Aircrew headgear ejection means
First Claim
1. Apparatus for ejection of aircrew helmet-mounted equipment from an aircraft cockpit, comprising an ejector arm engageable with an airman'"'"'s ejection seat and having a first end pivotally mountable behind the seat, and a flexible linkage for attaching the helmet-mounted equipment to the second end of the ejector arm, so that in operation of the ejection seat, the arm is rotated about its pivot by upward movement of the ejection seat so that the equipment is detached from the airman'"'"'s helmet and ejected from the cockpit by the rotating arm.
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Abstract
An apparatus for ejecting an aircrewmans helmet-mounted electro-optical equipment from an aircraft cockpit comprising an arm having a first end pivotally mounted at a position behind an aircrewmans ejection seat, a second end of the arm having on it a line reel-in apparatus and a flexible line depending therefrom, the flexible line attachable to helmet mounted electro-optical equipment, a guide and damper connecting the arm to the ejection seat, upon operation of the ejection seat the electro-optical equipment being detached from the helmet, the ejection seat rising in the cockpit and causing rotation of the arm about the pivot point, the line reel-in apparatus locking to prevent the line extending and the electro-optical equipemnt being ejected from the cockpit into the airstream by rotation of the arm prior to the ejection seat leaving the cockpit.
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- 1. Apparatus for ejection of aircrew helmet-mounted equipment from an aircraft cockpit, comprising an ejector arm engageable with an airman'"'"'s ejection seat and having a first end pivotally mountable behind the seat, and a flexible linkage for attaching the helmet-mounted equipment to the second end of the ejector arm, so that in operation of the ejection seat, the arm is rotated about its pivot by upward movement of the ejection seat so that the equipment is detached from the airman'"'"'s helmet and ejected from the cockpit by the rotating arm.
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