Projectile Apparatus For Smooth Bore Barrels
OwnerJames F. Brown, Thomas Ottinventors
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Abstract
A projectile apparatus is provided that includes a projectile, a propellant, and optional components such as a wading, a sabot, and an intermediary device. The projectile can be fired through a barrel having a smooth bore. A sabot is provided that can include molded features, for example, a base portion and a plurality of petal portions defining, in-part, a volume for accommodating a projectile. The sabot and wadding can include molded features that control and direct gases produced by the propellant. The apparatus can convert gas pressure or gas velocity into a high rate of projectile spin. The projectile has long-range accuracy due to a high or sustainable velocity and high rate of spin.
Claims20
A projectile apparatus comprising a propellant and a projectile, the projectile apparatus being configured to spin when fired from a smooth bore barrel, the propellant comprising a combustible material that produces exhaust gases when burned, the projectile apparatus being configured to direct exhaust gases from the propellant away from the projectile as the propellant is burned, and the projectile apparatus comprising one or more elements or features for converting gas pressure or velocity from the propellant, as the propellant is burned, to a high rate of projectile spin within the smooth bore barrel, wherein the one or more elements or features comprises an impulse turbine element having blades, and a stator defining a plurality of nozzles configured to direct the exhaust gases into the blades of the impulse turbine element.
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