Mechanism for deploying cylindrical objects from a spinning container
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorFrederick J. Borrell
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Abstract
A mechanism for deploying cylindrical objects from a spinning container includes a dispenser that uses rotation around the axis of symmetry of the dispenser to eject several cylindrical objects in any of many regular, predictable patterns. The dispenser rigidly holds the cylinders within a carrier vehicle as the vehicle accelerates to high velocity. The dispenser is spinning about the axis of the dispenser at a high rate. Then on signal, the dispenser releases all of the cylinders simultaneously. Each one of the cylinders leaves the vehicle with the cylinder's axis parallel to that of the dispenser and at each cylinder's own tangential velocity.
Claims31
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first plate supporting a first side of an object;
- a second plate supporting a second side of said object;
- an axle aligning said first and second plates, said first plate, said second plate, and said object rotating around said axle;
- and
- a firing unit when activated, releasing said first plate along said axle away from said first side of said object and said second plate being released away from said second side of said object, said object being released away from said axle when said first plate and said second plate being released away from said object.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- securing a plurality of objects between a first plate and second plate;
- rotating said first plate and second plate around an axis;
- and
- releasing a first plate and second plate away from each other to release said objects away from said first and second plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.