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A flying body, such as a missile, is strapped to a carrier vehicle, such as an aircraft, by a strapping or locking mechanism mounted in a housing which also includes components for suspending and launching the flying body from launching rails forming part of the housing connected to the carrier airc

A flying body, such as a missile, is strapped to a carrier vehicle, such as an aircraft, by a strapping or locking mechanism mounted in a housing which also includes components for suspending and launching the flying body from launching rails forming part of the housing connected to the carrier aircraft. The strapping is accomplished with two strapping bridges which are pressed down onto the respective suspension block elements resting on the launching rail. The pressing down force is applied by a toggle lever arrangement, one of which is provided for each strapping bridge. The toggle lever arrangement cooperates with a respective spring arrangement which keeps the corresponding toggle levers in a strapping position until the spring arrangement is released through release pawls operated with a reverse magnet. A retaining mechanism which is effective between the release of the strapping mechanism and the actual launching after ignition of the propulsion system of the flying body, is made ready for launching. In this state of readiness the retaining mechanism holds the flying body in place until its propulsion thrust is large enough to overcome the retaining force.

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An apparatus for suspending, strapping and launching a flying body from a carrier, comprising housing means (3) including rail means (4) for suspending said flying body, strapping bridge means (6) for pressing a suspension block (5) of said flying body against said rail means, toggle lever means (11

An apparatus for suspending, strapping and launching a flying body from a carrier, comprising housing means (3) including rail means (4) for suspending said flying body, strapping bridge means (6) for pressing a suspension block (5) of said flying body against said rail means, toggle lever means (11, 12) for applying a strapping pressure to said strapping bridge means, a spring mechanism (16) for normally holding said toggle lever means in a strapping pressure applying safety position, safety latch pawl means (22) arranged to normally hold said spring mechanism (16) in said safety position, electromagnet means (36) connected to unlatch said latch pawl means for releasing said strapping pressure, flying body retaining means (50, 51) for holding said flying body between said strapping pressure release and actual launching, and safety means responsive to said strapping pressure release, said safety means being operatively connected to said retaining means for preparing said retaining means for launching said flying body in response to a release of said latch pawl means.