Abstract:
A sonobuoy deployment system wherein a plurality of sonobuoy components are housed within a casing adapted to be dropped into the water, either from air or marine craft. The casing has a negative buoyancy, and houses a float deployment mechanism activated upon the casing entering the water. Actuation of the float deployment mechanism deforms a metal release plate previously holding a float within the casing, the float inflates, and as the casing sinks in the water the sonobuoy components are deployed from the casing upper end by cable connections attached to the float. Parachute structure may be mounted upon the release plate for automatic separation from the casing upon actuation of the float deployment mechanism. The utilization of a negatively buoyant casing, and deployment of the components from the casing upper end, permits the casing to quickly sink to significant depths, permitting the sonobuoy transducer components to be quickly located at the desired operating depth.
Abstract:
A vault particularly suitable for use in trucks employed to collect coins, such as from coin telephones and vending machines, the vault comprising a housing having a rear door wherein a wheeled cart may be readily placed within, and removed from the vault. The wheeled cart includes a plurality of coin box receptacle compartments arranged in rows, and the front side of the vault housing includes a plurality of rows of doors wherein the doors are sequentially linearly movable to align with and enclose a compartment, the displacement of a door providing access to an adjacent compartment, and the sequential door operation is repeated until all of the compartments in a row are filled and closed. Door latching means properly orient the doors with respect to their associated compartment, and door release means simultaneously releases the doors for resetting to the initial condition.
Abstract:
A gauge capable of sensing the velocity at which it is displaced utilizing a pendulous mass dampened within a high viscosity oil, and utilizing polarized electromagnetic deflection means for deflecting the mass for test and calibration purposes.
Abstract:
A solid state timing circuit of an interrupter system type utilizing a complementary pair of binary or square wave circuit, receiving pulses from a unijunction transistor oscillator to produce a pulsing square wave output. The pulse and square wave output may be used with a transistor switch circuit to operate a vehicle warning light system, for instance, and/or may be used in conjunction with a silicon controlled rectifier circuit for intermittently operating a vehicle horn. The silicon-controlled rectifier circuit utilizing the vibrating make and break contacts of a diaphragm-operated horn to switch the rectifier. Also, a short circuit protection circuit for the transistor switch circuit is disclosed.