New inflatable liferaft is nontippable
A one-seamed lightweight life raft has three underwater ballast buckets as stabilizers. Nontippable, it can be compactly packaged and inflated with carbon dioxide.
Radnofsky, M. I.↗
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Compact assembly generates plastic foam, inflates flotation bag
Device for generating plastic foam consists of an elastomeric bag and two containers with liquid resin and a liquid catalyst. When the walls of the containers are ruptured the liquids come into contact producing foam which inflates the elastomeric bag.
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Vapor pressure measured with inflatable plastic bag
Deflated plastic bag in a vacuum chamber measures initial low vapor pressures of materials. The bag captures the test sample vapors and visual observation of the vapor-inflated bag under increasing external pressures yields pertinent data.
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Rigidized inflatable solar energy concentrators, 1 august 1963 - 25 december 1964
Processes for fabrication in space environment of five-foot diameter inflatable rigidized solar energy concentrators
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Rotating mandrel speeds assembly of plastic inflatables
Rotating mandrel permits the accurate cutting, forming, and sealing of plastic gores for assembly of an inflatable surface of revolution. The gores remain on the mandrel until the final seam is reached. Tolerances are tightly controlled by the mandrel configuration.
Mac Fadden, J. A.↗
Self-inflating lifevest stores in small package
Emergency lifevest is inflated with carbon dioxide from a self-contained cartridge in 10 seconds. When deflated, it fits into a package occupying less than 20 cubic inches and weighing less than one pound.
Radnofsky, M. I.↗
Inflatable holding fixture permits X-rays to be taken of inner weld areas
Inflatable rubber gland positions and holds X ray film in positive contact with inner weld areas of mainfold torus assemblies for verifying the weld quality. The gland is constructed to conform to the inside diameter of the manifold torus.
Hendrickson, D. R.↗
A theory for inflated thin-wall cylindrical beams
Structural theory for inflated thin wall cylindrical beam
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Latitudinal and seasonal variations in atmospheric densities obtained during low solar activity by means of the inflatable air density satellites.
Latitudinal and seasonal variations in atmospheric densities during low solar activity obtained by inflatable air density satellites
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Lightweight inflatable shadow shields for cryogenic space vehicles.
Lightweight inflatable shadow shields for cryogenic space vehicles and performance in conjunction with superinsulation
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Nonsymmetric inflation of a magnetic dipole.
Nonsymmetric inflation of dipole magnetic field by ionized gas, noting nonsymmetric gas dissipation
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Inflation of the inner magnetosphere during a magnetic storm.
Inner magnetosphere inflation during geomagnetic storm observed by Explorer XXVI, noting relation of various phases to charged particles
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Rigidization of a 1.52-meter diameter inflatable solar concentrator in vacuum with associated material studies and fabrication techniques Final report
Foam rigidizing for inflatable paraboloidal solar collector
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Latitudinal and seasonal variations in atmospheric densities obtained during low solar activity by means of the inflatable air density satellites.
Latitudinal and seasonal variations in atmospheric densities during low solar activity obtained by inflatable air density satellites
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Inflation of the magnetosphere near 8 earth radii in the dark hemisphere.
Inflation of magnetosphere near 8 earth radii in Southern Hemisphere using Explorer XIV SATELLITE
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Inflatable structures in space
Material composition, weight, size, and unfolding factors entering into design of inflatable space station structures
Glukharev, A.↗
Flight investigation of a capacitance-type meteoroid detector using an inflatable paraglider
Flight test of capacitance type meteoroid impact detector of aluminum polyethylene terephthalate using inflatable paraglider
Siviter, J. H., Jr.↗
An evaluation of intermittently inflated extremity cuffs in preventing the cardiovascular deconditioning of bedrest and water immersion
Inflatable tourniquet effects on cardiovascular deconditioning during bed rest and water immersion studies on humans
Vogt, F. B.↗