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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1988
Alain Depeige, Tournefeuille, FR;
Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle, Paris, FR;
Abstract
This invention relates to mechanisms for fastening a life-saving device, which comprises a rod, one of the two ends of the rod comprising means for cooperating with means for clipping and release with respect to a first shoe, a counter-rod mounted to slide with respect to the rod so that the counter-rod and rod may be located in two positions, 'retracted' and 'extended', a spring mounted between the rod and counter-rod to tend to position them in the 'extended' position, means for controlling the slide of the rod with respect to the counter-rod in a given direction, the counter-rod comprising an endpiece whose shape is complementary of that of a recessed housing in a second shoe. This invention is more particularly applicable to the fastening of simple evacuation slides or dinghies in aircraft.