Filling connection for cryogenic propellants of rockets with automatic separation at launch.

摘要

To carry out the filling of the cryogenic propulsion units of a launcher with fuel up to the moment of the launching of the latter, there is provided a device comprising a tube portion (20) connecting the pipelines to the ground and mounted on board the launcher (12). An embrittled zone (22) of this tube portion is broken automatically during launching by means of a mechanism (24, 38) exerting a pull on the portion. This mechanism comprises a plurality of assemblies of links (26, 28) bearing on the tube portion on either side of the embrittled zone, and a bearing surface (38a, 38b) formed in a sleeve (38) which is fixed relative to the ground and with which a protuberance (26a), formed on one of the links of each assembly (26, 28), is in contact. …IMAGE…