This historical description covers the various commands and countries involved in development of automatic inflation devices (with a manual override) that would inflate a life preserver automatically on water contact when the wearer enters the water and is incapable of manually inflating his preserver. These developments began when a number of military personnel involved in deck and ejection seat aircraft operations at sea became convinced that a disabled person, wearing a life preserver, might have a much better chance of survival if the life preserver inflated automatically after the wearer was in the water.
Development of Automatic Inflation Devices for Life Preservers
1981
217 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Life Support Systems , Hydraulic & Pneumatic Equipment , Life jackets , Inflating , Carbon dioxide , Gas cylinders , Water entry , Activation , Switches , Actuators , Flotation , Survival equipment , Electric igniters , Pyrotechnics , Inflatable structures , Automatic inflation devices , Water activated switches
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