Launching racks for flying bodies

Claim 1

LAUNCHING FRAME FOR JET-PROPELLED MISSILES COMPRISING TWO SLEEVES ARRANGED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MISSILE, TWO PINS ARRANGED ON THE LAUNCHING FRAME, THE BORES OF THE SLEEVES BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE PINS TO HOLD THE MISSILE ON THE LAUNCHING FRAME FREE FOR MOVEMENT IN THE STARTING DIRECTION, A LEVER PIVOTALLY ARRANGED ON THE LAUNCHING FRAME AT A DISTANCE FROM THE POSITION ON THE OUTLET OPENING OF THE THRUST NOZZLE OF THE MISSILE WHEN IN POSITION ON THE FRAME, A LOCKING LATCH PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID LEVER, A THIRD PIN ARRANGED ON THE MISSILE, A THIRD SLEEVE ARRANGED ON THE LAUNCHING FRAME AND HAVING A BORE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID THIRD PIN, SAID PIN HAVING A NOTCH, THE FREE END OF SAID LOCKING LATCH HAVING AN ARCUATE ZONE ENGAGING IN SAID NOTCH, THE BORES OF ALL SAID SLEEVES EXTENDING IN PARALLEL DIRECTION WITH THE LAUNCHING DIRECTION OF THE MISSILE, THE PIVOT AXIS OF SAID LEVER, THE PIVOT AXIS AND THE ARCUATE ZONE OF SAID LOCKING LATCH FORMING A TOGGLE JOINT HAVING THE PIVOT AXIS OF SAID LOCKING LATCH CLOSE BEHIND THE DEAD CENTER TO LOCK THE MISSILE IN THE STARTING DIRECTION, AN IMPINGEMENT PLATE ON SAID LEVER, SAID IMPINGEMENT PLATE BEING GREATER THAN THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE NOZZLE AND AGAINST WHICH PLATE, WHEN THE THRUST NOZZLE IS SET IN OPERATION, THE STREAM OF GAS ISSUING FROM THE NOZZLE IMPINGES SUBSTANTIALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES ONTO THE IMPINGEMENT PLATE SO THAT THE IMPINGEMENT PLATE AND THE LEVER ARE SWUNG ABOUT THE PIVOT AXIS OF SAID LEVER, SAID LOCKING LATCH REMAINING ENGAGED IN SAID NOTCH UNTIL THE PIVOT AXIS OF SAID LOCKING LATCH HAS MOVED PAST THE DEAD CENTER AT WHICH TIME SAID LOCKING LATCH IS IMMEDIATELY DISENGAGED FROM THE NOTCH AND THE NOZZLE IS FREE TO MOVE IN THE LAUNCHING DIRECTION.