USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Michael J Audino

David A Glocker

Kevin Miner

Victor E Nerses

John K Jorczak

Patrick Vottis

Michael Cipollo

Gary Brownell

An in-situ plasma cleaning device (PCD) performs an atomic surface cleaning process to remove contaminants and/or to modify the cylindrical surfaces of both the target and substrate. The atomic cleaning process utilizes a plasma generated locally within the in-situ plasma cleaning device with suitable properties to clean both the target and substrate cylindrical surfaces either concurrently or separately. Moreover, the in-situ plasma cleaning device is designed to traverse the length of the target and the substrate cylindrical surfaces during the cleaning process.

In-situ plasma cleaning device for cylindrical surfaces

The invention is a gun mount exerciser to force a cannon through its recoil otion which otherwise occurs only when the cannon is fired. The exerciser includes a frame that rests on the outer casing that is fixed around the cannon. The frame is translated on a stationary member by actuation of a fluidically operated cylinder mounted to the stationary member. The frame is fixed to the outer casing of the gun so that translation of the frame effects translation of the outer casing and the cannon itself.

Gun mount exerciser (GME)

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Albany, NY, United States of America

Michael J Audino