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US 8,579,294 B2Granted
Emergency stopping system for track mounted movable bullet targets and target trolleys
AssigneeAction Target Inc.
InventorsTom Wright, Ernest John, David Bassett, Dustin Harding, Mike Long
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Abstract
An emergency stopping system for track mounted movable targets used divergent cables to stop a target trolley which has not been otherwise stopped before coming to the end of a track. As the trolley passes over the diverging cables, the cables are forced together, causing the trolley to dissipate kinetic energy.
Claims21
A bullet target system comprising:
- a track, the track having a first rail and a second rail separated from the first rail and having a first end;
- a center cable mount disposed between the first rail and the second rail and disposed along the track a distance away from the first end;
- a first cable end mount located adjacent to the first rail and adjacent to the end of the track;
- a second cable end mount located adjacent to the second rail and adjacent to the end of the track;
- a first cable attached to the center cable mount and to the first cable end mount;
- a second cable attached to the center cable mount to the second cable end mount;
- a target trolley supported on the track and movable on the track, the target trolley having a ballistic target mounted thereon;
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- a cable engagement member attached to the target trolley;
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- wherein moving the target trolley towards the first end of the track past the center cable mount causes the cable engagement member to engage the first cable and the second cable and force the first and second cables together to thereby stop the target trolley.
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A bullet target system comprising:
- a track having a first rail and a second rail, the track terminating at a first end;
- a ballistic target carried on the track so as to move along the track for ballistic training exercises;
- a first cable having a first end which is mounted adjacent to the track between the first rail and the second rail and a distance away from the first end of the track and a second end mounted adjacent the first rail and adjacent the first end of the track;
- a second cable having a first end which is mounted adjacent to the track between the first rail and the second rail adjacent the first end of the first cable, the second cable having a second end mounted adjacent the second rail and adjacent the first end of the track;
- a cable engagement member attached to the target;
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- wherein the cable engagement member engages the first cable and the second cable as the target moves towards the first end of the track to thereby stop the target.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.