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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter H Van Sloun, Hopkins, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ; F41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 / ; 102505 ; 343 / ;
Abstract
In combination: launching apparatus including a discharge tube having an open end and a closed end; a stack of bodies in end-to-end relation in the tube; a flexible tether extending in the tube from the outermost end of the stack past the innermost end thereof, the tether crossing the stack between each pair of the bodies; apparatus at the closed end of the tube for propelling the stack of bodies out of the tube at the open end; and apparatus securing one end of the tether to the launching apparatus in such a manner that the tether does not become taut until the stack has passed out of the tube.