Device for high-speed assembly and disassembly of cylindrical members

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR HIGH-SPEED ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY OF CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS HAVING A RELATIVELY LARGE DIAMETER SUCH AS THE COMPONENT PARTS OF FLYING DEVICES SUCH AS MISSILES, COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF ARCUATE STAPLES SURROUNDING THE CONTACTING EDGES OF THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS AND DIVIDED UP INTO EQUAL GROUPS, EACH STAPLE HAVING AN EXTERNAL ARCUATE GROOVE AND BEING OF AN INTERNAL TRUNCATED V-SHAPE IN CROSS-SECTION FOR ENGAGING OUTWARDLY CONVERGING FACES FORMED AT A DISTANCE OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TWO CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS ON SAID CONTACTING EDGES, A THIN METAL STRIP SECURED ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE STAPLES OF EACH GROUP AND DEFINING GAPS WITH THE EXTERNAL ARCUATE GROOVES THEREOF, A STRAP ELEMENT TRAVERSING THE GAPS OF THE STAPLES OF EACH GROUP WITHOUT CONNECTION WITH SAID STAPLES, AN ARRESTING BLOCK SECURED ON THE MIDDLE PART OF EACH STRAP AND ENGAGING A HOUSING FORMED IN THE CONTACTING EDGES OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS, CONVENTIONAL DISMOUNTABLE ARCHING SYSTEMS FOR INTERCONNECTING THE ADJACENT ENDS OF TWO SUCCESSIVE STRAP ELEMENTS AND FOR TIGHTENING INDEPENDENTLY THE TWO ADJOINING HALVES OF SAID SUCCESSIVE STRAP ELEMENTS WHEREBY THE STRAP ELEMENTS FREELY SLIDE OVER THE STAPLES AND PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM TENSION OVER THE WHOLE PERIPHERY OF THE RING FORMED BY SAID STAPLES, STRIPS, STRAP ELEMENTS AND ARCHING SYSTEMS WITHOUT INDUCING ANY LOCAL DEFORMATION OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS, THE OUTER SURFACES OF SAID ARCHING SYSTEMS AND STRIPS LYING FLUSH WITH THE OUTER CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS, AFTER ASSEMBLY, SO THAT SAID RING IS DEVOID OF ANY OUTWARD PROJECTION, A SET OF JACKS CARRIED BY THE FRONT CYLINDRICAL MEMBER IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID ARCHING SYSTEMS AND WITH INTERMEDIATE STAPLES OF SAID GROUPS, A SOURCE OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE, AND MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CONNECTING SAID SOURCE WITH SAID JACKS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A HIGH-SPEED SEPARATION OF SAID MEMBERS BY THE SIMULTANEOUS ACTION OF SAID JACKS ON SAID ARCHING SYSTEMS AND INTERMEDIATE STAPLES.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR HIGH-SPEED ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY OF CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS HAVING A RELATIVELY LARGE DIAMETER SUCH AS THE COMPONENT PARTS OF FLYING DEVICES SUCH AS MISSILES, COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF ARCUATE STAPLES SURROUNDING THE CONTACTING EDGES OF THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS AND DIVIDED UP INTO EQUAL GROUPS, EACH STAPLE HAVING AN EXTERNAL ARCUATE GROOVE AND BEING OF AN INTERNAL TRUNCATED V-SHAPE IN CROSS-SECTION FOR ENGAGING OUTWARDLY CONVERGING FACES FORMED AT A DISTANCE OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TWO CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS ON SAID CONTACTING EDGES, A THIN METAL STRIP SECURED ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE STAPLES OF EACH GROUP AND DEFINING GAPS WITH THE EXTERNAL ARCUATE GROOVES THEREOF, A STRAP ELEMENT TRAVERSING THE GAPS OF THE STAPLES OF EACH GROUP WITHOUT CONNECTION WITH SAID STAPLES, AN ARRESTING BLOCK SECURED ON THE MIDDLE PART OF EACH STRAP AND ENGAGING A HOUSING FORMED IN THE CONTACTING EDGES OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS, CONVENTIONAL DISMOUNTABLE ARCHING SYSTEMS FOR INTERCONNECTING THE ADJACENT ENDS OF TWO SUCCESSIVE STRAP ELEMENTS AND FOR TIGHTENING INDEPENDENTLY THE TWO ADJOINING HALVES OF SAID SUCCESSIVE STRAP ELEMENTS WHEREBY THE STRAP ELEMENTS FREELY SLIDE OVER THE STAPLES AND PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM TENSION OVER THE WHOLE PERIPHERY OF THE RING FORMED BY SAID STAPLES, STRIPS, STRAP ELEMENTS AND ARCHING SYSTEMS WITHOUT INDUCING ANY LOCAL DEFORMATION OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS, THE OUTER SURFACES OF SAID ARCHING SYSTEMS AND STRIPS LYING FLUSH WITH THE OUTER CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS, AFTER ASSEMBLY, SO THAT SAID RING IS DEVOID OF ANY OUTWARD PROJECTION, A SET OF JACKS CARRIED BY THE FRONT CYLINDRICAL MEMBER IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID ARCHING SYSTEMS AND WITH INTERMEDIATE STAPLES OF SAID GROUPS, A SOURCE OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE, AND MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CONNECTING SAID SOURCE WITH SAID JACKS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A HIGH-SPEED SEPARATION OF SAID MEMBERS BY THE SIMULTANEOUS ACTION OF SAID JACKS ON SAID ARCHING SYSTEMS AND INTERMEDIATE STAPLES.