Aircraft grounding system
View Patent ↗Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle. An air vehicle includes (a) a fluid adhesive container assembly detachably attached to the air vehicle, wherein the fluid adhesive container assembly comprises: (i) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; and (ii) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured, or a brush of fibers, or a fabric of fibers, is configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and a surface; and (b) means for dispensing the fluid adhesive from the fluid adhesive container, to the one or more fibers.
1. A system comprising:
an air vehicle; and
an adhesive anchoring assembly attached to the air vehicle and configured to adhesively adhere to an air vehicle landing surface external to the vehicle.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein a portion of the adhesive anchoring assembly is detachable.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein a portion of the adhesive anchoring assembly is configured to rotate into a deployed position.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the adhesive anchoring assembly comprises a liquid adhesive reservoir and a liquid adhesive infusible brush.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive anchoring assembly comprises:
(a) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; (b) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and the surface external to the air vehicle; and (c) an attachment member disposed between the adhesive container and the air vehicle, wherein the attachment member is configured to detachably attach the adhesive container and one or more fibers from the air vehicle.
6. The system of claim 4 , further comprising:
a resilient member having one end disposed proximate to the liquid adhesive reservoir and the other end disposed proximate to the liquid adhesive infusible brush; and
a fluid conduit having a piercing aperture configured to pierce a seal of the liquid adhesive reservoir proximate to a decompression of the resilient member.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the fluid conduit further comprises a frusto-conical piercing tip.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive anchoring assembly comprises:
(a) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; (b) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and the surface external to the air vehicle; and (c) an attachment member disposed between the adhesive container and the one or more fibers, wherein the attachment member is configured to detachably attach the adhesive container from the one or more fibers.