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Removable external payload carrier for aircraft

  • US 4,318,328 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1979
  • Issued: 03/09/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A payload carrier for detachable mounting on selected vehicles having bodies which are of cross-sectional outlines within a predetermined range of outlines, the carrier comprising:

  • guide means engagable with the exterior of a vehicle body about the periphery thereof; and

    payload positioning means operatively associated with said guide means for movement with respect thereto to move a payload article with respect to the body periphery toward a payload ejection station at which the payload article may be released;

    said guide means including means conformable to the cross-sectional outline of the body for applying a compressive force about the body periphery to maintain said guide means in a fixed position thereon.

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