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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1991
Filed:
May. 18, 1977
Ronald L Seiple, Kailua, HI (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention is an underwater weapon dispenser for delivering weapons to a ocation which is remote from a water vehicle. The dispenser includes at least one pod which is capable of receiving at least one weapon system, such as torpedo or mines. The pod is hydrodynamically shaped and is slightly negatively buoyant. The pod has at least one hydrofoil so that the pod will assume a glide path in the water. Provision is made for releasably attaching the pod with its weapon to the water vehicle so that the pod can be released from the water vehicle to assume a downward glide angle path. The pod is provided with a releasable anchor which, upon release, anchors the now buoyant pod at a predetermined depth. With this arrangement, pods can be attached to the bottom hull portion of a surface vessel or a submarine for delivering the pods with their weapons to the bottom of the ocean, after which the weapons can be removed for accomplishing their intended purposes.