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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
John F Heimovics, Jr, Akron, OH (US);
Peter P Seabase, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Assignee:
The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
417191 ; 417179 ;
Abstract
An aspirator used to inflate flexible structures such as aircraft evacuation slides, rafts, or the like comprises a tubular housing an atmospheric air inlet at one end of the housing, a nozzle within the housing for introduction of high pressure gas downstream of said air inlet, flapper valve means closing the air inlet and operable to open when atmospheric air is induced through the inlet by operation of said nozzle, and means within the housing to operate a device to positively lock or unlock the flapper valve means when said nozzle is not operating or operating, respectively.