U.S. Patent Specifications

Abstract

A deflector for upwardly re‐directing the normally horizontal exhaust blast emitted from the exhaust nozzle of a reaction propulsive engine comprising: a supporting frame including a plurality of rigid laterally spaced side standards, each standard including an upright front member and an inclined rear member, said members being rigidly secured together near their upper ends; a plurality of elongated, spaced, superposed, horizontally disposed jet blast deflecting vanes bridging the respective spaces between said inclined rear members, all of said vanes having a concave upper surface and arranged with their forward edges at a lower elevation than their respective rear edges; and means rigidly securing the opposite ends of each vane between and to respectively adjacent inclined rear members.

Citation

(1958), "U.S. Patent Specifications", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 30 No. 8, pp. 250-250. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033010