GB663314A - Supporting enclosure for jettisonable flexible fuel tanks - Google Patents

Supporting enclosure for jettisonable flexible fuel tanks

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Publication number
GB663314A
GB663314A GB11794/49A GB1179449A GB663314A GB 663314 A GB663314 A GB 663314A GB 11794/49 A GB11794/49 A GB 11794/49A GB 1179449 A GB1179449 A GB 1179449A GB 663314 A GB663314 A GB 663314A
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Prior art keywords
container
tank
aircraft
jettisonable
fuel tanks
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GB11794/49A
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Goodyear Aircraft Corp
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Goodyear Aircraft Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D37/00—Arrangements in connection with fuel supply for power plant
    • B64D37/02—Tanks
    • B64D37/06—Constructional adaptations thereof
    • B64D37/12—Constructional adaptations thereof jettisonable

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)

Abstract

663,314. Jettisonable fuel tanks. GOODYEAR AIRCRAFT CORPORATION. May 3, 1949. [Feb. 24, 1949] No. 11794/49. Class 9 (ii). [Also in Groups XXIX and XXXIII] A jettisonable fuel tank for aircraft is supported in a substantially rigid enclosure comprising a fixed portion for sustaining transverse forces and a removable portion for supporting the weight of the tank. As shown a flexible fuel tank 3 for a combat aircraft (see Group XXIX) is housed in a container 1 supported in a bomb bay by means of cables 46 engaging loops 44, and provided with a trough-shaped releasable base member 2 on which the tank rests. The container is of bulletproof construction, the side and end walls 8, 9 consisting of resinimpregnated nylon fabric, and the top wall 10 of glass fibre cloth, with aluminium-alloy stiffeners 24, 27. Wooden strips 55 prevent lateral bulging of the side walls. For ease of installation the container is made in two portions connected by piano hinges 7. The base member 2 is also made of resin-impregnated nylon fabric and is retained in position by arms 63, each carrying a pair of conventional electromagnetic release shackles 64 which are operated to jettison the member 2 and the tank 3. In the case of a non-combat aircraft the container 1 may be made of aluminium alloy. Specification 658,904, [Group XXIX] is referred.
GB11794/49A 1949-02-24 1949-05-03 Supporting enclosure for jettisonable flexible fuel tanks Expired GB663314A (en)

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US663314XA 1949-02-24 1949-02-24

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4640328A (en) * 1984-05-16 1987-02-03 Arney D B Collapsible liquid container particularly for transportation by helicopter
CN114148531A (en) * 2021-11-02 2022-03-08 湖北航天技术研究院总体设计所 Aircraft dysmorphism oil tank structure

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4640328A (en) * 1984-05-16 1987-02-03 Arney D B Collapsible liquid container particularly for transportation by helicopter
CN114148531A (en) * 2021-11-02 2022-03-08 湖北航天技术研究院总体设计所 Aircraft dysmorphism oil tank structure
CN114148531B (en) * 2021-11-02 2024-03-12 湖北航天技术研究院总体设计所 Aircraft dysmorphism oil tank structure

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