Ice protection apparatus and system
AssigneeCAV Ice Protection Limited
InventorsRobert Brock Harden, Niall Jude Boxwell
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Abstract
A freezing point depressant (FPD) fluid distribution apparatus and ice protection system for a propeller blade, the apparatus comprising an upper section and a lower section, wherein the upper section is configured to distribute FPD fluid to the low pressure side of a propeller blade, and the lower section is configured to distribute FPD fluid to the high pressure side of a propeller blade, and wherein the upper and lower sections each comprise one or more FPD fluid chambers, the or each FPD fluid chamber comprising an associated fluid-permeable cover.
Claims22
A freezing point depressant (FPD) fluid distribution apparatus for a propeller blade, the apparatus comprising an upper section and a lower section,
- wherein the upper section is configured to distribute FPD fluid to the low pressure side of a propeller blade, and the lower section is configured to distribute FPD fluid to the high pressure side of a propeller blade,
- wherein the upper and lower sections each comprise one or more FPD fluid chambers, the or each FPD fluid chamber comprising an associated fluid-permeable cover;
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- characterised in that each fluid chamber is formed in the side of the apparatus that faces in the direction of a propeller blade tip in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.