Underwater missile and activating means therefor

Claim 1

IN A MISSILE FIRING MEANS FOR UNDERWATER USE, A MISSILE HOLDING, ARMING, AND RELEASING DEVICE AND AN ELONGATED MISSILE COMPONENT RELEASABLY SECURED TO SAID DEVICE AND HAVING GAS-RELEASING PROPULSION MEANS INCORPORATED THEREIN AND ARRANGED TO RELEASE THE PROPELLING GAS THROUGH A REARWARDLY DIRECTED OPENING ON SAID MISSILE COMPONENT, INTERENGAGING MEANS ON SAID DEVICE AND SAID MISSILE COMPONENT FOR RELEASABLY SECURING SAID MISSILE COMPONENT ON SAID DEVICE AGAINST PROPULSION BY RELEASED GAS FROM SAID MEANS, A FIRST MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS ON SAID DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING THE PROPULSION MEANS WITH RESULTANT ARMING OF SAID MISSILE COMPONENT FOR SAID PROPULSION, INTERENGAGING GASKET MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID DEVICE AND SAID MISSILE COMPONENT EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT THE ESCAPE OF RELEASED GAS DERIVING FROM SAID ACTIVATION OF SAID PROPULSION MEANS WHILE SAID MISSILE COMPONENT REMAINS SECURED TO SAID DEVICE BY SAID FIRST-NAMED INTERENGAGING MEANS, AND A SECOND MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE MEANS ON SAID DEVICE OPERABLE TO DISENGAGE SAID FIRST-NAMED INTERENGAGING MEANS WITH RESULTANT RELEASE OF SAID MISSILE COMPONENT FOR PROPULSION FROM SAID DEVICE BY SAID ACTIVATED, GAS-RELEASING PROPULSION MEANS.