ANTI-ICING DEVICE FOR FLYING VEHICLE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: anti-icing devices for wings and tail units of aircraft and main rotor blades of helicopters. SUBSTANCE: anti-icing device includes layer of rubber with metal filler secured on structure to be protected. Metal fillers are made in form of permanent magnets built in layer of rubber with distinctly marked poles located at spaced relation to each other in their plane and flat electromagnetic coils interconnected to each other and connected to supply source by means of electric system creating pulsating electromagnetic field. Layer of rubber is secured with structure to be protected by means of dielectric sealant over inner surface. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 4 dwg