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US 11,346,621 B2Granted
Recoilless apparatus for guns
OwnerZhisong Huanginventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a recoilless apparatus for firing conventional cartridge-based ammunitions comprising a gun barrel and a compensating mass launch tube wherein a projectile is accelerated in one direction inside said gun barrel counterbalanced by a compensating mass accelerated in the opposite direction inside said launch tube thereby minimizing recoil and further providing means of automatic ammunition handling.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a gun barrel open at both ends;
- and
- a launch tube open at both ends, wherein said launch tube is not necessarily of the same dimension over the length of the launch tube and the launch tube is further disposed in:
- an alignment which is substantially coaxially linear with said gun barrel;
- and
- an arrangement wherein a launch tube breech faces a breech of the gun barrel;
- and
- a position wherein a spatial gap exists between the breech ends of said gun barrel and launch tube;
- and
- a compensating mass loading chamber attached to the breech end of said launch tube;
- and
- a cartridge placed inside the breech section of said gun barrel, wherein said cartridge points in a direction of a muzzle of the gun barrel and during launching, the cartridge further seals said gun barrel breech end;
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- a compensating package comprising a charge or a compensating mass overlaying a charge, wherein said compensating package is placed inside said loading chamber;
- and the compensating package points in a muzzle direction of said launch tube;
- and the compensating package further seals said launch tube breech end during launching;
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- a first loader configured to automatically load and/or unload said cartridge;
- and
- a second loader configured to automatically load and/or unload said compensating package;
- and
- an ignition device configured to ignite charges contained inside said cartridge and said compensating package substantially simultaneously or with a predetermined time lag;
- and
- a fixture configured to physically support the plurality of components of said apparatus.
21 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a first gun barrel open at both ends;
- and
- a second gun barrel open at both ends, wherein said second barrel is not necessarily of the same dimension over the length of the second gun barrel and the second gun barrel is further disposed in:
- an alignment which is substantially coaxially linear to said first gun barrel;
- and
- an arrangement wherein the second gun barrel breech faces a breech of the first gun barrel;
- and
- a position wherein a spatial gap between said two breech ends;
- and
- a first cartridge placed inside the breech section of said first gun barrel, wherein said cartridge points in a direction of a muzzle end of the first gun and during launching, the cartridge further seals said first gun breech end;
- and
- a second cartridge or blank cartridge placed inside the breech section of said second gun barrel, wherein said second cartridge or blank cartridge points in a direction of a muzzle end of said second gun barrel and during launching, the second cartridge or blank cartridge further seals said second gun barrel breech end;
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- a first loader configured to automatically load and/or unload said cartridge;
- and
- a second loader configured to automatically load and/or unload said second cartridge or blank cartridge;
- and
- an ignition device configured to ignite charges contained inside said cartridges substantially simultaneously or with a predetermined time lag;
- and
- a fixture configured to physically support the plurality of components of said apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.