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US 11,959,734 B2Granted
Training cartridge
AssigneeSeismic Ammunition, Inc.
InventorMatthew Wilkes
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Abstract
A cartridge to be fired through a barrel comprises a cartridge body with a maximum outer diameter, and a removable and replaceable driving band with an outer diameter greater than the diameter of the cartridge body. The driving band is positioned on the cartridge body such that it is the only part of the cartridge that engages the barrel through which it is fired.
Claims14
A cartridge to be fired through a barrel comprising:
- a forward section defining a forward section maximum outer diameter;
- a rear section defining a rear section maximum outer diameter;
- a replaceable driving band removably positioned on the cartridge between the forward and rear sections, the driving band defining a driving band outer diameter that is engageably receivable in the barrel, such that the driving band engages the barrel through which the cartridge is fired;
- and
- a plurality of pins extending axially along a length of the cartridge from the rear section through the driving band into the forward section to prevent relative rotation between the driving band and the forward and rear sections.
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A method of using a training cartridge comprising:
- placing the training cartridge in a barrel, the training cartridge comprising a plurality of cartridge body sections and a driving band positioned between two of the plurality of cartridge body sections, the cartridge body having a maximum body outer diameter, the driving band having a driving band outer diameter;
- firing the training cartridge through the barrel;
- locating the training cartridge after the cartridge has been fired;
- repeating the firing and locating steps a plurality of times;
- and
- removing and replacing the driving band after the training cartridge has been fired a plurality of times, the plurality of cartridge body sections and the driving band being pinned together with a plurality of pins extending axially along a length of the cartridge to prevent relative rotation therebetween.
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A reusable training cartridge comprising:
- a cartridge body defining a maximum body outer diameter;
- and
- a removable and replaceable driving band defining a driving band outer diameter that is greater than the maximum body outer diameter, the driving band being removably connected to the cartridge body and being the only portion of the training cartridge that will engage a barrel through which the training cartridge is fired, the cartridge body comprising a plurality of cartridge body sections, the removable and replaceable driving band being positioned between two of the plurality of body sections;
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- a plurality of pins extending axially along a length of the cartridge through the plurality of body sections and through the removable driving band to prevent relative rotation therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.