Information Systems Laboratories, Inc.

William Douglas McDaniel

James H Boschma, Jr

Michael McNabb

Callum R Sullivan

Glenn Martin Tierney

Michael Ryder

Peter K Van Staagen

A device for deploying an aerostat includes a cylindrical shaped container having an open end and a closed end and a center tube axially oriented in the container. A tapered disc is mounted for axial movement on the center tube, and it has a taper of increasing diameter in an axial direction from the closed end toward the open end of the container. In its operation, the tapered disc is held in a first position while a portion of the aerostat is loaded into the container. It is then moved to a second position wherein the tapered disc holds the loaded portion of the aerostat in the container. Thereafter, the disc is moved to a release position wherein the disc directs deployment of the aerostat from the container.

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Huntsville, AL, United States of America

William Douglas McDaniel