R. Alkan & Cie

Philippe P Guitaut

Pierre F Coutin

A device for retaining or releasing a wire for arming projectile fuses is provided, including a hook which retains the ring of the arming wire when the electromagnet acts, against the return action of a spring, through the mobile armature connected to the lever oscillating about the shaft. A catch pivoting about said shaft may engage by its end, a bearing face of said hook so as to maintain this latter in a position retaining said ring. A finger is carried by said lever and abuts against said catch, in the direction which frees this latter from the bearing face of the hook, when the lever is returned by said spring in the case of inaction of the electromagnet. A spring maintains the catch in contact with said finger.

Device for retaining or releasing a wire for arming a projectile fuse

A revolver-cylinder type jettison device for transporting and jettisoning buoys on and from aircraft which comprises a number of jettisoning tubes each adapted to be loaded either with a single long buoy or with a pair of short buoys, and to be brought selectively to the jettisoning position by rotating the revolver-cylinder so that the selected tube overlies a single and common ejection and guide barrel formed in the aircraft. Each tube comprises buoy wedging and retaining devices for the two loading modes, the wedging device being so arranged as to retract automatically during the jettisoning, the retaining device being actuated by a pair of release cylinders. The buoys are ejected under the control of a pair of ejection cylinders responsive to upper and lower arms, the lower arm being retractable.

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Savigny sur Orge, France

Philippe P Guitaut