Inventors:
Thomas A. Jurlina - Wall Township NJ
Edward H. Smialowicz - Point Pleasant NJ
Louis Cassano - Point Pleasant NJ
Charles Smith - Jackson NJ
Assignee:
Air Cruisers Company - Wall NJ
International Classification:
B64C 122
Abstract:
A system for deployment of a vacuum-packed inflatable structure includes a primary cylinder with a primary valve that can be opened under a primary applied force for discharging a primary pressurized fluid into the inflatable structure. A first connecting arrangement extends between the primary valve and an inflatable actuator bag. A secondary cylinder has a secondary valve movable under a secondary applied force for discharging a secondary pressurized fluid into the inflatable actuator bag. With this arrangement, application of the secondary force to the secondary valve causes the secondary cylinder to inflate the inflatable actuator bag. This in turn causes the first connecting arrangement to open the primary value with the primary applied force and inflate the inflatable structure.