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US 2017/0030666 A1Published application
Cartridge for handheld payload launcher system
OwnerJames Y. Menefee, IIIinventor
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to self-contained cartridges and launcher systems for discharging or launching payloads to downrange targets, and methods of attenuating or offsetting recoil when activating such cartridges. Examples of payloads that can be deployed with the disclosed launcher apparatus include chemical, biological, pyrotechnic, marker, tracer, signaling, non-lethal, explosive, smoke, and similar payloads.
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A self-contained cartridge comprising:
- a) a cartridge case having a forward end and an aft end, wherein the forward end has a closed configuration and an open configuration;
- b) a primer situated at the aft end of the cartridge case;
- c) a propellant adjacent the primer;
- and
- d) a payload;
- wherein the open configuration comprises a tapered nozzle formed when the cartridge opens during launching of the payload, and the diameter of the nozzle opening is less than the inner diameter of the cartridge case.
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A self-contained cartridge comprising:
- a) a cartridge case having a forward end and an aft end, wherein the forward end has a closed configuration and an open configuration and the closed configuration;
- b) a primer situated at the aft end of the cartridge case;
- and
- c) a payload;
- wherein the open configuration comprises a tapered nozzle formed when the cartridge opens during launching of the payload, and the diameter of the nozzle opening is less than the inner diameter of the cartridge case.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.