Aspirator
AssigneeThe B. F. Goodrich Company
InventorsJohn F. Heimovics, Jr., Peter P. Seabase
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Abstract
An aspirator used to inflate flexible structures such as aircraft evacuation slides, rafts, or the like comprises a tubular housing an atmospheric air inlet at one end of the housing, a nozzle within the housing for introduction of high pressure gas downstream of said air inlet, flapper valve means closing the air inlet and operable to open when atmospheric air is induced through the inlet by operation of said nozzle, and means within the housing to operate a device to positively lock or unlock the flapper valve means when said nozzle is not operating or operating, respectively.
Claims8
An aspirator for inflating a flexible, inflatable product such as a raft, evacuation slide or the like comprising a housing, a nozzle assembly disposed within said housing, means for introducing gas under pressure into said nozzle assembly, an air inlet at the end of said housing, a valve assembly controlling said inlet comprising valve member movable in the downstream direction and into said housing to open said inlet and in the upstream direction to close said inlet, a locking device disposed within said housing adjacent said nozzle assembly, means within said housing and downstream of said locking device to bias said locking device into engagement with said valve members, and means within said housing and downstream of said locking device, responsive to gas under pressure introduced to said nozzle assembly, to move said locking device out of engagement with said valve members.
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