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Ejectable closing device, especially for rockets with munitions

US4879941A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 1988
Grant dateNov 14, 1989
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B15/38
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a device designed to close a munitions compartment of a rocket and to be ejected just before the munitions so as to open the compartment. This device has a lid locked with a key and an inflatable balloon used to release the lid from the key and to dismantle the device without breaking it, by completely expelling the lid.

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