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Aerostat inflator

  • US 7,503,277 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/2006
  • Issued: 03/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for deploying an aerostat which comprises:

  • a cylindrical shaped container having an open end and a closed end, and defining an axis;

    a tapered disc mounted on the container for movements along the axis thereof, the disc having a taper of increasing diameter in an axial direction from the closed end toward the open end of the container; and

    a means for moving the tapered disc between a first axial position wherein the tapered disc is held stationary while a portion of the aerostat is loaded into the container, a second axial position wherein the tapered disc holds the loaded portion of the aerostat in the container, and a release position wherein the disc directs deployment of the aerostat from the container.

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