Object recovery device
First Claim
1. A BEACON FOR MARKING THE LOCATION OF A FLOATING OBJECT SO AS TO FACILITATE THE SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY OF THE LATTER, SAID BEACON BEING ADAPTED FOR RELEASE FROM AN AIRCRAFT SO AS TO IMPACT THE SURFACE OF THE WATER IN THE VICINITY OF THE FLOATING OBJECT, SAID BEACON BEING OF ELONGATED CONFIGURATION AND INCORPORATING A WATER-ACTIVATABLE SOURCE OF PROPELLING ENERGY DESIGNED TO IMPART A MOTION TO SAID BEACON AFTER IMPACT WHICH MOTION IS AT AN ANGLE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE BEACON, AND BRAKING MEANS CARRIED BY AND EXTENDABLE FROM SAID BEACON AFTER IMPACT, THE DRAG RESISTANCE TO MOVEMENT THROUGH THE WATER OFFERED BY SAID BRAKING MEANS AFTER THE COMPLETE EXTENSION THEREOF BEING ANGULARLY RELATED IN AN ADDITIVE SENSE TO THE THRUST DEVELOPED BY THE SAID SOURCE OF PROPELLING ENERGY FOR THE BEACON, THESE TWO FORCES COMBINING TO CAUSE THE MOVEMENT OF SAID BEACON IN THE WATER TO BE NONLINEAR, WITH THE PATH DESCRIBED THEREBY BEING IN THE FORM OF A LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING SAID FLOATING OBJECT.
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1. A BEACON FOR MARKING THE LOCATION OF A FLOATING OBJECT SO AS TO FACILITATE THE SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY OF THE LATTER, SAID BEACON BEING ADAPTED FOR RELEASE FROM AN AIRCRAFT SO AS TO IMPACT THE SURFACE OF THE WATER IN THE VICINITY OF THE FLOATING OBJECT, SAID BEACON BEING OF ELONGATED CONFIGURATION AND INCORPORATING A WATER-ACTIVATABLE SOURCE OF PROPELLING ENERGY DESIGNED TO IMPART A MOTION TO SAID BEACON AFTER IMPACT WHICH MOTION IS AT AN ANGLE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE BEACON, AND BRAKING MEANS CARRIED BY AND EXTENDABLE FROM SAID BEACON AFTER IMPACT, THE DRAG RESISTANCE TO MOVEMENT THROUGH THE WATER OFFERED BY SAID BRAKING MEANS AFTER THE COMPLETE EXTENSION THEREOF BEING ANGULARLY RELATED IN AN ADDITIVE SENSE TO THE THRUST DEVELOPED BY THE SAID SOURCE OF PROPELLING ENERGY FOR THE BEACON, THESE TWO FORCES COMBINING TO CAUSE THE MOVEMENT OF SAID BEACON IN THE WATER TO BE NONLINEAR, WITH THE PATH DESCRIBED THEREBY BEING IN THE FORM OF A LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING SAID FLOATING OBJECT.
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Current AssigneeSamuel E. Lager
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Original AssigneeSamuel E. Lager
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InventorsLager, Samuel E.
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Application NumberUS04/097,114Time in Patent Office750 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current114/65.00RCPC Class CodesB64D 25/20 Releasing of crash position...
