Mortar safety device
AssigneeNostromo Ltd.
InventorsKevin Michael Sullivan, Marcelo Eduardo Martinez, Nicolas Horacio Bruno, Nicholas Somich
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Abstract
A safety device for a front-loading weapon of the type comprising a mortar barrel having a closed breech end and an opposite open end for launching a mortar projectile. The device includes at least one sensor, configured for mounting adjacent the mortar barrel, for sensing a mortar projectile upon its insertion in the barrel and an electronic circuit, coupled to said sensor, for detecting movement of the mortar projectile past said sensor, thereby to detect the presence of the projectile in the barrel.
Claims25
A safety device for a front-loading weapon comprising a mortar barrel having a closed breech end and an opposite open end for launching a mortar projectile, said safety device comprising, in combination:
- (a) at least one sensor, configured for mounting adjacent the mortar barrel, for sensing a mortar projectile in the barrel;
- (b) an electronic circuit, coupled to said sensor, for detecting the mortar projectile as it moves past said sensor, both when entering and exiting the barrel, thereby to detect the presence of the projectile in the barrel;
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- (c) a warning device, coupled to said electronic circuit, for indicating the presence of the mortar projectile in said barrel.
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