Chaff-flare test adapter connecting and disconnecting apparatus

An adapter for use for testing the operation of an electrically actuated means having a plurality of electrical contacts and at least two threaded means comprising:

• a base means,
• a plurality of electrical contacts carried by said base means for engaging said plurality of electrical contacts of said electrically actuated means,
• at least two threaded members rotatably carried by said base means adapted to be threaded to said two threaded means respectively of said electrically actuated means,
• rotatable control means carried by said base means and located to be rotated in first and second opposite directions,
• first and second drive means coupled between said rotatable control means and said two threaded members respectively for rotating said two threaded members in a given direction when said control means is rotated in said first direction for threading said two threaded members to said two threaded means of said electrically actuated means and for rotating said two threaded members in a direction opposite said given direction when said control means is rotated in said second direction for unthreading said two threaded members from said two threaded means of said electrically actuated means,
• said first and second drive means being characterized such that if one of said threaded members is threaded to a tightened position before the other, said drive means associated with said one threaded member will allow said control means to continue to be rotated in said first direction for causing the other of said drive means to continue rotating its threaded member in said given direction to a tightened position,
• said first and second drive means each comprising:
• inner and outer concentric members,
• one of said concentric members being rotatable by said rotatable control means for rotating the other of said concentric members,
• said other of said concentric members being coupled to its associated threaded member for rotating said threaded member,
• detent means for allowing said one concentric member to rotate relative to said other concentric member in one direction when a restraining force is applied to said other concentric member and a rotational force is applied in said one direction to said one concentric member,
• said detent means locking said inner and outer concentric members together when a rotational force is applied to said one concentric member in a direction opposite said one direction.

An adapter for use for testing the operation of an electrically actuated means having a plurality of electrical contacts and at least two threaded means comprising:

• a base means,
• a plurality of electrical contacts carried by said base means for engaging said plurality of electrical contacts of said electrically actuated means,
• at least two threaded members rotatably carried by said base means adapted to be threaded to said two threaded means respectively of said electrically actuated means,
• rotatable control means carried by said base means and located to be rotated in first and second opposite directions,
• first and second drive means coupled between said rotatable control means and said two threaded members respectively for rotating said two threaded members in a given direction when said control means is rotated in said first direction for threading said two threaded members to said two threaded means of said electrically actuated means and for rotating said two threaded members in a direction opposite said given direction when said control means is rotated in said second direction for unthreading said two threaded members from said two threaded means of said electrically actuated means,
• said first and second drive means being characterized such that if one of said threaded members is threaded to a tightened position before the other, said drive means associated with said one threaded member will allow said control means to continue to be rotated in said first direction for causing the other of said drive means to continue rotating its threaded member in said given direction to a tightened position,
• each of said first and second means comprising gear means.

An adapter for use for testing the operation of an electrically actuated means having a plurality of electrical contacts and at least two threaded means comprising:

• a base means,
• a plurality of electrical contacts carried by said base means for engaging said plurality of electrical contacts of said electrically actuated means,
• at least two threaded members rotatably carried by said base means adapted to be threaded to said two threaded means respectively of said electrically actuated means,
• a single rotatable control means carried by said base means and located to be rotated in first and second opposite directions,
• first and second drive means coupled between said rotatable control means and said two threaded members respectively for rotating said two threaded members in a given direction when said control means is rotated in said first direction for threading said two threaded members to said two threaded means of said electrically actuated means and for rotating said two threaded members in a direction opposite said given direction when said control means is rotated in said second direction for unthreading said two threaded members from said two threaded means of said electrically actuated means,
• said first and second drive means being characterized such that if one of said threaded members is threaded to a tightened position before the other, said drive means associated with said one threaded member will slip allowing said control means to continue to be rotated in said first direction for causing the other of said drive means to continue rotating its threaded member in said given direction to a tightened position,
• said first and second drive means being characterized such that they will not slip when said control means is rotated in said second direction.

An adapter for use for testing the operation of an electrically actuated means having a plurality of electrical contacts and at least two threaded means comprising:

• a base means,
• a plurality of electrical contacts carried by said base means for engaging said plurality of electrical contacts of said electrically actuated means,
• at least two threaded members rotatably carried by said base means adapted to be threaded to said two threaded means respectively of said electrically actuated means,
• rotatable control means carried by said base means and located to be rotated in first and second opposite directions,
• first and second drive means coupled between said rotatable control means and said two threaded members respectively for rotating said two threaded members in a given direction when said control means is rotated in said first direction for threading said two threaded members to said two threaded means of said electrically actuated means and for rotating said two threaded members in a direction opposite said given direction when said control means is rotated in said second direction for unthreading said two threaded members from said two threaded means of said electrically actuated means,
• said first and second drive means being characterized such that if one of said threaded members is threaded to a tightened position before the other, said drive means associated with said one threaded member will slip allowing said control means to continue to be rotated in said first direction for causing the other of said drive means to continue rotating its threaded member in said given direction to a tightened position,
• said first and second drive means being characterized such that they will not slip when said control means is rotated in said second direction,
• each of said first and second drive means comprising gear means.