US 12,151,814 B2
Discharge apparatus for aerial vehicle
Atsushi Kominami, Yokohama (JP); and Souji Araki, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/629,461
Filed by TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/026299
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/014944, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-135204 (JP), filed on Jul. 23, 2019; application No. 2019-135205 (JP), filed on Jul. 23, 2019; and application No. 2019-135206 (JP), filed on Jul. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315224 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 1/18 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); B64U 101/45 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 1/18 (2013.01) [B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2101/45 (2023.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera-equipped discharge apparatus comprising: a nozzle configured to discharge a content of an aerosol container for mounting on a moving vehicle and a camera for mounting on the moving vehicle, wherein the nozzle and the camera are arranged so as to be operated in unison by a common direction changing device, wherein:
the direction changing device includes at least one rotating body that rotatably supports the nozzle such that a direction of the nozzle can be changed,
an extension line of a center line of a discharge port in the nozzle intersects with extension lines of rotation center lines of all the rotating bodies, and
the direction changing device comprises:
a first motor;
a first rotating body configured to rotate by a driving force of the first motor;
a second motor configured to turn in accordance with rotation of the first rotating body;
a second rotating body configured to rotate by a driving force of the second motor;
a third motor configured to turn in accordance with rotation of the second rotating body; and
a third rotating body configured to rotate by a driving force of the third motor; and
wherein the nozzle is arranged so as to change its direction in accordance with an operation of the third rotating body.