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US 2002/0162916 A1Published application
Fast evacuation device for aircraft
AssigneeAirbus France
InventorsJerome Baderspach, Sebastien Rondot, Christian Costecalde
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AssigneeAirbus France
InventorsJerome Baderspach, Sebastien Rondot, Christian Costecalde
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Fast evacuation device for an aircraft. An inflatable slide (18) is placed in a housing (20) close to an access door (16) to a cabin (14) of an aircraft. More precisely, the housing (20) is located in a pressurised area of the aircraft but outside the wall delimiting the cabin (14). Thus, there is no constraint for delimiting the housing (20) on the inside of the aircraft. On the outside, the housing (20) is closed by a hatch (24) capable of resisting the pressure. A lock (30) normally keeps the hatch (24) fixed in the closed position. A mechanism (32) connects this lock (30) to the door (16) when the slide arming system (33) is armed. Opening the door (16) then unlocks the hatch (24) that is then opened due to inflation of the slide (18).
Fast aircraft evacuation device comprising a structure with one wall that delimits a passenger cabin, at least one opening formed in the wall and an access door that can close the said opening, the fast evacuation device comprising a housing provided in the said structure close to the door, an inflatable slide placed in the housing, a hatch closing the housing on the outside of the aircraft, means of arming-disarming the slide and means for controlling automatic opening of the hatch when the door is opened when the arming-disarming means are in the armed state, characterised in that the housing is located in a pressurised area of the aircraft outside the wall delimiting the cabin.
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