Launch Device for Tube-Launched Projectile
OwnerItzhak Sapirinventor
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Abstract
A device for launching a projectile from the bore of a tube. A launch frame having a longitudinal axis is configured for being received within the bore of the tube with a shuttle assembly configured for urging a projectile alone the tube's longitudinal axis. A shuttle assembly tensioning means is configured to urge the shuttle assembly along the longitudinal axis and a shuttle assembly retention means is configured for the selective retention and release of the shuttle assembly at a predetermined position along the longitudinal axis.
Claims4
A device for launching a projectile from the bore of a tube comprising:
- a launch frame having a longitudinal axis and configured for being received within the bore of the tube comprising,
- a shuttle assembly configured for urging a projectile along the longitudinal axis,
- shuttle assembly tensioning means configured to urge the shuttle assembly along the longitudinal axis, and,
- shuttle assembly retention means configured for the selective retention and release of the shuttle assembly at a predetermined position along the longitudinal.
A device for launching a projectile from the bore of a tube comprising:
- a launch frame having a longitudinal axis configured for being received within the bore of the tube comprising a first plate fixedly connected to a second plate,
- the launch frame further comprising,
- an arming fork guide shaft,
- a threaded arming shaft,
- an arming fork slideably disposed on the guide shaft and threadably disposed on the arming shaft,
- a shuttle shaft,
- a shuttle assembly slideably disposed on the shuttle shaft and configured for urging a projectile along the longitudinal axis,
- shuttle assembly tensioning means configured to urge the shuttle assembly toward the second plate along the longitudinal axis,
- the shuttle assembly and arming fork configured whereby the arming fork urges the shuttle assembly toward the first plate against a tension introduced by the tensioning means when the arming shaft is rotated in a predetermined direction, and,
- shuttle assembly retention means configured for the selective retention and release of the shuttle assembly at a predetermined position on the shuttle shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.