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US 9,383,161 B2Granted
Handheld payload launcher system
OwnerJames Y. Menefee, IIIinventor
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to launchers and launcher systems for discharging or launched payloads to downrange targets, and the methods of attenuating or offsetting recoil in such launcher systems. Examples of payloads that can be deployed with the disclosed launcher apparatus include chemical, biological, pyrotechnic, marker, tracer, signaling, non-lethal, explosive, smoke, and similar payloads.
Claims15
A payload launcher system comprising:
- a) a launcher tube having an open nozzle end and an aft end;
- b) a cap removably-attached to the aft end, the cap comprising a firing pin opening and a forward- and rearward-movable firing pin, wherein the firing pin protrudes through the firing pin opening in its forwardmost position;
- c) a chamber within the launcher tube adjacent the firing pin opening, the chamber shaped for receiving a self-contained cartridge;
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- d) a self-contained cartridge comprising a case, a primer positioned within the chamber adjacent the firing pin opening, a propellant, a payload, and a forward end, the case comprising a closure at the forward end having a closed configuration and an open configuration;
- wherein the open configuration comprises a tapered nozzle formed from the case closure which opens during launching of the payload, wherein the inner diameter of the nozzle opening is less than the inner diameter of the cartridge case during launching of the payload.
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