US1444369A - Packing case for parachutes - Google Patents

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Feb. 6, 1923.

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large that the parachute falls directly into over and holds it upon the hoop, 28, and so 75 UNTTED STATES PATENT @FFTCQE.

FELIX J. COUGHLIN, OF VERSAILITES, OHIO.

PACKING CASE FOR PARACHUTES.

Application filed August 14, 1919. Serial No. 317,610.

To aZZwIwm-it may concern: position is shown in Fig. 1 It will also be Be it known that I, FELIX J. CoUoHLIN, a held against it by the cords, 6, 7, which will citizen of the United States, residing at Verhold it in place, as shown in Fig. 1. When sailles, in the county of Darke and State of the aviator has confided himself to the para- 5 Ohio, have invented certain new and useful chute, the connections, 2, between the cords, Improvements in Packing Cases for Para- 6, 7, are broken, and they will cease to hold chutes, of which the following is a specificathe case, which will then fall into the position. tion shown in Fig. 3, the back, 21, upwards The packing case opens instantly and reand hanging from the cords, 20. leases the parachute in a position and situa- The packing case has a back, 21, secured tion to open freely. The situation and posiupon the hoop, 28. A skirt, 13, forms a tion of the packing case on the machine, in retainer for the folded parachute, and is conjunction with its shape, makes it offer folded over it in folds, one of the folds bevery slight resistance to the air as the maing marked with the figure l4, and the 15 chine travels. The case falls into position to cover, 5, which has the hole, 9, to allow the 76 discharge the parachute directly downward, projection through it of the sling, 3, of the so soon as the weight of the aeronaut is parachute, fits over the hoop, 28, enclosing placed on the sling. The packing cases enthe face of the case. The cover, 5, has preftire bottom opens out and the open area is so erably an elastic binder, 19, that is slipped the air, substantially without coming into keeps the cover, 5, in place. Preferably in contact with any part of the case, and subpractice, it has the reinforce, 23.

' stantially undisturbed from the condition The cords, 20, are spliced to the hoop, 28. in which it was packed. The cover, skirt, 13, and back, 21, are all 25 Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the case made in practice ofawater-proof textile maclosed and secured to the machine. Fig. 2 is terial. The reinforce, 22, preferably forms a side elevation of the closed packing case. part of the back of the case and holds the 'Fig. 3 is a view of the case when the parahanger, 26, to which the top of the parachute is just emerging. Fig. 4 is a view of chute is fastened, by the customary frangible 30 the face of the packing case with the cover connections. removed. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a por- The skirt, 13, has the closing cord, 17, tion of the skirt. Fig. 6 is a section of a which in practice is arranged as follows.:- portion of the cover. Fig. 7 is an inside A series of flaps,15,are attached to the skirt, viewof the top of the packing case. Fig. 8 13, and fitted with retainers, 16, for the cord,

35 is an inside View of the cover. Fig. 9 is a 17, which is laced from one to the other. section on line 9-. 9 of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. In practice this cord, 17, is light enough to 10 is a rear view of the packing case and be broken veryreadily. It is best made the suspension cords, as the latter will show. Weak enough to break in a number of places when the device is attached to the machine. simultaneously, or otherwise fixed so that the 4 The case is round and fiat. One side is break will free instantly the skirt, 13, and

, curved out so as to offer the least resistance allow it to open at once and free the parapossible to the air as the machine passes chute packed beneath it. 18 shows where through it. The case is attached permathis cord can be knotted.

nently to the part of the machine where it is The attachment cords, 7 6, are secured to carried by the cords, 20, and eye, 24. It is the support, 1, in a suitable manner. In 106 also attached so that it will permit it to practice, loops are secured at their ends by break away" at once, when a weight is put the holders, 8, 8, and the slack is folded over upon the slin 3, of the parachute, by the the face of the packing case and is connected cords, 7, 6. TVhen the packing case is attogether by the frangible connection, 2,

50 tached to the support, 1, (which may be the which-in practice preferably passes through fuselage of an areoplane or the basket of a the sling, 3. The cords, 20, are preferably balloon) in the position it will occupy whenv in practice bound together into an eye, 24,-

the machine it is attached to is in normal which is firmly secured to the support, 1.

flight, it will be fastened to the support, by Putting weight upon the sling, 3, breaks 55 the cords, 20, which will be inactive. Their the frangible. connections, 2 and 17. The 116 skirt, 13, flies open and releases thecontained parachute. While these breaks are occurring the case falls into the position shown in Fig. 3 and hangs back upward from the cords, 20. The parachute falls out from the opened face of the case, and breaks the connection with the hanger, 26, and is free. it is shown in Fig. 3 with the cover, 5, following the sling downwards and the suspension cords, 11, just beginning to appear below the skirt, 13.

I claim 1. The combination, in parachutes, of a back, a back is attached, askirt attached to the hoop, and adapted to fold over inward, on the face of the case, and a cover having an aperture a packing case for hoop to which said therein, and removably fastened to the baclit of the case.

2. The combination, in a packing case for parachutes, of a back, a hoop to which the back is secured, a skirt adapted to fold over on the face of the case and held in folded position 'by parachute connections, and a removable cover.

8. The combination, in a packing case for parachutes, of a back, a hoop to which the back is secured, a skirt adapted to fold over on the face of the case and a cover having a central hole and an elastic binding adapted to clasp the hoop.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FELIX J. ,COUGHLIN.

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