Anti-fouling tube for an inflation-control line on a parachute

Details Anti-fouling tube for an inflation-control line on a parachute Anti-fouling tube for an inflation-control line on a parachute

1987-04-06

1989-03-21

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Safety lowering devices

Parachutes

B64D 1702

Patent

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048136360

ABSTRACT:
An inflation-controlled parachute comprises a canopy (10) for providing an aerodynamic drag-producing surface, and an inflation-control line (21) for controlling the rate at which the canopy (10) unfolds from a stowed configuration to an inflated configuration. The inflation-control line (21) is threaded through an anti-fouling tube (20) attached to the canopy (10). When the canopy (10) is in the stowed configuration, the inflation-control line (21) overlaps itself within the anti-fouling tube (20). As the canopy (10) unfolds to the inflated configuration, overlapping portions of the inflation-control line (21) slide against each other and against an inner surface of the anti-fouling tube (20). Frictional engagement of the overlapping portions of the inflation-control line (21) with each other and with the inner surface of the anti-fouling tube (20) provides resistance to the unfolding of the canopy (10), thereby controlling the rate of inflation of the canopy (10).

REFERENCES:
patent: 3393885 (1968-07-01), Neumark
patent: 4524930 (1985-06-01), Lindgren et al.

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