Symmetrical railgun
AssigneeIgenwert GmbH
InventorEduard Igenbergs
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Abstract
A symmetrical railgun is described which consists of at least four rails of electrically conductive material, which extend at the same spacing from and parallel to a predetermined axis of symmetry.
Claims26
A symmetrical railgun characterized in that at least two rail pairs of electrically conductive material are arranged at the same distance from a predetermined central symmetry axis parallel to the symmetry axis and spaced from one another at the same mutual peripheral spacing through insulators for defining an acceleration cavity for an electrically conductive and electrically neutral material, each insulator having one of the rails disposed on each peripheral side thereof;
- and in that the rails are connectable at one end alternatingly to the positive or negative side of a means for exclusively storing direct current electrical energy via a switch means for discharging the direct current storing means in a very short time so that current flows through the conductive material which acts as a common current-flowing junction between each pair of rails in response to the switch means, wherein the cavity is defined by a smooth peripheral surface substantially straight in the direction of the symmetry axis, and wherein the surface of each rail facing the axis is at the same radial distance from the axis along substantially the entire length of that rail.
A symmetrical railgun comprising:
- first and second pairs of elongated rails formed of an electrically conductive material, each rail being disposed substantially equidistant and parallel to a central axis, each rail having substantially the same peripheral spacing from one another, and wherein the surface of each rail facing the axis is at the same radial distance from the axis along substantially the entire length of that rail;
- an insulator disposed between the first and second paris of rails in the peripheral direction for defining a cavity extending along the axis;
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- means for flowing only direct current through the first and second pairs of rails through a common current flowing junction disposed within the cavity for forming a magnetic field which creates a force directed radially inwardly toward the axis.
A symmetrical railgun comprising:
- first and second paris of elongated rails formed of an electrically conductive material, each rail being disposed substantially equidistant and parallel to a central axis, each rail having substantially the same peripheral spacing from one another, and wherein the surface of each rial facing the axis is at the same radial distance from the axis along substantially the entire length of that rail;
- an insulator disposed between the first and second paris of rials in the peripheral direction for defining a cavity extending along the axis;
- electrically conductive matter disposed within the cavity;
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- current means, coupled to the first and second pairs of rails, for flowing a direct current derived from an energy source through the first and second pairs of rails through the electrically conductive matter for forming a magnetic field which interacts with the conductive matter for accelerating the conductive mater in the axial direction, wherein the electrically conductive matter acts as a common current-flowing junction between the first and second pairs of rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.