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Buoy deployment system

CA 1333066 C · Owner: Turgeon, Milton R. · Inventors: Foerster, Philip P.; Greenstreet, Peter Thomas; Schwarz, Steven R.

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A buoy deployment system for an aircraft is disclosed which includes a multi-store gravity launching system which allows for discharge of different lengths and types of buoys. The gravity launch system includes a plurality of launch tubes each including a spring biased door at the discharge end thereof, with the doors being either electrically actuated from the pilot cockpit via electrical controls or, in the event of, an electrical malfunction being manually operable by an, operator. Each buoy loaded therein is accessible for reconfiguration in flight, with each tube similarly being reloadable in flight. Also disclosed is a rotatable storage carousel including a plurality of …

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  • Granted November 15, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 15, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 13, 1989
GrantedNovember 15, 1994
Term endedNovember 15, 2011
Patent numberCA 1333066 C
Classification (IPC)B64D1/02

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19901993199619992002200520082011Application filedSep 13, 1989Patent grantedNov 15, 1994Term endedNov 15, 2011

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