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US 10,054,410 B2Granted
Cartridge for handheld payload launcher system
OwnerJames Y. Menefee, IIIinventor
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to self-contained cartridges and launcher systems for discharging or launching payloads to downrange targets, and methods of attenuating or offsetting recoil when activating such cartridges. Examples of payloads that can be deployed with the disclosed launcher apparatus include chemical, biological, pyrotechnic, marker, tracer, signaling, non-lethal, explosive, smoke, and similar payloads.
Claims22
A self-contained cartridge comprising:
- a) a cartridge case having a forward end and an aft end and a uniform diameter extending from the forward end to the aft end, wherein the forward end has a closed configuration and an open configuration;
- b) a primer situated at the aft end of the cartridge case;
- c) a propellant adjacent the primer;
- and
- d) a payload;
- wherein the open configuration of the forward end comprises a tapered nozzle formed from the cartridge case when the cartridge opens during launching of the payload, and the diameter of the nozzle opening is less than the inner diameter of the cartridge case, and wherein the forward end of the cartridge case which forms the tapered nozzle is crimped in the closed configuration;
- wherein the nozzle is configured to force a desired pattern of the payload;
- and
- wherein the tapered nozzle of the open configuration forms in the absence of a nozzle-shaped chamber.
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A self-contained cartridge comprising:
- a) a cartridge case having a forward end and an aft end and a uniform diameter extending from the forward end to the aft end, wherein the forward end has a closed configuration and an open configuration;
- b) a primer situated at the aft end of the cartridge case;
- and
- c) a payload;
- wherein the open configuration of the forward end comprises a tapered nozzle formed from the cartridge case when the cartridge opens during launching of the payload, and the diameter of the nozzle opening is less than the inner diameter of the cartridge case, and wherein the forward end of the cartridge case which forms the tapered nozzle is crimped in the closed configuration;
- wherein the nozzle is configured to force a desired pattern of the payload;
- and
- wherein the tapered nozzle of the open configuration forms in the absence of a nozzle-shaped chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.