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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Claude Grondin, La Farlede/Sollies-pont, FR;
Assignee:
Delegation Generale pour l'Armement, Arcueil, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F 3/10 ; B63G 8/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F 3/10 ; B63G 8/32 ;
Abstract
The invention relates in particular, to a torpedo tube having supporting devices able to support the torpedo and limit its friction when launched, such as slides. These supporting devices may be variable-geometry devices able to assume at least two positions, namely one through which there passes a circle whose diameter is equal to the maximum permissible diameter of the torpedo, and a second through which there passes a circle with a smaller diameter than the permissible diameter. These supporting devices may include inflatable bladders.