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US 10,088,282 B2Granted
Manual launcher with remotely situated control
AssigneeLaporte Holding
InventorsJean-Michel Laporte, Jean-Marc Fouques
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Abstract
The invention has for object a mechanical target-launching machine comprising a loading system 1 and an actuator 3 which are disjointed from one another. The actuator 3 and the loading system 1 are connected to one another by a power transmission device 2. Said power transmission device 2 is a flexible element and preferably an arming cable 21. An energy accumulator 6 allows energy to be stored so that it can be released abruptly and allow the launching of a target 29.
Claims12
A target-launching machine comprising:
- a projection element for projecting a target mounted mobile on a frame,
- an arming device of the projection element, said arming device comprising:
- a first portion including an actuator, with the actuator configured to receive an input energy from a user,
- a loading system of an energy accumulator configured to store the input energy in the energy accumulator,
- a second portion including an output member mounted on the frame, with the output member being configured to drive the projection element, said projection element being mobile via the output member through a release of a quantity of energy accumulated in the energy accumulator,
- a connection between the first portion and the second portion by a power transmission device, wherein the power transmission device comprises at least one flexible element between the actuator and the loading system, and wherein the power transmission device further comprises a rigid connecting element fixed, at a first end thereof, on a base of the actuator and, at a second end thereof, to the frame, wherein the rigid connecting element comprises a sleeve defining an interior passage wherein the flexible element extends, wherein the sleeve comprises a plurality of tubular sections connected two-by-two in a removable manner,
- wherein the actuator is mobile according to an arming cycle comprising a movement of the actuator from a rest position generated by a force from the user that procures input energy and a movement of the actuator to the rest position during a releasing of a force from the user and in that the loading system is configured to store in the energy accumulator produced by an energy of a plurality of arming cycles,
- wherein the second portion comprises the loading system and the energy accumulator, said actuator and said loading system being connected by the power transmission device,
- wherein the loading system comprises an arming pulley actuated in rotation by the power transmission device in opposition to a return spring of an arming pulley in a rest position, and
- wherein the arming pulley is configured to actuate in rotation in a first direction a gear wheel by an arming claw.
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