Cincture-type suspension band apparatus

Claim 1

A CINCTURE-TYPE SUSPENSION BAND APPARATUS FOR HOISTING, SECURING AND RELEASING A STORE IN AN AIRCRAFT HAVING A HOISTING CABLE, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A RELEASE MECHANISM ADAPTED FOR BEING MOUNTED AT THE TOP OF THE STORE, SAID MECHANISM HAVING TWO MEMBERS OF EQUAL LENGTH, CROSSTIES FIXED T THE ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS FOR DISPOSING SAID MEMBERS IN PARALLEL RELATION TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE STORE, THE ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS BEING DEFINED BY EXTERNAL GROOVES FOR INSERTION IN MATING HOOKS FIXED TO THE AIRCRAFT, SAID GROOVES AND SAID HOOKS HAVING TAPERED BEARING SURFACES FOR SELF-ALIGNING THE STORE AS SAID MECHANISM IS SECURED IN THE AIRCRAFT, ONE OF SAID MEMBERS INCLUDING A CHANNEL BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID ONE OF SAID MEMBERS, A BARREL INSETED IN SAID CHANNEL, THE BORE OF SAID BARREL HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION OF ENLARGED CROSS-SECTION, EACH OF SAID ENDS BEING FURTHER DEFINED BY A TRUNNION BOLT BORE HAVING THE SAME CROSS-SECTIONAL SIZE AND CONFIGURATION AS SAID BORE, A RELATIVELY SHORT TRUNNION BOLT IN EACH OF SAID TRUNNION BOLT BORES AND EXTENDING INTO SAID BORE FOR RETAINING SAID BARREL IN SAID ONE OF SAID MEMBERS, AN EXPLOSIVE CARTRIDGE IN EACH OF SAID ENDS OUTWARDLY DISPOSED FROM SAID TRUNNION BOLTS FOR SELECTIVELY AND IRREVERSIBLY EJECTING SAID TRUNNION BOLT FROM SAID TRUNNION BOLT BORE AND INTO SAID CENTRAL PORTION, IGNITION MEANS FOR FIRING SAID CARTRIDGES, A BAND HAVING A LOOP ON ONE END THEREOF AND