Antenna float with actuating system

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BEACON-TYPE SIGNALLING APPARATUS COMPRISING: A FIRST ELECTRICAL ENERGY SOURCE; A RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST SOURCE AND ENERGIZABLE THEREBY; A FLAPPED POCKET HAVING A PLURALITY OF FLAPS; AN INFLATABLE FLOAT INCLUDING A FLEXIBLE ERECTILE ANTENNA MOUNTED THEREIN AND HAVING AN END PORTION EXTENDING A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE ABOVE AN EXTREME UPPER SURFACE OF SAID FLOAT, BOTH SAID FLOAT AND SAID ANTENNA BEING NORMALLY HELD IN COLLAPSED CONDITION IN SAID POCKET WITH FLAPS CLOSED; AN ELECTRICAL LEAD CONNECTING SAID TRANSMITTER TO SAID ANTENNA; A CONTINUOUS POCKET CORD PASSING THROUGH HOLES NEAR EDGES OF THE FLAPS OF SAID POCKET TO CLOSE THE SAME; A REEFING CUTTER LOCATED NEAR SAID POCKET AND INCLUDING AN INGNITABLE EXPLOSIVE CHARGE THEREIN FOR DRIVING A CUTTING ELEMENT THEREOF, ONE BIGHT OF SAID POCKET CORD PASSING THROUGH SAID CUTTER FOR SEVERANCE THEREBY; A SECOND ELECTRICAL ENERGY SOURCE; AN INFLATOR FOR SAID FLOAT, SAID INFLATOR BEING ELECTRICALLY ACTIVATABLE AND MOUNTED TO AN EXTREME LOWER SURFACE OF SAID FLOAT TO RENDER THE SAME BOTTOM HEAVY, AND INCLUDING A POINTED, AXIALLY MOVABLE PLUNGER HOUSING A SQUIB, A CONDUCTOR PATH CONNECTING THE SQUIB TO SAID SECOND SOURCE FOR EFFECTING FIRING OF SAID SQUIB AND AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID POINTED PLUNGER, AND A COMPRESSED-GAS CAPSULE HAVING A PUNCTURABLE PORTION ADJACENT SAID POINTED PLUNGER; A SWITCH FOR CLOSING SAID CONDUCTOR PATH TO ACTIVATE SAID INFLATOR WHEN SAID SWITCH IS CLOSED, SAID SWITCH BEING SPRING BIASED NORMALLY CLOSED AND CONNECTING SAID SECOND SOURCE IN SERIES WITH SAID SQUIB IN SAID CONDUCTOR PATH; A DETENT CORD CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID SWITCH FOR HOLDING THE SWITCH OPEN, SAID DETENT CORD ALSO PASSING THROUGH SAID CUTTER AND HAVING ITS DISTAL END ANCHORED; AND MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID TRANSMITTER AND ENERGIZING SAID CUTTER TO EFFECT ENERGIZATION OF SAID TRANSMITTER AND SEVERANCE OF SAID POCKET CORD AND SAID DETENT CORD WHEREBY SAID SWITCH IS CLOSED TO ACTIVATE SAID INFLATOR AND ENABLE THE INFLATING FLOAT TO OPEN SAID FLAPS AND DEPLOY THE EXPANDED FLOAT WITH SAID ANTENNA ERECTED TO TRANSMITTING POSITION.