Escape slide
This invention relates to an inflatable life raft escape slide for aircraft and more particularly to a new and improved escape slide for use in evacuating passengers from especially high exits as well as those portions of an aircraft that have external obstructions. An aircraft life raft assembly fo...
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| Format | Patent |
| Language | English |
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02.03.2004
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| Summary: | This invention relates to an inflatable life raft escape slide for aircraft and more particularly to a new and improved escape slide for use in evacuating passengers from especially high exits as well as those portions of an aircraft that have external obstructions.
An aircraft life raft assembly for use as a deployable escape slide from an egress opening of an aircraft. The escape slide is a longitudinally extending structure with a center line that extends from the head end of the slide, adjacent the egress opening, to a toe end that is located adjacent the horizontally extending ground plane. Pressurizing means is operative to inflate the escape slide, which escape slide has panels or panel members of flexible material with an upper sliding surface that extends in the longitudinal direction. The escape slide has a portion of its length that is curvilinear in plan view, which curvilinear portion maybe close to the egress opening of the aircraft or anywhere along the length of the escape slide. |
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