Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Strand tensioning device – Tortuous course
Patent
1989-07-20
1990-12-18
Jillions, John M.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Strand tensioning device
Tortuous course
2421071, B65H 7548
Patent
active
049780867
ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for the deployment of towed aircraft decoys comprising a reel with a hollow hub or flange rotatably mounted on a support, the reel being wound with a composite tether-wire consisting of an optical fiber cable reinforced with a strain member, one end of the tether-wire being anchored to the hub or flange, and within the hub or flange a spiral spring member one end of which is anchored to the hub or flange and the other end of which is anchored to the support, the spring member having attached thereto a flexible optical fiber such that the fiber conforms to the configuration of the spring when the spring is wound or unwound according to rotation of the reel relative to the support, the flexible fiber being connected at one end with the anchored end of the optical fiber cable on the hub or flange and at the other end with an optical connector means on the support, whereby unreeling of the tether-wire results in rotation of the reel and consequent winding up of the spring.
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Jillions John M.
STC PLC
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