Ammunition launching device
AssigneeNexter Systems
InventorXavier DESCATOIRE
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Abstract
A launching device comprising at least two tubes intended to receive an ammunition round and each secured to a mount, the mounts being carried by a base, each tube being orientable in elevation and in bearing by motor means, a first motor means ensuring the pointing in bearing of the two tubes simultaneously and a second motor means ensuring the pointing in elevation of the two tubes simultaneously. The bearing pointing axes of the two tubes are parallel to each other and each mount includes a sleeve carrying the tube, said sleeve being mounted so as to pivot in elevation relative to a fork, the fork being itself mounted so as to pivot in bearing relative to the base.
Claims13
1-8. (canceled)
A launching device including at least two tubes intended to receive an ammunition round and each secured to a respective mount, the mounts being carried by a base, each tube being orientable in elevation and in bearing by motor means, wherein the motor means includes a first motor means ensuring the pointing in bearing of the tubes simultaneously and a second motor means ensuring the pointing in elevation of the tubes simultaneously, wherein the bearing pointing axes of the tubes are parallel to each other and each mount includes a sleeve carrying the respective tube, said sleeve being mounted so as to pivot in elevation relative to a respective fork, the fork being itself mounted so as to pivot in bearing relative to the base, the second motor means acting on each sleeve by means of a set of two bevel toothed pinions with perpendicular axes integrated into the respective mount, wherein each set of two bevel toothed pinions includes a first pinion secured to the sleeve and a second pinion coaxial with the bearing axis, the first motor means acting on each mount via a first gear wheel secured to the respective fork, and each second bevel pinion being secured to one end of a respective pivot shaft carrying at its other end a second gear wheel driven by the second motor means, each pivot shaft being coaxial with the respective first gear wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.