US1504715A - Bomb-releasing shackle - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to bomb releasing shackles, the object in view being to provide a shackle especially adapted for releasing and dropping heavy bombs and involving the use of two or more bomb holding' hooks which are so arranged as to be simultaneously released.
- the device for locking and releasing the hooks has had to sustain the-Weight of the bomb, thus'making the trigger very hard to pull.
- the present invention contemplates making a means for locking and releasing the bomb which Will'reduce the trigger pull from approximately thirty-eight pounds to.
- the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement herein -fully described, illustrated and claimed.
- Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of the shackle.
- Figure 2 is an end view thereof.
- the improved shackle embodies two or more hooks 1 and 2 which are interconnected so that theywill be simultaneously operable by means of a tie rod 3 which is pivotally connected to the hooks as shown.
- the trigger 4 has a camming or Wedging .surface 5 adapted to cooperate with a ca mming or wedging surface on the end of a short link 7 of a toggle mechanism, the link 7 being pivoted at 8.
- a long toggle link 9 is disposed in arallelisln with the tie rod 3 when the shac le is locked or set and has one end pivoted at 10 to the tie'rod, theother end ⁇ of the linkr 9 being extended downwardly as shown so as to pass above, beyond, or artiallyaround the pivot 8 of the shortl link, the long link 9 being connected by a pivot locked, the Weightl of the bomb tends to turn the hooks 1 and 2 on their pivots. Thisforce is transmitted to the tie rod 3 and acts in a longitudinal direction on the latter.
- ⁇ Pull is therefore exerted on the long toggle link 9. This force acts upon a straight l1ne ⁇ pass ing through the ivots 11, 8 and 10, and therefore cannot isturb the position of the trigger. Furthermore the ⁇ -leverage is such that in springing the end of the toggle link 9 l maintained in engagement with 'the link 7 by means, of a sprlng 14. All of the mechanism above described is mounted u on a shackle bar or frame 15 adapted to tached to and mounted upon an aircraft.
- a bomb-releasing shackle 'a supporting bar, bomb-holding hookspivotally 'mounted on' saidbar, a tie-rod connecting said hooks to cause simultaneous operation thereof, va link pivoted at one end to said tie rod, a second link pivoted to said support and connected by a pivot to the first named link, and a trigger for holding and releasing said second link, all of the pivots of the links being in a straight line with each other when the shackle is set.
- a supporting bar In a bomb-releasing shackle, a supporting bar, bomb-holding hooks pivotally mounted on said bar, a tie rod connecting said hooks to cause simultaneous oBeratiqn when the shackle is set, said trigger and secthcreof, a link ivoted at one end to said tle ond named link having cooperating cam rod, a second ink pivoted to said support faces.
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H. O. RUSSELL ET L BOMB RELEASING sHAcKLE Filed April`18 1922 vPatented Aug. 12, -1924.
UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE. v
HERBERT O. RUSSELL, O F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AND CHARLES LEIGH PAULUS, 0F
. DAYTON, OHIO. i
BOMB-RELEASING SHACKLE.
Application led April 18, 1922. Serial No. 555,404.
To all lwhom t may concern.:
Be it known that we, HERBERT O. RUSSELL and CHARLES LEIGH PAULUs, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Detroit and Dayton, in the counties of Wayne and Montgomery, and States of Michigan and Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bomb-Releasing Shackles, of whichv the following is a specification.
This invention relates to bomb releasing shackles, the object in view being to provide a shackle especially adapted for releasing and dropping heavy bombs and involving the use of two or more bomb holding' hooks which are so arranged as to be simultaneously released.
Heretofore with shackles of this character the device for locking and releasing the hooks has had to sustain the-Weight of the bomb, thus'making the trigger very hard to pull. The present invention contemplates making a means for locking and releasing the bomb which Will'reduce the trigger pull from approximately thirty-eight pounds to.
approximately three pounds.
Vith theabove and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement herein -fully described, illustrated and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of the shackle.
Figure 2 is an end view thereof.
The improved shackle embodies two or more hooks 1 and 2 which are interconnected so that theywill be simultaneously operable by means of a tie rod 3 which is pivotally connected to the hooks as shown.
The trigger 4 has a camming or Wedging .surface 5 adapted to cooperate with a ca mming or wedging surface on the end of a short link 7 of a toggle mechanism, the link 7 being pivoted at 8. A long toggle link 9 is disposed in arallelisln with the tie rod 3 when the shac le is locked or set and has one end pivoted at 10 to the tie'rod, theother end` of the linkr 9 being extended downwardly as shown so as to pass above, beyond, or artiallyaround the pivot 8 of the shortl link, the long link 9 being connected by a pivot locked, the Weightl of the bomb tends to turn the hooks 1 and 2 on their pivots. Thisforce is transmitted to the tie rod 3 and acts in a longitudinal direction on the latter. `Pull is therefore exerted on the long toggle link 9. This force acts upon a straight l1ne`pass ing through the ivots 11, 8 and 10, and therefore cannot isturb the position of the trigger. Furthermore the `-leverage is such that in springing the end of the toggle link 9 l maintained in engagement with 'the link 7 by means, of a sprlng 14. All of the mechanism above described is mounted u on a shackle bar or frame 15 adapted to tached to and mounted upon an aircraft.
Having thus described our invention, We iclaim: y
1. In a bomb-releasing shackle, 'a supporting bar, bomb-holding hookspivotally 'mounted on' saidbar, a tie-rod connecting said hooks to cause simultaneous operation thereof, va link pivoted at one end to said tie rod, a second link pivoted to said support and connected by a pivot to the first named link, and a trigger for holding and releasing said second link, all of the pivots of the links being in a straight line with each other when the shackle is set.
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2J In a bomb-releasing shackle, a supportthereof, a link pivoted at One end to said tie rod, a second link pivoted to said support and connected by a pivot to the rst named f link, and a trigger for holding. and releasing said second link, all of the ivots of the links` being in a straight line wit eachl other when the shackle is set, said trl ger bemg adapted to cam the second named lnk and throw the pivots out of line thereby releasing the hooks. 11 to the short link. When the shackle is 3. In a bomb-releasing shackle, a supporting bar, bomb-holding hooks pivotally mounted on said bar, a tie rod connecting said hooks to cause simultaneous oBeratiqn when the shackle is set, said trigger and secthcreof, a link ivoted at one end to said tle ond named link having cooperating cam rod, a second ink pivoted to said support faces.
and connected by a pivot to the first named In testimony whereof We affix our signalink, and a trigger or holding and releastures.
infr said second link, all of the pivots of the HERBERT O. RUSSELL. lilis being in a straight line with each otherv CHARLES LEIGH PAULUS.
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Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US2673116A (en) * | 1950-10-10 | 1954-03-23 | Daniel A Baird | Releasable hoisting device |
| US2971792A (en) * | 1957-07-02 | 1961-02-14 | North American Aviation Inc | Store retaining device |
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Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US2673116A (en) * | 1950-10-10 | 1954-03-23 | Daniel A Baird | Releasable hoisting device |
| US2971792A (en) * | 1957-07-02 | 1961-02-14 | North American Aviation Inc | Store retaining device |
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