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:	LANG, Edward, LI, Xuan, MEADE, Darryl A, WHITLEY, Mark Jefferson
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
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. Sont décrits un système de distribution de substance aérien (100), qui comprend un engin volant sans pilote embarqué (UAV), (102) et un ensemble de distribution de substance (114) monté sur l'UAV (102). L'ensemble de distribution de substance (114) comprend une cartouche rotative (104) définissant une pluralité de canaux (212) s'étendant parallèlement à un axe longitudinal (206) de la cartouche rotative, chaque canal (212) conservant un ensemble respectif de comprimés (214) à l'intérieur de celui-ci, un moteur d'indexation (240) configuré pour indexer les canaux (212), et un distributeur (112) configuré pour distribuer un comprimé unique (214) à un moment de la cartouche rotative (104) à un emplacement cible. Des procédés de fonctionnement d'un tel système sont également décrits.