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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce W Travor, Holland, PA (US);
James F McEachern, Newtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89-151 ; 89-156 ;
Abstract
This invention comprises a multi-store, gas-fired launcher that fits into, nd is electrically connected with, a transporting vehicle and that contains sequentially-stacked assemblies that generate sufficient gas force to discharge an individual store. An electrical pulse from the transporting vehicle cause a sequencer in the launcher to divert the charge to a burn resistor. At burn-out, a spring-activated striking arm punctures a CO2 bottle which provides sufficient gas pressure to force the store out of the launcher.