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5663518 |
Method and device for the in-flight cutting and dispensing of chaff dipoles from an aerial vehicle
A method for the self-protection of an aircraft or the like against radar-guided missiles and a self-protection device for use in aircraft and the like against radar-guided missiles, which enables...
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5655732 |
Apparatus for draining waste water from aircraft
A waste water drain apparatus (1) is to be attached to the fuselage belly (2) of an aircraft. The apparatus (1) essentially includes a drain pipe (3), an aerodynamically shaped fairing (7)...
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5591339 |
Self-cleaning filter screen for venturi suck back passage
The invention is a filtering device for the drilled passage in on-off control valves used in aircraft liquid crop spraying systems. The device is mounted within the on-off control valve in the...
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5560429 |
Fire fighting bucket for aircraft
A collapsible fire fighting bucket assembly to be suspended from an aircraft for fighting wild fires, the bucket being made of pliable material and having an open upper end for filling from a body...
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5552576 |
Modular drainmast for aircraft
A modular drainmast assembly for an aircraft includes a drain tube assembly removably enclosed in a fairing that is removably attachable to an aircraft. The electrically heated drain tube assembly...
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5549259 |
Innovative airtankers and innovative methods for aerial fire fighting
This invention, and the associated methods, relate to fighting fires from aircraft. The invention, and the associated methods, also relate to early detection of fires; delivering liquids (primarily...
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5501398 |
Device for liquid and solid delivery from crop spraying aircraft
An orifice discharge device is provided for use in crop spraying aircraft to provide a downward spray of treatment substance especially liquid for crop or ground treatment. The device comprises an...
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5462088 |
Gas turbine exhaust diffuser
The present invention relates to an exhaust diffuser for a gas turbine, the diffuser being designed to be inserted downstream from a last expansion stage constituted by an outlet duct of circular...
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5454532 |
Aircraft deicer pumping system
In an aircraft deicer comprising a reservoir and a pump connected to the reservoir through a first conduit, the pump operating to circulate a fluid contained within the reservoir throughout at...
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5451016 |
Aircraft fluid drop system
A fluid drop system for an aircraft for use in firefighting is described. The preferred embodiment uses electronic control circuitry coupled with a hydraulic controller that opens and closes the...
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5326053 |
Controlled flow aerial delivery system
A tank system for an aerial liquid delivery comprises a liquid tank having an aperture for discharging liquid and a door for the aperture. The door has a seal and a door operating mechanism to...
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5322219 |
Balloon forest fertilization
A process for applying particles to a geographic region. The process involves flying a balloon over the region. The balloon carries a nozzle with a pipe communicating the nozzle with a ground...
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5320282 |
Aerial sprayer
A system for aerial spraying of agricultural crops or the like in which droplets of a controlled size are formed and discharged onto the ground instead of a fine spray. A system is provided for...
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5279481 |
Airborne liquid-spreading system
An airborne container for a liquid or other flowable material has bottom doors which are opened to release the material on the ground below the aircraft. To maintain a specified coverage level, a...
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5148989 |
Insect dispensing apparatus and method
A dispenser for discharging insects from a moving vehicle includes an insect retaining assembly and an insect acceleration chute. The chute receives air at several locations for accelerating the...
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5137233 |
Aviational spraying
A method of aerial spraying of crops by airplanes mounted with spray jets below and trailing the wings is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of directing the spray jets at an acute angle...
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5104069 |
Apparatus and method for ejecting matter from an aircraft
A fluid ejector for discharging gases and fluids from an aircraft. The fluid ejector is fastened to an exterior surface of the aircraft and includes an air tube which is spaced apart from the...
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5069400 |
Method and apparatus for manipulation of a load for cleaning tower structure components
For controllably suspending a load from a helicopter such that the load can be quickly jettisoned in an emergency, a rigid stabilizer bar is suspended from a quick-release cargo hook attachment...
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5042723 |
Electrostatic spraying apparatus
An apparatus is disclosed suitable for electrostatic spraying from fixed wing aircraft. The apparatus includes a linear electrostatic spraying nozzle 2 and electrodes 4 placed near the nozzle's...
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5025988 |
Airborne liquid spraying system for crop spraying
A spray distribution system for discharging liquid pesticides and the like from a crop-spraying aircraft includes a double spray header arrangement. One main header extends beneath the wings of the...
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5005784 |
Method and apparatus for dispersing cremated remains
Both methods and various embodiments of an apparatus are disclosed which address the dispersal of cremated remains. The methods involve steps which avoid any tendency to retain cremated remains...
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4979571 |
Foam producing apparatus and method for emergency foam delivery systems
An apparatus and a method are provided for producing a delayed foaming action in mixed liquids useful as suppressants for fire area control and curtailment of chemical spills. The apparatus is...
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4971082 |
Method and apparatus for dispensing a fluidic media onto a selected region of a workpiece
A rigid stabilizer bar is suspended from a quick-release cargo hook attachment point of the helicopter, and a yoke structure is releasably carried by the hook in fixed relation to the bar for...
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4948050 |
Liquid atomizing apparatus for aerial spraying
A rotary liquid spray atomizer for aerial spraying is driven by a variable speed motor, driven in turn by power from a variable speed AC generator. The generator is driven from a power take-off...
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4936389 |
Fluid dispenser for an aircraft
The momentary position, between open and closed, of a bottom door panel controlling release of fluid from an airborne container containing the fluid is governed by both the height of the fluid in...
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4881601 |
Apparatus for deployment of aerial-drop units
Disclosed is an apparatus which carries and selectively deploys aerial-drop units. The apparatus comprises a plurality of substantially parallel tubes, each tube being sized to hold a stack of...
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4836292 |
Method for cooling a nuclear reactor and a product therefor
A method and product for use in smothering a nuclear fire resulting from an accident in a nuclear plant comprises the discharging onto the fire liquified inert gas, e.g. argon, so the gas will...
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4804157 |
Fuel dumping valve for aircraft
Fuel dumping valve for aircraft for fast emergency evacuation of fuel contained in the aircraft's fuel tanks, consisting of a valve head seated in a valve seat and mechanical or hydraulic linkage...
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4694991 |
Agri-chemical spreader
A spreader for widely broadcasting agri-chemicals from a conventional airplane. Preferably the spreader comprises a central body comprised of an upper and lower top which diverge away from each...
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4671472 |
Fire bombing and fire bombers
A fire bomber aircraft has an elongated discharge chute which communicates with the outlet opening of liquid tank and a discharge end disposed a substantial distance below the input end. The...
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4664340 |
Vehicles
A stabilization system for hover vehicles, for example free-flying or cable-controlled helicopters or ducted fan vehicles. The system includes at least one downwardly directed sensor which...
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4660762 |
Method and apparatus for spraying a target surface
Method and apparatus for spraying a target surface, especially a penetrable surface like the canopy of a standing crop. The spray nozzles, mounted on a suitable vehicle, are moved over the surface...
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4644683 |
Method and apparatus for enhancing the pollination of alfalfa
Pollination of alfalfa enhanced by flying a helicopter over a field of alfalfa with propane burners mounted on the helicopter and directed to heat air in vicinity of alfalfa blossoms. Heat causes...
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4629148 |
Apparatus for aerial scattering
Apparatus for aerial scattering or spreading comprising a flying wing formed by an aerofoil from which a frame is suspended by a mast and on which frame there is a cockpit and at least one engine...
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4589614 |
Aerial burning and fire control unit for a helicopter
This invention relates to an aerial burning and fire control unit which is to be carried by a helicopter, but is separate and independent of the helicopter so that the helicopter is in no way...
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4560107 |
Aerial spraying apparatus
Aerial spraying apparatus includes two sets of nozzles located at spaced locations on an aircraft. Each nozzle has an electrode associated with it to induce a charge on the cloud of droplets...
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4477289 |
Method for washing voltage transmission line insulators
A system for washing insulating components of high voltage and extra high voltage transmission lines. A helicopter provides an airborne, mobile, ungrounded, integrally bonded platform for a...
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4474350 |
Probe for water bomber
A loading mechanism for loading water into a water storage tank of a water bomber aircraft is improved by separating the probe from the receiver conduit and by forming the probe with a...
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4474349 |
Drop marker system
A drop marker system that includes a series of interconnected drop markers that are placed into a dispensing mechanism for selective ejection to mark passes made by an aircraft is disclosed. Each...
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4453675 |
Aerial spraying apparatus
An aerial dispensing apparatus is detachably mounted under each wing of an aircraft for adhesively coating and dispensing flakes containing an insect control substance. The apparatus includes an...
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4441673 |
Airfoil fuel ejection device
The present Airfoil Fuel Ejection Device consists of a retractable bulkhead(s) located in the under-side of the airfoil. The retractable bulkhead(s) is actuated through a combination of rotable...
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4437630 |
Spray boom apparatus for applying chemical dispersants to ocean oil spills
A self-contained spraying boom apparatus for in-flight adaptation of the aircraft for aerial swath spraying.
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4417709 |
Spreading device
A radar chaff spreading device for mounting on an airplane equipment support beam. The device includes attachment means from which additional equipment, such as a missile, can be suspended. The...
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4395002 |
Emergency draining mechanism for the centrifugal spreader of an airplane
A powdered material hopper or container is mounted in an airplane with a downwardly facing discharge opening positioned immediately above a centrifugal material discharge wheel driven by a...
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4382568 |
Airplane spreader apparatus
A spreader unit is provided for connection to a hopper carried in an airplane for spreading granular material at a controlled rate of flow. A moveable gate on the spreader is moveable between a...
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4364517 |
Hopper cleaner attachment
The main storage hopper of an aerial crop dusting apparatus incorporated in aircraft is equipped with a suction pipe which extends from the outlet to the lowest depths of the hopper to insure that...
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4328940 |
Method of electrostatically enhancing deposition of air borne spray materials
A method of spraying electrically charged particulate material to ground from a low flying airplane. The method includes the steps of imposing an electrical charge of given polarity upon an emitted...
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4316554 |
Aerial marker launcher
An aerial marker launcher for dropping markers from an aircraft to the ground to form a readily visible indication of the path of the aircraft. The launcher includes a container mounted on the wing...
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4304517 |
Chaff ejection device
A device for ejecting radar chaff comprising a magazine having a number of tubular cells in which chaff bundles are displaced towards an ejection end of the cell. The displacement of the chaff...
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4278221 |
Agriculture spray plane
An improved agricultural spray plane of the biplane type, the improvement including a pair of spray booms mounted on each of the lower wings and defining the trailing edge of each of the wings for...
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