Central belt lock, particularly for a parachute harness

Claim 1

A central belt lock, especially for parachutists-body-belts, comprising: a housing having an inside surface; a main journal which is manually rotatable and axially movable in said housing, said main journal being provided with at least one longitudinal bore; an anchor plate operatively connected with said housing and arranged with a plurality of retaining bolts for belt attachment members; a push rod operatively connected with said anchor plate and mounted in each longitudinal bore of said main journal, so that said push rod is longitudinally movable; an actuator operatively connected with said push rod, said actuator including a sensor means operatively triggered upon contact with water for axial displacement of said push rod and hence of said anchor plate with said retaining bolts; a rotary handle provided with said main journal for effecting manual rotation and axial movement, said rotary handle including an inner space which accommodates said actuator and transfer members for transferring movement from said actuator to said push rod; said transfer members including an angle lever having operative pivotal mounting relative to said housing and via which said actuator acts on said push rod; and a sliding contact which is mounted and arranged to be movable at right angles to said push rod; said sliding contact with said angle lever comprising said transfer members, said sliding contact being provided with a projection, with the movement of said actuator acting on said sliding contact for sliding movement of the sliding contact upon the inside surface of the housing so as to provide operative connection effective in pushing said projection thereof against said angle lever.