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Arrestment system

  • US 4,311,290 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1979
  • Issued: 01/19/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for arrestment on a vessel of an aircraft in flight having a parafoil connected to it by shroud lines from the body of the aircraft, comprising:

  • support means formed to be uprightly mounted on the vessel;

    engaging means pivotally connected to said support means and radially extending therefrom for pivoting downwardly and about said support means upon capturing the shroud lines; and

    adjustable braking means operatively connected between said support means and said engaging means for providing a constant force for stopping the aircraft within a predetermined sector of pivoting of said engaging means about said support means.

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