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Reverse balloon

a balloon and reverse technology, applied in the field of reverse balloons, can solve the problem of not being able to prevent the balloon from being inflated by some other means, and achieve the effect of reducing the risk of balloon damag

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-02-26
SAAB AB
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Benefits of technology

The invention provides a camouflage that can be quickly deployed and undeployed, and can be used multiple times without taking up too much space when not in use. The camouflage is made up of a lightweight and disposable component that can be easily installed in a device that can be permanently attached to the object being camouflaged. This makes it a convenient and efficient solution for situations where temporary camouflage is needed.

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However, there is nothing to prevent the balloon from being inflated by some other means, using gas from a gas source.

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[0014]FIG. 1 provides a highly schematic perspective view of a camouflage balloon that is being kept inflated by a deployment and undeployment device 2. The device is equipped with a semi-cylindrical housing having an external fan 3 of the centrifugal type—the motor sits within. An inflation opening for the balloon is threaded and secured onto a neck 4 with a flange. The balloon is provided with a camouflage pattern that can vary depending on the environment in which it is used, the time of year, etc. It may comprise conductive wires or other electrically conductive material for the purpose of achieving radar camouflage, or other colors, coatings, etc. in order to achieve, in a manner that is known per se, a camouflaging effect in visible light, within the IR and / or UV ranges, or vis-a-vis radar reconnaissance.

[0015]FIG. 2 depicts a similar camouflage balloon laid out flat on a plane, where it can be seen that the inflation opening 5 has an adjacent reinforcement 6, while the rest o...

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Abstract

A rapidly deployable camouflage device for concealing recognizable signatures of military objects, comprising a camouflage balloon and a deployment and undeployment device, the latter being equipped with a housing and a fan for inflating the balloon arranged on an opening in the housing. According to the invention, the balloon can be pulled into the housing by means of pull lines secured at one end to the inside of the balloon opposite the opening, and at the other end to a motor-driven winding device inside the housing. The balloon is thus pulled in in such a way that it is reversed inside the housing, from which state if can then be blown out unreversed as rapidly deployable camouflage.

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AREA OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention concerns camouflage primarily for military applications and, more specifically, devices suited for application to objects such as vehicles, tanks, artillery guns, etc. in order to eliminate, to the greatest possible extent, typical signatures in terms of their appearance that may be perceptible by observation means such as photography in normal light, V, IR reconnaissance or radar reconnaissance. The invention pertains more specifically to camouflage that can be deployed rapidly and undeployed with equal speed to enable the unobstructed use of the object.OBJECT OF THE INVENTION[0002]The most important object of the invention is to provide rapidly deployable and rapidly undeployable camouflage that can be used a plurality of times and occupies little space when not in use. Another object is to provide such camouflage whose light and deployable component can be treated as a consumable material, albeit certainly usable a plurality of times as a ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F41H7/02F41H3/00F41H11/02
CPCF41H3/00
Inventor ZAAR, JOHAN
Owner SAAB AB