Store ejecting rack

Claim 1

IN A STORE EJECTING RACK COMPRISING FRAME MEANS, A PAIR OF SPACED HOOK MEMBERS SECURED TO SAID FRAME MEANS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN A STORE RETAINING POSITION AND A STORE RELEASING POSITION, EACH OF SAID HOOK MEMBERS HAVING STORE ENGAGING SURFACE MEANS DISPOSED IN HORIZONTALLY OFFSET RELATION WITH RESPECT TO ITS PIVOTAL AXIS WHEN DISPOSED IN SAID STORE RETAINING POSITION SO THAT THE WEIGHT OF THE STORE RETAINED THEREBY CONSTITUTES A FORCE TENDING TO EFFECT PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE HOOK MEMBER OUT OF ITS STORE RETAINING POSTION TOWARD ITS STORE RELEASING POSITION, A CONTROL LINKAGE ASSEMBLY CARRIED BY SAID FRAME MEANS AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID HOOK MEMBERS FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT THEREOF BETWEEN SAID STORE RETAINING AND STORE RELEASING POSITIONS, A BREECH ASSEMBLY CARRIED BY SAID FRAME MEANS FOR RECEIVING BALLISTIC CHARGE MEANS CAPABLE OF GENERATING GASES UNDER PRESSURE UPON IGNITION, AN ACTUATING MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID FRAME MEANS IN COMMUNICATING RELEATION WITH SAID BREECH ASSEMBLY FOR MOVEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE GENERATION OF GASES UNDER PRESSURE WITHIN SAID BREECH ASSEMBLY INTO AN ACTUATING POSITION WHEREIN SAID CONTROL LINKAGE ASSEMBLY IS OPERABLE TO EFFECT MOVEMENT OF SAID HOOK MEMBERS FROM SAID STORE RETAINING POSITION INTO SAID STORE RELEASING POSITON, EJECTOR MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME MEANS N COMMUNICATING RELATION WITH SAID BREECH ASSEMBLY FOR APPLYING AN EJECTING FORCE TO THE STORE IN RESPONSE TO THE GENERATION OF GASES UNDER PRESSURE WITHIN SAID BREECH ASSEMBLY AND TO THE MOVEMENT OF SAID HOOK MEMBERS INTO SAID STORE RELEASING POSITION, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES SAID CONTROL LINKAGE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BELL CRANK SECURED TO SAID FRAME MEANS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND LIMITING POSITIONS CORRESPONDING WITH THE STORE RETAINING AND STORE RELEASING POSITIONS OF SAID HOOK MEMBERS, BIASING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID BELL CRANK AND SAID FRAME MEANS SO AS TO APPLY A BIASING FORCE ACTING TO PIVOT SAID BELL CRANK IN ONE DIRECTION TOWARD SAID FIRST LIMITING POSITION WHEN SAID BELL CRANK IS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST LIMITING POSITION AND A FIRST INTERMEDIATE POSITION TO PIVOT SAID BELL CRANK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TOWARD SAID SECOND LIMITING POSITION WHEN SAID BELL CRANK IS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID INTERMEDIATE POSITION AND SAID SECOND LIMITING POSITION, STOP MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATING WITH SAID BELL CRANK AND SAID FRAME MEANS FOR PREVENTING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID BELL CRANK IN SAID ONE DIRECTION BEYOND SAID FIRST LIMITING POSITION AND FOR PREVENTING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID BELL CRANK IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION BEYOND SAID SECOND LIMITING POSITION, AND LINK MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN EACH OF SAID HOOK MEMBERS AND SAID BELL CRANK SO THAT THE FORCE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE STORE ACTS TO PIVOT SAID BELL CRANK IN SAID ONE DIRECTION INTO SAID FIRST LIMITING POSITION WHEN SAID BELL CRANK IS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST LIMITING POSITION AND A SECOND INTERMEDIATE POSITION AND TO PIVOT SAID BELL CRANK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION INTO SAID SECOND LIMITING POSITION WHEN SAID BELL CRANK IS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SECOND INTERMEDIATE POSITION AND SAID SECOND LIMITING POSITION.