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Gun blast and muzzle flash eliminator

  • US 3,340,769 A
  • Filed: 09/24/1965
  • Issued: 09/12/1967
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1965
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHING DEVICE FOR LAUNCHING A MISSILE INTO AN OBSERVATION ZONE WHILE MINIMIZING THE AIR TURBULENCE WITHIN SAID ZONE AND PREVENTING THE ENTRANCE OF CONTAMINATE PARTICLES FROM THE LAUNCHING DEVICE INTO THE OBSERVATION ZONE COMPRISING, A GUN BARREL HAVING AN AXIAL BORE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH AND HAVING A BREECH CHAMBER FORMED AT ONE END THEREOF AND A MUZZLE OPENING AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, A SABOT RECEIVED WITHIN SAID GUN BARREL AND HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF THE BORE IN SAID BARREL, SAID SABOT HAVING A CUP-SHAPED RECESS FORMED IN ONE SURFACE THEREOF TO RECEIVE A PROJECTILE HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN A DIAMETER OF SAID BORE IN SAID BARREL, A SABOT CAPTURING ASSEMBLY REMOVABLY COUPLED TO THE MUZZLE OPENING OF SAID BARREL AND HAVING AN AXIAL BORE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BARREL, SAID SABOT CAPTURING ASSEMBLY INCLUDES A FIRST CYLINDRICAL MEMBER THREADEDLY MOUNTED UPON A MUZZLE END OF SAID BARREL IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT THEREWITH, A SECOND CYLINDRICAL MEMBER CONCENTRICALLY POSITIONED

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