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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
Timothy Wollaston, Bristol, GB;
Timothy Wollaston, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
An aircraft slat assembly comprising a pair of slats separated by a gap. A weather seal seals the gap between the slats and forms part of an outer aerodynamic surface of the slat assembly. An anti-icing system is provided with a pair of piccolo tubes, each tube being housed within a respective one of the slats and having spray holes for delivering hot gas to a leading edge of the slat in which it is housed. A flexible duct delivers hot gas between the piccolo tubes, the flexible duct passing across the gap between the slats. A vent in the weather seal can open to permit hot gas from the anti-icing system to exit the gap between the slats.