Releasable retainer for ejection tube
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsHenry C. Mayo, William V. Millman
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Abstract
A restraining device having a tooth which is biased by a spring through a otted support. The device is attached to the exhaust end of a rocket launch tube to permit easy loading of the rocket into the tube prior to firing, and to restrain the rocket in the tube. The configuration of the device provides positive retention of the rocket in the tube, even when subjected to overpressure of rockets being fired in adjacent launch tubes.
Claims9
A detent assembly including a slotted support defining at least one slot therein by an inside wall, said slotted support mounted on a hollow support, the detent assembly to detain a movable item in the hollow support, the detent assembly having a spring connected to the slotted support, a restraining tooth connected to the spring such that the spring biases the restraining tooth through the slot in the slotted support and wherein the restraining tooth is rotated against the bias of the spring by movement thereagainst of the item, such that:
- as the restraining tooth is rotated against the bias of the spring, the restraining tooth is forced against the inside wall of said slot in the slotted support preventing movement of the item within the hollow support in a first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.