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Multiple buoy launcher

  • US 4,164,887 A
  • Filed: 01/03/1978
  • Issued: 08/21/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/03/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A launcher comprising:

  • a launching tube having longitudinal electrical conductors therein, said launching tube having longitudinal guides therein;

    means positioned along a wall of said tube for locating buoys therein, each of said buoys having means for slidably contacting said guides for orienting said buoys about an axis of said tube, said contact making slidable electrical contact with one of said conductors; and

    a set of firing modules positionable within said tube in alternating locations with said buoys, each of said firing modules being coupled to one of said contacts for contacting a specific one of said longitudinal conductors to permit individual activation of said firing modules in response to electrical signals coupled via said electrical conductors.

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