Ordnance – Bomb – flare and signal dropping – Bomb displaced from exterior of plane
Patent
1976-12-29
1978-05-09
Brown, David H.
Ordnance
Bomb, flare and signal dropping
Bomb displaced from exterior of plane
102 2, 294 83R, F41F 502, B64D 104
Patent
active
040880559
ABSTRACT:
An arming device for selectively causing a bomb or other munition to be discharged in a safe or an armed condition, the device having a rotatable detent mechanism with a slot in which a loop on the end of an arming wire is releasably secured. When the munition is to be released in a safe condition, the detent mechanism allows the loop to be pulled from the slot by a force insufficient for arming the munition, but a solenoid can be energized to prevent operation of the detent mechanism, thereby permitting the munition to be armed. The rotatability of the detent mechanism causes it to be aligned with the direction of pull on the arming wire, preventing the loop from binding against the sides of the slot and arming a munition when the solenoid is not energized. The solenoid is oriented horizontally so that it is not responsive to abrupt vertical movements.
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Correll, Sr. Curtis V.
West William F.
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