An airlock is described for use in transferring waste objects from a positively pressurized enclosure aboard an operative space vehicle, to a waste receiver attached to the vehicle and maintained at the negative pressure of a celestial space environment. The airlock is characterized by a shell having an internal chamber and hermetically sealed within an opening formed in a bulkhead of the enclosure. The shell is provided with an insertion hatch adjacent to the enclosure, and an ejection hatch hermetically sealed within an opening formed in a bulkhead of the enclosure. The shell is provided with an insertion hatch adjacent to the enclosure, and an ejection hatch adjacent the waste receiver, each hatch being hermetically sealed by a hatch cover. A three-way selector valve is provided for alternately coupling the chamber with the enclosure and the receiver in response to manipulation of the mechanism.
Airlock
1972
48 pages
Report
No indication
English
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