APPARATUS FOR DETACHING MAIN PARACHUTE CANOPY IN PARTICULAR FOR BACK-BACK TYPE DOUBLE PARACHUTE SETS

摘要

A device for releasing a main parachute canopy, especially in parachute sets of the back-to-back type, with cotter-pin-type release grips, characterised in that on the release grips (8) fixed permanently to the harness and made in the form of deflectable facings, preferably rectangular, stitched along the lower edge onto the main straps (5) of the harness and equipped with grip pegs (9) on the upper edge, and on the inside with cotter pins (10) connecting loops (4) of the carrying straps (1) to loops (7) on the harness straps (5) and inserted into protecting tubes (12) at the flaccid ends (3) of the straps (1), while the deflectable facings also serving as protection for the cotter pins (10) are fixed to the harness straps (5) by segments (13) of self-bonding tape sewn onto them.IMAGE