Accession Number:

ADD002162

Title:

Spool for Wire Deployment.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Stahmann,James R.
• Kalakowsky,Charles B.

Report Date:

1975-12-16

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

The patent relates to a spool for wire deployment from a high speed rocket, having a cylindrically-shaped body upon which is wound a wire. The body is made of a pair of sections separated by a first braking ring. A second braking ring is adjustably mounted on the body adjacent the first braking ring. In operation the wire passes through the braking rings and at a preselected time during the unwinding of the wire from the spool, the braking rings apply a braking force thereto thereby preventing any damage to the wire during the unwinding procedure.

Descriptors:

• *Sounding rockets
• *Wire
• *Deployment
• *Patents
• Lightning
• Braking
• Electric discharges

Subject Categories:

• Rockets

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE