Wheel for triggering mines by pressure
AssigneeEtat Francais represente par le Delegue General pour l'Armement
InventorMichel Grima
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Abstract
A device for triggering mines by pressure, including a chassis and at least one wheel having a central hub and including: at least one assembly that is movable in translation along a radius of the wheel and comprises a weight block at its peripheral radial end, a device suitable for driving the at least one movable assembly, as the wheel rotates in a determined direction with respect to the chassis, in the direction of the hub over a limited sector of the wheel that is less than 2π radians; wherein the device suitable for driving the at least one movable assembly in the direction of the hub are fixed with respect to the chassis, or in that the assembly that is movable in translation comprises a support that is fixed with respect to the chassis.
Claims12
A device for triggering mines by pressure, comprising an axle and at least one wheel having a central hub and rotating about the axle, the device for triggering mines comprising at least one assembly, each assembly having a rod oriented along a radius of the wheel and rotating with the wheel, a weight block movable along the rod, an elastic system which urges the weight block to the radial end of the rod, and means for driving the weight block along the rod, the means for driving the weight block along the rod being fixed with respect to the axle, and driving the weight block toward the central hub steadily up to an ultimate point corresponding to the position where the rod is almost vertical and the weight block is below the axle, so that the elastic system urges the weight block toward the radial end of the rod in the position where the rod is vertical or almost vertical.
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