US3559697A - Edge structure for aircraft arresting tapes - Google Patents

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US3559697A
US3559697A US803823A US3559697DA US3559697A US 3559697 A US3559697 A US 3559697A US 803823 A US803823 A US 803823A US 3559697D A US3559697D A US 3559697DA US 3559697 A US3559697 A US 3559697A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • B64F1/02—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for arresting aircraft, e.g. nets or cables
    • B64F1/029—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for arresting aircraft, e.g. nets or cables using a cable or tether

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  • PATENTED FEB 2m 3559697 1 Q Q 0 0 0 0 Q 0000 0000 0000 Q 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 InUanfor D II': win/an flflarnays EDGE STRUCTURE FOR AIRCRAFT ARRESTING TAPES
  • This invention relates to tapes and in particular to tapes for use in the arresting means of aircraft arresting apparatus, such tapes are hereinafter referred to as arrestcr tapes.”
  • an arrestcr tape from two or more woven plies of synthetic textile threads and to incorporate within this woven structure load bearing threads. These load bearing threads are not interwoven with the structure but lie parallel to each other and extend longitudinally throughout the length of the arrester tape.
  • Transverse threads are employed in the woven structure to give stability to the tape and also to control the dimensions of the tape.
  • a woven arrester tape which includes a tape body having longitudinally and transversely extending interwoven threads and in which at least one longitudinally extending side of the tape body is reinforced by superimposing thereon side elements which extend longitudinally on the side or sides of the tape body and are secured thereto by transversely extending threads.
  • the side elements are at a less tension than the longitudinally extending threads and are secured to the tape body at longitudinally spaced positions so that the side elements extend along a side or sides of the tape body in wave formation and are secured to the tape body at the troughs of the waves.
  • the side elements can be secured to the tape body by binding but preferably they are secured by being interwoven with the transversely extending threads of the tape body and in this case they are secured to a side or sides of the tape body by passing, in any required sequence, over and under the transversely extending threads.
  • the side elements are secured to their respective side or sides of the tape body in a transversely disposed array so that the side or sides of the tape body to which they are secured are substantially covered, and thereby adequately protected, by the side elements.
  • the tape body is of substantially rectangular shape in transverse section and side elements are located to extend solely along one pair of opposed side walls of the tape body.
  • the tape body will be of oblong rectangular shape in transverse section and in this case side elements are preferably located to extend solely along each of the opposed narrow side walls of the tape body since it is the wear and abrasion which takes place on the narrow side walls which is particularly detrimental during use of the arrestcr tape and is most likely to lead to premature tape failure.
  • the side elements may be made of any textile material and preferably comprise rope structures or braided cords.
  • synthetic textile materials such as those sold under the trade names Nylon and Terylene are preferred for the construction of the side elements and possibly of the tape body.
  • the arrestcr tape can include one or more longitudinally extending and parallel load bearing elements which are located within the tape body but preferably not interwoven therewith.
  • the load bearing elements extend throughout the length of the arrestcr tape to improve the tensile strength thereof.
  • the side elements are constructed by tubular braiding a plurality of threads of abrasion resistant synthetic textile material into braided cords. In a further form of construction the side elements are constructed by doubling and cabling a plurality of threads of abrasion resistant synthetic textile material in a rope structure.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a plan view of part length of an arrestcr tape constructed in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a fragmentary transverse sectional view of the arrester tape taken on the line A-A in FIG. I.
  • the arrestcr tape includes a plurality of substantially parallel and longitudinally extending load bearing warp threads or elements 6 which extend throughout the length of the arrestcr tape and are surrounded by an interwoven structure of Iongitudinally extending synthetic warp threads 3 and transversely extending synthetic weft threads 4.
  • the longitudinal warp threads 3 and transverse weft threads 4 form a tape body which is substantially of oblong rectangular form in transverse section is shown in FIG. 2.
  • a transversely disposed array of side elements or edge warp threads 2 which extend longitudinally along the side of the tape body and are preferably continuous for the whole length of the arrestcr tape.
  • the side elements 2 provide reinforcement against abrasion and wear on the narrow sides of the .tape body and are secured to the tape body by alternate transverse weft threads 4 as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the side warp elements 2 are at a less tension than the longitudinally extending warp threads 3 and extend along the sides of the tape body in wave form to provide, what are in effect, resilient loops so that the side elements impart a cushion pile effect to the arrestcr tape.
  • the arrestcr tape illustrated includes binding warp threads 5 which pass right through the tape body in a direction normal to the broad sides thereof to bind the top and bottom plies of the tape body together.
  • the side elements are in the form of braided-cords and comprise, for example, 48 ends of onesixteenth (cotton counts) staple nylon braided into a tubular cord construction.
  • four side elements are applied to each of the narrow sides of the tape body and, because the side elements are of a coarse resilient construction and are secured to the tape body in a transversely disposed array, it is ensured that the transverse and longitudinal threads in the tape body which are normally exposed on the narrow sides of the tape body are substantially covered and thereby protected by the side elements.
  • the wear tests were carried out on samples of the arrestcr tapes which were 4 feet in length.
  • the arrestcr tape was fastened around the edge of a jig of rectangular shape approximately 2 ft. in length by 1 ft. in width and 2 inches thickness.
  • Each tape was mounted so that when the jig was laid flat on the ground the narrow side of the tape protruded below the jig edge and the weight of the jig rested on the narrow side of the tape.
  • the narrow side was the only part of the arrester tape in contact with the ground.
  • the total weight of the assembly was approximately 9.5 pounds.
  • the jig was moved along a concrete road at approximately 6 miles per hour.
  • a longitudinally extending arrester tape comprising a woven tape body having main warp threads and weft threads, said tape body being considerably wider than it is thick to have opposed narrow side walls and opposed broad side walls, and in which edge warp threads are superimposed and secured on said opposed narrow side walls in a parallel array substantially covering the narrow side walls and extending in planes substantially parallel with said opposed broad side walls to provide a selvedge for protecting the opposed narrow sidewalls of the tape body against runway abrasion, and wherein each of said edge warp threads is at a less longitudinal tension than said main warp threads and extends longitudinally in wave formation and is secured to said tape body at longitudinally spaced positions by threads extending in the direction of said weft threads, said longitudinally spaced positions being located solely at the troughs of the waves in each edge warp thread.
  • each of said edge warp threads extends sequentially and alternately over and under weft threads in its respective narrow side wall and lies on the weft threads which it extends over to be maintained in a substantially constant wave form.

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US3897920A (en) * 1974-05-20 1975-08-05 Us Navy Aircraft barricade jet-net
US3938763A (en) * 1974-05-23 1976-02-17 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Space shuttle orbiter barricade
US4231535A (en) * 1978-10-27 1980-11-04 All American Industries, Inc. Composite tape for arresting landing aircraft
US4566658A (en) * 1983-08-01 1986-01-28 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Aircraft barricade
US20090242693A1 (en) * 2008-03-31 2009-10-01 Urnes Sr James M System for shipboard launch and recovery of unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) aircraft and method therefor

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US3441237A (en) * 1967-01-16 1969-04-29 Bliss Co Woven tape for aircraft launching and arresting apparatus

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US3897920A (en) * 1974-05-20 1975-08-05 Us Navy Aircraft barricade jet-net
US3938763A (en) * 1974-05-23 1976-02-17 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Space shuttle orbiter barricade
US4231535A (en) * 1978-10-27 1980-11-04 All American Industries, Inc. Composite tape for arresting landing aircraft
US4566658A (en) * 1983-08-01 1986-01-28 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Aircraft barricade
US20090242693A1 (en) * 2008-03-31 2009-10-01 Urnes Sr James M System for shipboard launch and recovery of unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) aircraft and method therefor
US8028952B2 (en) 2008-03-31 2011-10-04 The Boeing Company System for shipboard launch and recovery of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aircraft and method therefor

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