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    United States Patent 0» un 3,899,144 Werle et al. {45] Aug. 12, 1975 [5] POWDER CONTRATL GENERATION 2085865 6/1936 Morey. sons Boise 4/1982 Walon. asx (751 Inventors: Donald K. Werle, Hillside; Romas 252/988 31982, Milleon wn aux Kasparas, Riverside: Sidney Katz, "Ris711 3/1928 Sane 40213 Chicago, all oft One eee FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS nee ercoeated by the Seoretay of the 022,621 371966 United Kingdom. - 2Ai)s Navy, Washington, D.C 2 a ees ase ore ‘Assistant Examiner—Barry L. Kelmachter {21} Appl. No. 490,610 ‘Attorney, Agent, or Firm Richard S. Sciscia; Joseph MSt Amand (52) US. 244/136; 40/213; 116/114 F; 24/3 (57) ABSTRACT [SE] Int. CL, = sosserrinsersssseerss BOSD 116 Me en ee cc SaGTS AUR OAT, Light scattering pigment powder particles, surface Sen Das 4 B30/teLe tigjaa Re Lieig, Weated to minimize interparticle cohesive forces, are Tit Boia M, 124 Re ia4'b, 14 ¢ dispensed from a jet mill deagglomerator as separate Single particles to produce a powder contrail having at eee ‘maximim visibly or radiation seatering ably for 4 UNITED STATES PATENTS siven weight material 1.619183 3/1927 Bradner eta 244/136 12 Claims, 1 Drawing Figure POWDER woPPeR revi orn oman Saat ee os a a 4 3 rea * opaleml eT hpe fe 287297 30: ae \ ‘DEAGGLOMERATOR OUTLET 36 \ aaa aie TUBE ] iy FILL VALVE. v4 eA OMERATOR a MAIN TUBE- ‘DEAGGLOMERATION CHAMBER / SOLENOID VALVE 3,899,144 PATENTED AUS 1 21875 BAIA GION3TOS: 61 N3GWWHO NOLLW¥aWOT99v30 3an1 NIVW 8 BLVTd ,INMLNAA, ‘or be 32 9¢ 1F11N0 YoLwwaWO99W30 ( aa ny San. iv Woes TUWeLNOD <— se 92 L { 2 tear ta N 4Y3BddOH Y30MOd- NoILoauIa LH9.g ——— > 1 6ly 3,899,144 1 POWDER CONTRAIL GENERATION BACKGROUND. ‘The present invention relates to method and appara: tus for contrail generation and the Tike ‘An earlier known method in use for contrail genera: tion involves oil smoke trails produced by injecting liq- uid oil dircetly into the hot jet exhaust of an aircraft tar- get vehicle. The oil vaporizes and recondenses being. the aircraft producing a brilliant white trail. Oil smoke trail production requires a minimum of equipment, and, the material is low in cost and readily available. However, oil smoke requires a heat source to vaporize the liquid oil and not all aircraft target vehicles, notably towed targets, have such a heat source. Also, at alti tudes above about 25,000 feet oil smoke visibility de- grades rapidly, SUMMARY ‘The present invention is for a powder generator re- quiring no heat source to emit a “contrail” with suffi cient visibility to aid in visual acquisition of an aircraft target vehicle and the like. The term “contrail” was adopted for convenience in identifying the visible pow- der trail of this invention. Aircraft target vehicles are used to simulate aerial threats for missile tests and often fly at altitudes between 5,000 and 20,000 feet at speeds of 300 and 400 knots or more. The present in- vention is also suitable for use in other aircraft vehicles to generate contrals or reflective screens for any de- sired purpose. . ‘The powder contail generator is normally carried on an aircraft in a pod containing a ram air tube and pow- der feed hopper. Powder particles, surface treated to ‘minimize interparticle cohesive forces are fed from the hopper to a deagglomerator and then to the ram tube for dispensing as separate single particles to pro- duce a contrail having maximum visibility for a given ‘weight material ‘Other object, advantages and novel features of the invention will become apparent from the following de- tailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional side-view of a powder ccontrail generator of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The powder contail generator in pod 10, shown in FIG. 1, is provided with a powder feed hopper 12 posi- tioned in the center section of the pod and which feeds powder 13 to a deagglomerator 14 by means of screw conveyors 16 across the bottom of the hopper. The deagglomerator 14 produces two stages of action. In the first stage of deagglomeration, a shaft 18 having projecting radial rods 19 in compartment 20 is rotated by an air motor 21, of other suitable drive means. The shaft 18 is rotated at about 10,000 rpm, for example. As powder 13 descends through the first stage com- partment 20 of the deagglomeration chamber, the ham- ering action of rotating rods 19 serves to aerate and precondition the powder before the second stage of,

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