DEVICE FOR SECURING TO SPACECRAFT FLYING IN ORBIT Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: space engineering; devices for operator's activity outside spacecraft. SUBSTANCE: intake unit and unit to be mounted are made in form of hollow cylinders engageable by inner and outer surfaces, respectively. Intake unit has inner shoulders and slots for orientation of unit to be mounted. Pivoted levers are arranged inside unit to be mounted in parallel with its bottom and are connected by means of rods. Axes of turn of levers lie in circle coaxial relative to cylinder of unit to be mounted. Fitted at ends of levers are rollers whose axes of rotation are perpendicular to axes of rotation of levers. One roller is mounted directly on lever and other roller is mounted on end of cantilever-type flexible rod secured on lever. When manual control stick is in OPEN position, rollers of levers are inside unit to be mounted and when this stick is in CLOSED position, they are extended beyond unit to be mounted inside intake unit; rollers mounted on cantilevers roll under shoulders of intake unit. EFFECT: possibility of securing payload on outer surface of spacecraft by operator without use of electric power. 7 dwg