Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High efficiency aspirator for inflatable emergency slides
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Application No.: US16027541Application Date: 2018-07-05
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Publication No.: US11333174B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Blair White
- Applicant: ALTEVAC LLC
- Applicant Address: US FL Boca Raton
- Assignee: ALTEVAC LLC
- Current Assignee: ALTEVAC LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Boca Raton
- Agency: Caesar Rivise, PC
- Main IPC: F04F5/46
- IPC: F04F5/46 ; B64D25/14 ; F04F5/18

Abstract:
An aspirator assembly for inflating an emergency slide is disclosed. The aspirator assembly includes a bell housing, a mixing chamber, and a nozzle assembly. The bell housing includes a ring defining an inlet port at which a check valve is located and into which ambient air can flow. The mixing chamber has an outlet port, The nozzle assembly is located in the mixing chamber and includes plural passageway sections defining concentric rings and cross bars. The passageway sections include internal passageways in communication with plural nozzle jets through which a compressed air is introduced into the mixing chamber to mix with the ambient air. The passageway sections are of an airfoil shape cross-section having a rounded leading end directed towards the inlet port and a trailing end is directed toward the outlet port to reduce air turbulence within the mixing chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190010962A1 HIGH EFFICIENCY ASPIRATOR FOR INFLATABLE EMERGENCY SLIDES Public/Granted day:2019-01-10
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