A DEVICE FOR CUTTING A PARACHUTE REEFING CORD,

Abstract

A device for cutting the reefing cord of a parachute, which includes a time lag mechanism and actuating lever mechanism, supplied with a flat cutter, is distinguished by the fact that the purpose of insuring dustprotection of the time lag mechanism, the cutter is located in a groove which is separated from the internal cavity of the apparatus by the chassis wall, on which the axis of rotation of the cutter is mounted. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 11, 1969
Accession Number
AD0695360

Entities

People

  • L. E. Opukhovskii
  • N. F. Morozov
  • V. P. Ganin

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Motion
  • Parachutes
  • Rotation

Readers

  • Aerial Delivery - Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Electrical Engineering