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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1980
Allan E Beavers, Littleton, CO (US);
T. A. Pelsue Company, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a canopy assembly for use in combination with a force-fed supply of hot humidified air to be used in the curing of repair patches on airborne radar domes, such a canopy assembly including a flexible donut-shaped inflatable distributor having an inlet on its outer periphery connectable to the source of air and a plurality of apertures spaced around its inside margin for distributing the air more or less radially inward over the patch, a plurality of tie-down straps encircling the distributor tube spaced around its periphery, a like member of suction cups detachably connectable to the tie-down straps for mounting the tube in encircling relation to the patch to be cured, a flexible shroud of a size and shape effective to cooperate with the distributor to define a protective cover over the patch, and means depending from the margins of the shroud detachably connectable to the strap and suction cup subassemblies for releasably interconnecting same in roof-forming relation atop the distributor.