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US 5,706,795 AGranted
Multi-purpose projectile launcher
OwnerPhillip L. Gerwiginventor
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A multi-purpose projectile launcher including a body, a barrel forwardly projecting from the body, and a tube forwardly projecting from the body within the barrel and concentric with the barrel to form an annular-shaped space therebetween. A tubular projectile extends over the tube within the barrel and forms a seal between the barrel and the tube. A firing assembly releases gas from a cartridge into an interior chamber, which is in fluid flow communication with the space behind the projectile, to drive the projectile over the tube and out of the barrel. The gas cartridge can be a pressurized gas cartridge having CO.sub.2 or N.sub.2 or a self-generating gas cartridge having gunpowder. The projectile can be longitudinally segmented so that a deflector located at a forward end of the tube separates and deflects the segments radially outward from the tube at equal velocities. The segments can be utilized to evenly deploy hobble lines or a net.
A launcher for deploying projectiles, said launcher comprising:
A launcher for deploying projectiles using a gas cartridge, said launcher comprising:
A projectile launcher in combination with a projectile, said combination comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.