Cartridge operated parachute release mechanism

Claim 1

IN A MECHANISM FOR RELEASING A LOAD FROM A PARACHUTE, THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF AN OUTER HOUSING PERMANENTLY CONNECTED TO SAID PARACHUTE AND HAVING AN INTERNAL SHOULDER, AN INNER HOUSING DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO SAID LOAD AND HAVING AN EXTERNAL SHOULDER ALINED WITH SAID INTERNAL SHOULDER, SAID INNER HOUSING HAVING AT ONE END A RECESS ENCLOSING A TIMER AND AT THE OTHER END A RECESS ENCLOSING MEANS SUPPORTING A CARTRIDGE, RESILIENT MEANS URGING SAID SHOULDERS APART, A SHEAR PIN INTERLOCKING SAID HOUSINGS WITH A PREDETERMINED SPACING BETWEEN SAID SHOULDERS, A FIRING PIN EXTENDING THROUGH SAID TIMER IN ALINEMENT WITH SAID CARTRIDGE, MEANS FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRING PIN, A FIRST SEAR DETACHABLE FROM SAID FIRING PIN BY SAID TIMER WITH A PREDETERMINED TIME DELAY FOLLOWING THE APPLICATION OF THE FORCE OF SAID LOAD TO SAID PARACHUTE AND THE SEVERING OF SAID SHEAR PIN, MEANS FOR STARTING SAID TIMER UPON THE APPLICATION OF SAID FORCE, A SECOND SEAR OPERABLE UPON THE TERMINATION OF SAID FORCE TO RELEASE SAID FIRING PIN FOR FIRING SAID CARTRIDGE AND GENERATING A GAS PRESSURE, IN SAID INNER HOUSING, AND MEANS OPERATED BY SAID GAS PRESSURE TO DETACH SAID LOAD FROM SAID INNER HOUSING.