Remote controlled tubular disconnect

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A ROCKET VEHICLE HAVING A UTILIZATION PORT THEREIN FOR RECEIVING A FLOWABLE MEDIA WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING READIED FOR LAUNCH AT A LAUNCH SITE, AND TUBULAR CONDUIT MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE FLOWABLE MEDIA FROM A REMOTELY POSITIONED GROUND STATION TO SAID VEHICLE, THE IMPROVEMENT THEREWITH COMPRISING: A FIRST COUPLING SECURED TO THE TERMINAL END OF SAID CONDUIT AND HAVING A TUBULAR PROTUBERANCE THEREON ADAPTED TO BE AT LEAST PARTIALLY RECEIVED BY SAID VEHICLE UTILIZATION PORT, A SECOND COUPLING SECURED WITHIN SAID VEHICLE IN CIRCUMFERENTIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID UTILIZATION PORT, AND INCLUDING A RECEPTACLE ADAPTED TO RELEASABLY CONNECT WITH SAID TUBULAR PROTUBERANCE ON SAID FIRST COUPLING, SAID RECEPTACLE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPRING FINGERS FOR FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING SELECTED PORTIONS OF SAID PROTUBERANCE, SAID SPRING FINGERS PROVIDING OF SOLE RETAINING FORCE FOR MAINTAINING SAID PROTUBERANCE IN SAID RECEPTACLE AND BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED AS TO QUICKLY RELEASE THE FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT OF SAID PROTUBERANCE IN RESPONSE TO A PREDETERMINED AXIAL LOAD BEING EXERTED ON SAID PROTUBERANCE, TRANSFER MEANS OPERATIONALLY SECURED TO SAID SECOND COUPLING FOR CONVEYING THE FLOWABLE MEDIA RECEIVED WITHIN SAID VEHICLE TO A VEHICULAR STATION OF USE, AND REMOTELY CONTROLLED GASEOUS ACTUATED MEANS ADJACENT SAID FIRST COUPLING FOR SELECTIVELY CONTACTING SAID VEHICLE AND EXTRACTING SAID FIRST COUPLING FROM SAID VEHICLE, SAID GASEOUS ACTUATED MEANS BEING DISPOSED IN CIRCUMFERENTIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID FIRST COUPLING AND SERVING TO PROVIDE SAID PREDETERMINED AXIAL LOAD ON SAID PROTUBERANCE.