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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2018
Applicant:
U.s. Government As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Dover, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Facteau, Troy, NY (US);
George E. Hathaway, IV, Watervliet, NY (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 19/00 (2006.01); F41A 19/08 (2006.01); F41A 17/64 (2006.01); F41F 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 19/08 (2013.01); F41A 17/64 (2013.01); F41F 1/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An external firing mechanism for a muzzle loaded mortar system incorporates a drop fire mode, a lever fire mode and a safe mode. The firing mechanism is easy to assemble or replace and does not require an adjustment procedure when mounting to the mortar system. The firing mechanism utilizes bearing balls as a tripping device which transfers potential energy in a compressed spring to kinetic energy of a firing pin oriented orthogonal to that spring.