defining a plurality of channels (212) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis (206) of the rotary cartridge, each channel (212) retaining a respective set of tablets (214) therein, an indexing motor (240) configured to index the channels (212), and a dispenser (112) configured to dispense a single tablet (214) at a time from the rotary cartridge (104) to a target location. Methods of operating such a system are also described. En el presente documento se describe un sistema de administración aérea (100) de materiales, que incluye un vehículo aéreo no tripulado (VANT) (102) y un conjunto de dispensación (114) de materiales montado en el VANT (102). El conjunto de dispensación (114) de materiales incluye un cartucho giratorio (104) que define una pluralidad de canales (212) que se extienden paralelos a un eje longitudinal (206) del cartucho giratorio, reteniendo cada canal (212) un conjunto respectivo de pastillas (214) en su interior, un motor de indexación (240) configurado para indexar los canales (212), y un dispensador (112) configurado para dispensar una única pastilla (214) a la vez del cartucho giratorio (104) a una ubicación objetivo. También se describen métodos de funcionamiento de dicho sistema.