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US 4,065,217 AGranted
Nose tip locking device
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
InventorsJohn A. Andersen, Gene R. Harty
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a mechanism for releasably locking a nose tip to a vehicle utilizing a pawl and ratchet and pinion arrangement.
Claims5
A mechanism for releasably locking a nose tip to a vehicle comprising:
- a shaft having first and second ends, the first end of said shaft comprising a ratchet and the second end of said shaft comprising a pinion;
- means comprising a pawl, operably connected to said first end of said shaft, for engaging said ratchet, said ratchet being turnable in only one direction while engaged with said pawl, but being turnable in the other direction when said pawl and said ratchet are out of contact;
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- means for releasably locking said nose tip operably connected to said pinion on said shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.