US3621383A - Lighting system for folded inflatable escape slides with means for testing system with slide in folded condition - Google Patents
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- Testing device includes jack extended to accessible position and testing instrument with cooperating plug. Instrument may be carried to any folded slide on an aircraft or a fleet of aircraft for periodic checking. Instrument indicates by deviation from a predetennined standard reading when defects exist in batteries, wiring, bulbs or switch.
- a high degree of reliability is required and provision must be made for regularly scheduled maintenance checking of the condition of the components of the lighting system on each of the slides so equipped. Since the unfolding and refolding of a typical escape slide involves several hours of work by a team of two expert operators it is apparent that the checking of the lighting system should be possible without deployment or other disarrangement of the folded slide or detachment thereof from the aircraft in which it is installed.
- this is accomplished by providing prefabricated lighting harnesses with lighting units spaced at fixed distances along flat ribbonlike wires of adequate length to provide a string of lights down each longitudinal side of the slide and extending across the bottom edge of the slide, the latter extensions serving to illuminate the area of the ground or water upon which an escaping occupant will land when he reaches the bottom of the slide.
- the lighting harnesses are adjusted to slides of different lengths by the simple procedure of folding the wires upon themselves to space the individual light units more closely together on shorter slides and farther apart on slides of greater lengths.
- the lighting harnesses and all appurtenant gear may be attached to existing slides in a retrofitting operation or may be attached to new slides at the time of manufacture thereof in a firm and secure manner without any risk whatever of interference with the gastight integrity of the slide structure.
- the lighting system be rugged and entirely flexible so that it may be folded up with the slide when the latter is deflated for packing in ready condition without adding any or at least any substantial bulk to the folded package.
- Another fundamental requirement is the provision of facilities for the testing of the batteries and other components of the lighting system on a periodic basis during the time that the folded slide is stored in the aircraft for emergency use.
- the slides usually are never deployed for actual use and will remain stored ready for use for periods of several years. While periodic test deployment is performed on a schedule related to other maintenance procedures for a particular aircraft such tests are very infrequent and testing of the lighting systems should be performed much more frequently since the best of batteries, wires and switches may fail during long periods of nonuse and bulbs of best quality may develop cracks or other defects.
- the present invention provides test facilities whereby the lighting system may be rapidly checked at intervals as frequent as may be desired without deployment or any other disarrangement of the folded slide.
- FIG. I is a simplified fragmentary perspective view of an escape slide deployed for use in evacuation of an aircraft with an illustrative, preferred embodiment of the lighting system of the present invention attached thereto;
- FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 but showing the underside of the deployed escape slide including certain elements of the lighting system;
- FIG. 3 is a simplified perspective view of an escape slide in folded condition in which it is stored in ready condition within an aircraft and showing the manner in which the testing device for the lighting system is used;
- FIG. 4 is a wiring diagram of the complete lighting and testing system of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is an elevational view with parts broken away of the battery pack and associated switch
- FIGS. 6 and 7 are elevational views, respectively of the opposite ends of the structure shown in FIG. 5;
- FIG. 8 is a plan view with parts broken away and parts omitted of one of the lighting harnesses provided by the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional view in F 16.8.
- FIGS. I and 2 an escape slide 111! is shown in deployed condition ready for use in which occupants of an aircraft l2 escape through an opening 14.
- the details of construction of the slide 10 or the manner in which it is secured to the aircraft for emergency use with the opening 14 and the associated door or window (not shown) form no part of the present invention. Therefore the escape slide 10 as shown in FIG. I is illustrated in simplified and diagrammatic fashion and it is intended only to suggest a construction typical of the many types of slides, stairs and the like to which the emergency lighting system of the present invention may be secured.
- Such typical escape slide may be made up of four generally tubular inflatable bolsters of gastight material, such as rubber or plastic coated fabric, mitered together at the corners to form a generally rectangular structure when inflated.
- gastight material such as rubber or plastic coated fabric
- the upper surface of the slide comprises a sheet of fabric 26 which is firmly secured to the four bolsters.
- the fabric 26 thus serves as the surface upon which persons slide when evacuating an aircraft.
- the surface fabric 26 is provided with grounding strips 28 of electrically conductive material which, as shown in FIG. 2 extend around the lower ends of the slide so as to come into contact with the ground upon deployment of the slide.
- a scuff strip 30 also rests upon the ground to protect the deployed slide from damage. Static electrical charges built up on the body of the slide 10 or the bodies of the users of the slide will be discharged to the ground through the grounding strips 28 reducing the discomfort of electrical shock and also reducing the risk of ignition of any ambient flammable liquids or gases.
- the lower surfaces of the longitudinal bolsters 16 also may be cross-connected by web straps 32 spaced along the length of the slide to further stabilize it when in deployed condition.
- the uppermost web strap M as shown taken along the line 9-9 herein is secured to an apron 36 which intum is secured to a girt bar 37 for attachment to the aircraft.
- the apron 36 is made of flexible material and frequently serves the dual purpose of attachment to the aircraft and of providing a surface which gives a reassuring continuity to the surface of the slide and the interior of the aircraft.
- the length and width of the slides will vary greatly depending upon the aircraft for which they are designed and also depending upon the particular exit with which they are to cooperate.
- the slides may vary in length from a minimum of about 140" to a maximum of about 270".
- the range of lengths of the slides may be extended at both ends.
- Slides of the types here involved are normally carried in the aircraft or other vehicle in deflated, tightly folded condition adjacent the door or other opening with which they are intended for use in an emergency.
- a typical configuration of a folded slide is shown in FIG. 3.
- the slide To be placed in such folded condition the slide must be free of enclosed air and it is folded up by trained personnel in a specific manner usually with the aid of thin paddles and mallets, an operation which, as noted above, takes a large number of man-hours to complete.
- the folded slide is held in such condition by various types of breakaway fastening devices including, in some cases a plurality of separable fasteners 38.
- a lanyard (not shown) is usually provided for initiation of inflation and deployment of the slide when desired.
- FIG. 3 the slide 10 is so folded that a cylinder 40 of highly compressed gas is enveloped in the upper portions of the folds with a pressure regulator-aspirator assembly 42 in exposed position.
- the latter assembly also includes a pressure gauge 44 in visible position for routine checking by inspectors.
- the assembly 42 is connected by a flexible tube 46 and a fitting 48 to the interior of the slide, in this example it is connected (FIG. 2) with the longitudinal bolster 18.
- An aspirator 50 is so associated with the gas supply tube 46 as to admit air by injection when the highly compressed gas from cylinder 40 enters the fitting 48 and expands into the slide.
- the cylinder 40 may contain nitrogen and under a pressure of about 2,500 p.s.i.
- the fully inflated, deployed slide will contain about 95 percent air, by volume, and only about percent nitrogen.
- Suitable relief valves are usually provided, not shown herein, to protect the structure from overinflation.
- an emergency lighting system must be so designed and installed as not to interfere with or further complicate the folding and deploying operations and it must not increase, or at least not greatly increase, the size of the folded slide.
- the bulkiest part of the lighting system of the present invention is the battery pack and switch assembly.
- such assembly 52 is cylindrical and it is positioned just below the gas cylinder 40.
- this particular portion of the folded assembly includes a plurality of reverse folds of the fabric and it has been found that the battery pack 52 may be squeezed in during the folding operation between adjacent folds without noticeably increasing the size of the folded slide.
- the battery pack and switch assembly 52 is about the same size as the battery-containing portion of a standard five-cell flashlight.
- the battery pack and switch assembly 52 is finnly secured to the gas cylinder 40 which, in
- the assembly 52 is thus secured to cylinder 40 by several turns of pressure-sensitive tape.
- Such firm securing is essential inasmuch, as will become apparent, the reliable operation of the switch mechanism during deployment of the slide is dependent upon relative movement between the assembly 52 and a lanyard 54 secured elsewhere to the slide body.
- the only visible portion of the lighting system of the present invention is a test jack 56 which is connected by an electric cord 58 to the assembly 52.
- the jack 56 preferably is secured, as by pressure sensitive tape, to the pressure gauge 44 thus to be readily visible and to serve as a reminder that the lighting system must be checked at least whenever the gauge 44 is checked by an inspector.
- the inspector is provided with an instrument 60 having an electrical cord 62 and a plug 64 to fit jack 56. To make a test the plug 64 is inserted into jack 56 and the condition of the various components of the lighting system will be registered, as by a needle 66 on instrument 60. 7
- FIG. 4 the battery pack and switch unit 52 and the test instrument 60 are shown in a wiring diagram.
- a plurality of batteries 68 is shown in series with a switch 70.
- the switch 70 which will be described in greater detail below, is spring biased toward closed position but is held in open position, by means including the lanyard 54, when the slide 10 is in folded condition.
- a two-conductor connecting element 72 mates with a similar element 74 to connect a lighting harness 76 consisting of a double conductor 78 with a plurality of bulbs 80 connected in parallel therewith.
- Another two-conductor connector element 82 mates with a similar element 84 to connect a second lighting harness 86 consisting of a double conductor 88 with a plurality of bulbs 90 connected in parallel therewith.
- the connector elements 72 and 82 are connected in parallel with one another and across the series circuit including batteries 6' and switch 70 whereby when switch 70 is closed the bulbs 80 and 90 in the harnesses 76 and 86 will be energized.
- test instrument 60 is shown as comprising an ammeter 92 connected across the two conductors of test cord 62 and thus with the two contact elements of the plug 64.
- the mating contact elements of jack 56 are connected through the two conductors of cord 58 to the terminals 94 and 96 of switch 70.
- ammeter 92 of test instrument 60 will be connected in parallel with the open switch 70.
- the ammeter 92 preferably is a low-resistance type or includes a low-resistance shunt whereby when it is connected across the switch 70 for testing purposes it will cause the bulbs 80 and 90 in both lighting harnesses 76 and 86 to be energized by batteries 68 much as if the switch 70 had been closed.
- the ammeter 92 thus will indicate the amount of current which the batteries 68 are supplying to the lighted bulbs.
- the ammeter 92 is provided with a scale or other markings whereby a normal reading may be predetermined for the amount of current which the full complement of operative bulbs will draw from a fresh set of batteries with all wiring and connecting components in proper conductive condition.
- a meter reading which is lower or higher by a predetermined amount than the standard will indicate that the lighting system needs servicing. For example a low reading, but well above zero, will result when one or more of the battery cells has partially deferi' orated, when electrical connection between battery cells or other components have developed unduly high resistance or when more than an acceptable number of the bulbs 80 and 90 has failed or become disconnected. A reading at or near zero will result when one or more battery cells 68 are very weak or dead, when switch 70 has closed or become short circuited, or when an open or highly resistive break has occurred between the batteries and both of the lighting harnesses 76 and 86.
- a reading substantially higher than the predetermined standard will result when a full or partial short circuit exists anywhere in the circuit from the terminal 96 of switch 70 to the positive tenninal of the series-connected battery cells 68.
- the conditions just given as examples are merely typical and it will be recognized that any sort of electrical failure or malfunction of l the system will produce an abnormal reading on the ammeter 92.
- a normal reading on the ammeter 92 will substantially un failingly indicate that all components of the system are in proper operating condition since only a wildly improbable combination of defects could produce a falsely normal readmg.
- the folded slide 111 ordinarily will be removed from the aircraft and replaced by a slide with properly operative lighting and other systems. The defective condition will then be corrected on the removed slide.
- the slide usually will have to be at least partially unfolded even to replace the battery cells in the battery pack 52. If replacement of the battery cells results in a normal reading on instrument 61) the partially unfolded slide may be refolded and put back into service. If replacement of the battery cells 52 does not result in a normal reading on instrument 60 the slide may have to be ,further unfolded or even deployed by inflation to enable serjvice personnel to locate and correct the defect.
- a salient feature of the present invention is the incorporation in a lighting system of the specialized type here involved of means for testing the system under operating condition, that is, with the lighting units or bulbs 80 and 9b energized by the battery cells 68 and with the emergency switch 70 biased open in a ready condition.
- the switch 70 is secured within the closure 102 which includes a rigid bulkhead 1114 separating the switch enclosure from the battery enclosure.
- the contacts 41 and 96 of switch 711 are connected by suitable wiring with the battery cells 68 and the several outlet cords in accordance with the circuit diagram in FIG. 4.
- the outlet cords emerge from the end closure 11111 and include the cord 311 which extends through a double connector 106 to the test jack 1'56 (FIGS. 3 bnd 4). As indicated in FIG. 4 the two conductors within cord 58 are connected respectively with the contacts W1 and 116 of switch 70.
- Outlet cords 108 and 110 of the two conductor type emerge from end closure 100 and terminate respectively in the pairs of connectors 72 and 82 to which the two lighting harnesses 76 and 86 are connected (see FIG. 1) when the lighting system is installed on a slide.
- the cords 108 and 1111 are connected, internally of the pack 52, in parallel with one another and in series with the battery cells 68 and switch 711.
- the connectors 72, 82 and 106 are shown diagrammatically but it will be understood that they can be of any commercial type approved for this particular use in the aircraft or other vehicle in which the emergency slide 10 is to be used.
- the switch '70 is illustrated in FIG. .5 in simplified diagrammatic form.
- it is an aircraft quality microswitch having an actuating plunger 112 for moving the contact 96 away from contact 94 when the plunger 112 is pressed inwardly.
- the contact 96 is constantly spring biased towards contact 1141 so that, to maintain switch 70 in open condition it is necessary to hold the plunger 112 in depressed position as illustrated in FIG. 3.
- the switch 70 is held in open condition by a simple and reliable means especially adapted to be unfailingly operated automatically by movement of the lanyard 154 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) when the slide is deployed.
- the end closure 1112 has fixed therein a generally semicircular filler block 1M of rigid material such as metal or plastic which lies above the body of switch '70.
- the block 114 is provided with a generally semicylindrical bore 116 extending parallel with the axis of the pack 52 and closed at the inner end by the bulkhead l of closure 1112. As shown particularly in FIG.
- the bore 116 is arranged to receive the plunger 112 of switch 70 and to permit the plunger to move outwardly of switch 70 to close the contacts 94 and 96 when the bore 116 is empty.
- some object of proper size which will serve a purpose similar to an arming pin is inserted into the bore 116 that object will depress the plunger 112 of switch 71) to hold it in open position.
- a rigid metal or plastic pin would serve such a purpose in this device it is preferred to use a length of ball chain of suitable effective diameter for several reasons as will now be explained.
- lanyard 54 is a flexible, nonstretchable cord of synthetic material such as nylon, or suitable polyester or polyolefin filaments, for example.
- the lanyard cord 54 may be joined to the ball chain 118 by any suitable and appropriately permanent means.
- a tube 123 of shrinkable plastic material may be fitted over the overlapping ends of the cord 541 and chain 118 respectively and then shrunk by heat or other technique appropriate for the particular shrinkable plastic material used for the tube 124. This procedure affords a reliable and essentially smooth and flexible joint between the cord 51 and chain 118 which is substantially devoid of any tendency to become fouled with moving parts of the slide 10 upon deployment thereof.
- the ball chain 113 is similar in appearance to the familiar pull chain used with electric lighting fixtures but preferably is made of stainless steel, plastic or other noncorrosive material having very high tensile strength.
- a high quality ball chain of the type frequently used in fishing tackle is suitable and is available in various effective diameters with specified tensile test characteristics.
- the chain 1111 is chosen with an effective diameter so related to the effective diameter of the bore 116 that the chain may be manually pushed into the bore 116 and one or more of the balls 1211 will snap past the plunger 112 into the position shown in FIG. 5. In that position the tapered end of plunger 112 will become seated between adjacent balls 120 and will urge the chain upwardly against the wall of the bore 116.
- the end closure 102 is provided with a flared fitting 124 through which chain 118 is guided.
- fitting 124 provides a smooth curved path for movement of the chain 118 when the latter is pulled from any direction.
- the chain 118 is yieldingly retained in the position shown in FIG. by action of the spring-pressed plunger 112, a relatively light force will be effective to withdraw the chain 118 bodily from the bore 116 whereupon the switch 70 will close to energize the lighting harnesses 76 and 86.
- the sizes of the chain 1 l8 and bore 116 are so selected with regard to the strength of the spring which urges plunger 112 outwardly that insertion of the chain into the bore may be readily effected by manual pushing of the chain into the confined space and that a pull of about one pound will be effective to withdraw the chain from the bore when required.
- the force required for withdrawing the chain 1 18 from bore 116 may be further modified to a desired normal level by fitting small rubber or other elastomeric discs, not shown, onto the wire links 122 between the several balls 120 of chain 118 which, in the position shown in FIG. 5, extend to the right from plunger 112 through the flared fitting 124.
- Such discs also serve to seal the opening of fitting 124 so that the switch assembly may be rated as explosion proof when required.
- the opposite end of lanyard 54 is secured, as by a pressure sensitive adhesive tape or patch 126 to a portion of the slide which is certain to move far enough relative to the battery pack and switch assembly 52 when the slide is deployed by inflation to withdraw chain 118 from the bore 116 to energize the lighting system.
- the point of attachment of the far end of lanyard 54 is so chosen that the lights will be energized early in the cycle of inflation of the slide to assist the aircraft crew at night in determining that inflation is proceeding properly and to make it evident when inflation is sufficiently advanced to permit use of the slide for escape purposes.
- FIGS. 8 and 9 A preferred form of lighting harness is shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 wherein the harness 76 is illustrated, it being understood that the harness 86 may be identical therewith.
- a primary fea ture of the harness 76 is that the conductor used for the major portion of the length of the harness is a very thin flat plastic tape enclosing two spaced parallel flat metal ribbons which serve as electrical conductors.
- Such tape is available as a computer-type conductor and the tape selected for use herein is about 0.375 wide and only about 0.006 thick. It is extremely rugged and will take repeated sharp bending without breaking as a result of fatigue or work-hardening of its components.
- Such tape conductor is shown at 128 in FIGS. 8 and 9 and the electrical conducting elements thereof are shown at 130 and 132 in said FIGS.
- the conductors 130 and 132 are electrically connected with the wires within a two-conductor cord 134 having the connectors 74 at the opposite end for connection with connectors 72 (see FIG. 4) of the battery and switch pack 52.
- the electrical connection between the cord 134 and tape 128 may be effected by soldering (not shown) and the soldered connections may be reenforced mechanically and insulated electrically by a length of shrink-plastic tubing 136 shrunk into position over the joint.
- Typical lighting units 138 are shown in plan and section respectively in FIGS. 8 and 9, although as will be evident certain parts have been broken away in FIG. 8 for clarity of disclosure.
- a stiff fiber board rectangle 140 is positioned beneath the tape 128 and a rectangular sheet 142 of reflective material such as metal or metalcoated polyester film for example, is positioned above the tape 128.
- a bulb 80 is placed upon the reflective material 142.
- Each bulb 80 is a subminiature tubular filament type lamp of great illuminating power.
- the particular tubular lamps chosen for use in this invention are about 0.125" in diameter and less than 2 inches in length, excluding pigtails. They are almost in destructible by crushing because of the relatively great thickness of the tubular wall.
- Wire pigtails 144 and 146 are sealed in opposite ends of the tube and are connected by ruggedized connections with opposite ends of the filament 148 (see FIG. 9).
- soldering may be effected by removing a small portion of the plastic body of tape 128 at requisite spots.
- a soldered connection between pigtail 144 and conductor ribbon 130 is shown at 150 in FIG. 9.
- the reflective material 142 have a length only slightly exceeding the length of the tubular body of the bulb 80 and that it be carefully centered beneath the tube as shown in FIG. 8.
- the reflective material 142 is crinkled or otherwise textured in a regular pattern (squares or ribs for example) to enhance wide and even distribution of the light reflected by such material.
- a length of transparent shrink-plastic tube 152 of appropriate cross-sectional diameter is slipped over the assembly and is shrunk by heat or otherwise so as to contract circumferentially upon the assembly to hold it firmly and pennanently in assembledcondition.
- the shrunken tube 152 is of such length as to extend well beyond the exposed portions of pigtails 144 and 146, thus to insulate them electrically from contact with external objects.
- the stiltfiber board rectangle which is positioned beneath the tape 128 at each bulb position serves to hold the conductor tape 128 and reflector assembly flat in resistance to the considerable force exerted by the shrinking of the plastic tubes 152 in the final step of assembly as described above. It also serves as a protection against bending forces which might be placed upon the tubular bodies of the bulbs 80.
- the opposite end portions 154 (see FIG. 8) of the shrink-plastic tube 152 are flattened and crimped during the heat or other shrinking step so as to form a very firm, slip and leak proof seal between such flattened portions 154 and the plastic body of the tape 128.
- the lighting unit 138 near the right-hand end of FIG. 8 shows these flattened ends 154 in plan.
- the opposite ends of the fiberboard rectangle 140 extend only part-way into the flattened and crimped portions 154 so as to be firmly gripped to the shrunken tube 152 while, at the same time, permitting intimate sealing contact between the portions 154 and the plastic body of tape 128 in regions beyond the ends of the fiberboard rectangle 140.
- one complete lighting harness such as the harness 76 shown in FIG. 8 will include a desired number of lighting units 138, spaced as may be desired along the length thereof. While the harness may be custom designed for a particular slide it is preferred, particularly when a large number of retrofitting installations is required to select a uniform length of harness and a generally uniform spacing of lighting units 138 thereon which is adequate for the longest slide which may be encountered. Purely by way of example, appropriate for the time at which this application is filed, each harness may be so constructed as to be about three hundred inches long.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 A typical installation of the lighting system of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the slide 10 preferably is deployed into fully inflated con:
- the lighting harnesses 76 and 86 are now strung along the top surfaces of the longitudinal bolsters l6 and 18 or the fabric top 26 which may extend over such top surfaces.
- a suitable spacing is selected which will result in approximately even spacing of the units 138 along such top surfaces.
- one or two lighting units 138 of each harness will be attached, as shown in FIG. 1 to the lower transverse bolster 22 in appropriate positions for that purpose.
- the adhesive tape selected for use must have an adhesive layer which is compatible with and will form a firm bond with the rubber or rubberlike coating or bodies of the fabrics normally used for construction of the inflatable slides.
- any excess length of tape conductor 128 which may extend between lighting units 138 in a particular installation are merely folded transversely to form one or more pleats or accordion folds which then are secured in flattened condition beneath a length 156 of adhesive tape.
- the conductor tapes 128 of the harnesses 76 and 86 have been diagonally folded and transversely pleated so as to turn through about 90 thus to facilitate the securing of one or more lighting units 138 of each harness to the lower bolster 22 as described above.
- the lighting harnesses extend circumferentially around and are taped down upon the upper bolster 20.
- the harnesses 76 and 86 and the connecting cords B34 for each harness are secured on the under side of the slide structure by additional lengths 156 of adhesive tape.
- the joints between the tape conductors ll28 and cords 134 may be positioned wherever desired and are not specifically located in FIG. 2.
- the connecting cords 134 are connected with the battery and switch pack 52 by the connecting devices 72, 741 and 82, 84 as described above.
- the slide is deflated and the foldin; operation is initiated.
- the free end of the lanyard 54 is secured in an appropriate position to a convenient surface of the slide, for example, it may be secured to longitudinal bolster 118 by an adhesive member 126 such as a piece of the adhesive tape used elsewhere or a patch or the like of adhesive material having adequate holding power when applied to the selected surface of the slide.
- an adhesive member 126 such as a piece of the adhesive tape used elsewhere or a patch or the like of adhesive material having adequate holding power when applied to the selected surface of the slide.
- the point of attachment of the 1 free end of the lanyard 54 is so selected that the lanyard will be certain to be pulled out of the pack 52 to light the lighting units as the slide is next deployed by inflation.
- the sequence of attachment of the lanyard 54l may be reversed if so desired in which event the ball chain 11% is not inserted into the bore 11116 and the free end of the lanyard 5A is first secured by adhesive element 126 to the fully inflated slide. After deflation and partial folding of the slide the ball chain 1124 may then be inserted into the bore 116 and the battery cells 69 may be inserted into the pack 52. After testing the lighting system by pulling the lanyard 54 out and reinserting the hall chain end thereof the folding of the slide lltl may be completed and the slide in the folded condition shown in FIG. 3 may be put into service.
- battery cells of this type are particularly well-suited for use in the present invention wherein the lighting system is to be tested at relatively frequent intervals by placing the full operative load on the batteries for a brief period sufficient to determine by reading the instrument 60 that the batteries and other components are in acceptable operating condition.
- the five year shelflife of batteries of this type makes it possible, in the absence of unexpected damage, deterioration or failures of the various components which would be detected by use of the testing instrument 60, to leave the slides equipped with such systems in service in packed and tightly folded condition for five year periods throughout the service lives of the slides. Since it is customary in many instances at the present time to test all slides by deployment and repacking at five year intervals the installation of the preferred lighting system of the present invention ordinarily will not make deployment and repacking necessary at intervals more frequent that those already established.
- the system described above operates at a low voltage.
- tubular bulbs of the type herein disclosed are available for operation at 9 volts.
- the shape and location of the battery pack 52 and the mechanical relationship thereof with the switch 70 as well as the specific design of the switch 70 may be varied to meet specific desires or requirements as, for example, when the folding pattern for a particular escape device makes it preferable to locate a battery pack of suitable shape other than in close proximity with the inflating devices provided in such escape device.
- an emergency lighting system for an escape slide for use in vehicles such as aircraft wherein said escape slide is made of flexible gastight material, is prepared for positioning within a vehicle by being placed in tightly folded deflated condition, and is provided with inflating means to deploy said slide into inflated condition for use; said emergency lighting system comprising electrical components including a plurality of light bulbs, wires secured to said slide and connected with said bulbs, a battery pack, and a switch connected in series with said battery pack and said wires, said switch being open when said slide is in said folded condition; and said emergency lighting system including means for closing said switch, when said slide is deployed, to energize said light bulbs; and at least some of said electrical components being enclosed in inaccessible position when said slide is i in said tightly folded deflated condition; wherein the improvement comprises: testing means for testing the operative condition of the electrical components of said emergency lighting system while said slide is in said tightly folded deflated condition, said testing means comprising a pair of electrical conductors connected across the terminals of said open switch and having portions accessible from the exterior
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