Double-skin nozzle system, junction system between two tube portions, and aircraft provided with such a system
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsChristophe Buresi, Robert Rossato, Serge Vernet
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Abstract
A double-skin nozzle system including an internal tube for transporting a liquid, formed by a plurality of tube portions connected to one another by removable junction systems, an external tube positioned around the internal tube and formed by a plurality of tube portions connected to one another by junction systems, wherein at least two junction systems each include a blocking device for blocking, along the external tube, the flow of a liquid coming from a leak from the internal tube, and at least one drain for removing the liquid coming from the leak from the internal tube.
Claims8
A double-skin nozzle system comprising:
- an internal tube for transporting a liquid, the internal tube including a plurality of tube portions connected to one another by removable internal junction systems,
- an external tube positioned around the internal tube, the external tube including a plurality of tube portions connected to one another by external junction systems,
- wherein at least two external junction systems each comprise:
- a body and two sleeves positioned on either side of the body, each of the two sleeves being connected to a portion of the external tube and to the body,
- a blocking device for blocking, along the external tube, a flow of a liquid coming from a leak from the internal tube,
- a single drain outlet, and
- at least one drain opening disposed on either side of the blocking device for removing the liquid coming from the leak from the internal tube, each of the at least one drain opening disposed on either side of the blocking device being connected to the single drain outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.