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US 2007/0034075 A1Published application
Fastening device for a gun barrel
AssigneeGiat Industries
InventorThierry Gabriel-Regis
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Abstract
A fastening device for a gun barrel with respect to the turret of a carrier vehicle of the type incorporating a cheek integral with an oscillating mass carrying the gun barrel and an articulated part fastened to said turret, wherein said articulated part is fastened to said turret by a pivoting link and in that said part incorporates means to join it to said cheek.
Claims9
A gun barrel fastening device that fastens, with respect to the turret of a carrier vehicle, an oscillating mass carrying the gun barrel, the gun barrel fastening device comprising:
- a cheek integral with the oscillating mass;
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- an articulated part fastened to the turret by a pivoting link, the articulated part comprising means for joining the articulated part with the cheek,
- wherein the pivoting link is positioned such that a load exerted by the oscillating mass on the joining means generates a torque making the articulated part pivot toward the cheek.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.