Arming device for a fire bomb fuze

Claim 1

IN A SYSTEM FOR ARMING AN AIRBORNE FIRE BOMB IN TIME DELAYED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE RELEASE OF THE BOMB FROM AN AIRCRAFT, IN COMBINATION, A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY IN THE AIRCRAFT, A BOMB, A SWITCH MECHANISM MOUNTED IN SAID BOMB, MEANS FOR RELEASABLY CONNECTING THE SWITCH MECHANISM TO SAID SOURCE, A NORMALLY LOCKED SWITCHING ELEMENT ARRANGED FOR MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID SWITCH MECHANISM AND MOVABLE THEREIN, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ELEMENT AS THE BOMB IS RELEASED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND FALLS AWAY THEREFROM A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT, MEANS INCLUDING A SHEAR PIN CARRIED BY SAID ELEMENT AND ATTACHED TO SAID SWITCH MECHANISM AND IN A MANNER TO BE SHEARED AS THE BOMB FALLS AWAY FROM SAID AIRCRAFT SAID PREDETERMINED AMOUNT, NORMALLY LOCKED ARMING MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID BOMB AND MOVABLE FROM AN INITIAL SAFE POSITION TO AN ARMED POSITION WHEN RELEASED, MEANS ON SAID ELEMENT FOR RELEASING SAID ARMING MEANS WHEN THE ELEMENT IS MOVED SAID PREDETERMINED AMOUNT, DRIVING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ARMING MEANS AND ACTUATED BY AN EXPLOSIVE FORCE APPLIED THERETO FOR MOVING THE ARMING MEANS FROM SAID INITIAL SAFE POSITION TO SAID ARMED POSITION, A NORMALLY INTERRUPTED CONTROL CIRCUIT, TIME DELAY EXPLOSIVE MEANS IN SAID CIRCUIT AND FIRED IN RESPONSE TO AN ELECTRICAL IMPULSE RECEIVED THEREBY FOR APPLYING SAID EXPLOSIVE FORCE TO SAID DRIVING MEANS AS SAID NORMALLY INTERRUPTED CONTROL CIRCUIT IS RENDERED EFFECTIVE, MEANS INCLUDED IN SAID CIRCUIT FOR RENDERING SAID CIRCUIT EFFECTIVE AS THE SWITCHING ELEMENT IS MOVED SAID PREDETERMINED AMOUNT, ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE MEANS, A NORMALLY INTERRUPTED CHARGING CIRCUIT FOR SAID STORAGE MEANS, MEANS INCLUDED IN SAID CHARGING CIRCUIT FOR RENDERING THE CHARGING CIRCUIT EFFECTIVE TO CHARGE SAID STORAGE MEANS AS THE SWITCHING ELEMENT IS MOVED AN AMOUNT, GREATER THAN SAID PREDETERMINED AMOUNT AND MEANS INCLUDING A FRANGIBLE ELEMENT FOR THEREAFTER DISCONNECTING SAID SWITCH MECHANISM FROM SAID SOURCE.