Automatic canopy buckle
Abstract
Abstract A FAILURE SAID BUCKLE IN WHICH A LUG OF A MALE BUCKLE PART IS CAPTURED IN A RECESS OF A FEMALE BUCKLE PART BY A LATCH SLIDE, THE LATCH SLIDE BEING RELEASABLY LOCKED IN A POSITION OVERLYING THE RECESS AND ENGAGED WITH THE LUG, AND IN WHICH THE LOCK MECHANISM INCLUDES RELATIVELY MOVABLE PARTS BIASED TO LOCKING POSITIONS TO LOCK THE LATCH SLIDE AGAINST MOVEMENT, THE RELATIVELY MOVABLE PARTS REQUIRING SIMULTANEOUS OPPOSITE MOVEMENT TO PERMIT SHIFTING OF THE LATCH SLIDE TO A POSITION RELEASING THE LUG, AND CAMS ACTING ON SUCH RELATIVELY MOVABLE PARTS TO MOVE THE SAME IN RESPONSE TO FIRING OF EXPLOSIVE CHARGES IN THE BUCKLE. SUCH A BUCKLE IN WHICH THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES ARE IGNITED BY CLOSURE OF A REMOTE SWITCH.
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- 👤 Jan R Coyle
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