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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel W Deis, Churchill Borough, PA (US);
Ian R McNab, Murrysville Boro, PA (US);
Joseph L Smith, Jr, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89-8 ; 124-3 ;
Abstract
An electromagnetic projectile launching system is provided with an automatic plasma armature formation device. An arc created when a conductive armature breaks contact with a pair of conductive rails is commutated through an aperture in one of the rails to a second pair of conductive rails where the arc is used as a plasma driving armature to propel a projectile.