Ordnance disarming device
AssigneeLiberty Barrels, Inc.
InventorSteven R. Satern
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Abstract
An ordnance disarming device in the form of a percussion active, non-electric disrupter has an outer barrel and an inner barrel extending through the outer barrel. A receiver/breech cap is threaded onto the forward end of the inner barrel. The receiver/breech cap has exhaust ports for expelling combustion gasses, so as to function as a muzzle brake. The receiver/breech cap automatically centers the inner barrel in the outer barrel, such that the assembly is self-centering. No O-rings are needed, such that the device can be used in extreme temperatures.
Claims23
An ordnance disarming device, comprising:
- an outer barrel having forward and rearward ends, and a longitudinal bore;
- an inner barrel inserted into the outer barrel, the inner barrel having forward and rearward ends, and a longitudinal bore;
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- a receiver at the forward end of the outer barrel and receiving the forward end of the inner barrel so as to center the inner barrel axially within the outer barrel, and having a longitudinal bore;
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- the inner barrel and receiver being adapted to expel a projectile forwarding to disarm the ordnance.
A method of assembling a percussion activated, non-electric disrupter, comprising:
- inserting an inner barrel into a rear end of an outer barrel;
- threadably coupling a receiver to a front end of the inner barrel adjacent a front end of the outer barrel, without the use of an O-ring.
A percussion activated, non-electric disrupter, comprising:
- an outer barrel;
- an inner barrel mounted co-extensively in the outer barrel without the use of an O-ring;
- a muzzle brake on a forward end of the inner barrel;
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- the inner barrel and the muzzle brake being threadably coupled.
A percussion activated, non-electric disrupter, comprising:
- an outer barrel;
- an inner barrel mounted co-extensively in the outer barrel without the use of an O-ring;
- the inner barrel and the muzzle brake being threadably coupled;
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- a muzzle brake on a forward end of the inner barrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.