Launch canister to simulate personal and anti-personnel armaments
OwnerAaron L Radl, Matt Diffleyinventors
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Abstract
A launch canister for non-lethal pellets may be used to simulate the use of both personal and anti-personnel weapons. The canister features at least two components, an inner core and outer shell, that are nested and both featuring a plurality of launch bores. Gaskets ring the outside surface of the components, but have slight interface with the internal bores. The gaskets then hold a stack of pellets within each bore until the canister is placed in a launch device and the payload released.
Claims16
A launch canister for a simulated armament, the canister containing a plurality of non-lethal pellets and comprising:
- a. a hollow cylindrical outer canister shell with a length and both outer and inner circumferences, said outer canister shell having a first plurality of cylindrical bores extending through its length and located proximate its outer circumference;
- b. a cylindrical inner core with a length, said inner core having an outer circumference and fitting within the hollow canister shell's inner circumference and having a second plurality of cylindrical bores extending through its length and located proximate its outer circumference;
- c. means for joining the outer canister shell and the inner core;
- wherein, each bore of the pluralities of cylindrical bores has a diameter sufficient to accommodate and hold the non-lethal pellets.
A simulated anti-personnel armament comprising:
- a. an armament receiver with a barrel;
- b. a gas supply in fluid communication with the receiver barrel;
- c. a launch canister for containing non-lethal ammunition for the simulated anti-personnel armament, the launch canister fitting within the barrel of the armament receiver and further comprising:
- i. a hollow cylindrical outer canister shell with a length, said outer canister shell having a first plurality of cylindrical bores extending through its length and located proximate its outer circumference;
- ii. a cylindrical inner core with a length, said inner core fitting within the hollow canister shell and having a second plurality of cylindrical bores extending through its length and located proximate its outer circumference;
- iii. means for joining the outer canister shell and the inner core;
- iv. the outer canister shell fitting within an interior of the receiver barrel but leaving a space between a bottom of the receiver barrel and a bottom of the outer canister shell into which the gas supply empties;
- wherein, each bore of the pluralities of cylindrical bores has a diameter sufficient to accommodate and hold the non-lethal ammunition and the launch canister seals the barrel of the armament so as to allow a build-up of gas pressure which will launch the non-lethal ammunition from the canister.
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