Dispenser pod
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsMatthew MacDonald Morrison, Robert Harry Schilder
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Abstract
A dispenser pod, which includes a dispenser chassis with a first chassis end, a second chassis end and a chassis chamber, a first chassis end cover for covering the first chassis end, a second chassis end cover for covering the second chassis end, a launch system, and at least one sway brace. The first chassis end cover has at least one expendable passageway for accepting an expendable launch canister such that the expendable launch canister can enter the chassis chamber. The launch system is for expelling the expendable launch canister from the chassis chamber and through the expendable passageway. The at least one sway brace is for securing the expendable launch canister within the chassis chamber.
Claims4
1-8. (canceled)
A dispenser pod, comprising of:
- a dispenser chassis, the chassis having a first chassis d and a second chassis end, the dispenser having first chassis chamber for holding a first expendable launch canister and a second chassis chamber for holding a second expendable launch canister, the first chassis chamber includes a first heating system, the second chassis chamber includes a second heating system, the first heating system and second heating system each comprising at least one heating element and at least one heat sink, each heating element is a wire resistor encased in a thin rectangular silicon rubber mat;
- a first chassis end cover for covering the first chassis end, the first chassis cud cover having at a first expendable passageway for accepting the first expendable launch canister such that the first expendable launch canister can enter and exit the first chassis chamber, and a second expendable passageway for accepting the second expendable launch canister such that the second expendable launch canister can enter and exit the second chassis chamber;
- a second chassis end cover for covering the second chassis end;
- a first launch system for expelling the first expendable launch canister from the first chassis chamber and through the first expendable passageway;
- a second launch system for expelling the second expendable launch canister from the second chassis chamber and through the second expendable passageway;
- a first sway brace for securing the first expendable launch canister within the first chassis chamber;
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- a second sway brace for securing the second expendable launch canister within the second chassis chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.