Explosively releasable nut assembly

Claim 1

AN EXPLOSIVELY-RELEASABLE NUT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A TUBULAR COLLET-LIKE NUT MEMBER HAVING A FORWARD END, A REARWARD END, AN AXIAL PASSAGEWAY THROUGH SAID NUT MEMBER, AND INTERNAL SURFACE MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID FORWARD END FOR ENGAGING A MATING MEMBER, SAID NUT MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL SLOT EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID FORWARD END AND TERMINATING AT A POSITION DISPLACEDD FROM THE REARWARD END THEREOF, SAID NUT MEMBER FURTHER HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL SLOTS IN LIKE NUMBER AS SAID FORWARD LONGITUDINAL SLOTS EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID REARWARD END AND EACH ALIGNED WITH A FORWARD SLOT AND EXTENDING TO A POSITION DISPLACED FROM THE TERMINUS OF THE FORWARD SLOTS, SAID FORWARD AND REARWARD SLOTS THEREBY DIVIDING SAID NUT INTO A PLURALITY OF SEGMENTS ARRANGED AS AN ANNULAR WALL, EACH SEGMENT HAVING A FIRST AND SECOND END, SAID SEGMENTS JOINED BY A DEFORMABLE WALL SECTION WHICH REMAINS UNSLOTTED BETWEEN THE FORWARD AND REARWARD SLOTS SAID WALL SECTION BEING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY SPACED FROM SAID INTERNAL SURFACE MEANS; A CAM SURFACE AT THE END OF EACH SEGMENT ON THE EXTERIOR THEREOF, SAID CAM SURFACES BEING AXIALLY SPACED FROM SAID WALL SECTION AND ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF FROM SAID SEGMENT FORWARD END; A CASING HAVING A FIRST PORTION DEFINING AN EXPLOSION CAVITY AND HAVING A SECOND PORTION SURROUNDING SAID NUT MEMBER, SAID CASING INCLUDING A THROAT DEFININ AN OPEN END, SAID THROAT HAVING BEVELLED SURFACE MEANS FOR COACTING WITH SAID CAM SURFACE AS A CLOSING WEDGE SAID NUT MEMBER POSITIONED IN SAID CASING AND SAID CAM SURFACES JOINTLY LYING IN AN ARRAY OF GREATER DIAMETER THAN SAID SURFACE MEANS AND THEREBY SAID SURFACE MEANS AND CAM SURFACES BEING DISPOSED TO ENGAGED UPON RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID NUT MEMBER IN SAID THROAT OPENING; AND MENS DISPOSED IN SAID CASING FOR PRODUCING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID NUT MEMBER AND SAID CASING IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID THROAT OPENING TO CAUSE SAID CAM SURFACES OF THE NUT MEMBER TO ENGAGE INTO SAID SURFACE MEANS AND CLOSE SAID REAR SLOTS AND OPEN SAID FORWARD SLOTS BY PIVOTAL ACTION OF SAID NUT MEMBER SEGMENTS.