Ordnance – Bomb – flare and signal dropping – Racks
Patent
1997-12-10
2000-01-04
Wesson, Theresa M.
Ordnance
Bomb, flare and signal dropping
Racks
137607, 251208, B64D 104, E03B 6520, F16K 510
Patent
active
060097884
ABSTRACT:
A variable flow-restricting and apportioning device for an aircraft ejector rack system having a pair of fluid-actuated thrusters includes a pair of rotatable feed conduits for supplying pressurized fluid to the thrusters. Each feed conduit has an exit flow passage at its exit end which is eccentric relative to the longitudinal axis about which the conduit is rotatable, and the exit end of each feed conduit slidably fits into a female receptacle in a receiver in fluid communication with one of the thrusters. Each receptacle includes a mating face therein which has a receiver port for supplying fluid to the respective thruster. The receiver port is eccentric relative to the rotational axis of the feed conduit. Rotating each feed conduit relative to the respective receiver causes varying degree of overlap between the eccentric exit flow passages and the eccentric receiver ports, thereby defining variable-size flow orifices at each receiver.
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Foster John K.
Jakubowski, Jr. Thaddeus
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Wesson Theresa M.
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