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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2005
Leon J. Bennett, Voorheesville, NY (US);
Donald G. Forkas, Rexford, NY (US);
George E. Hathaway, Iv, Sprakers, NY (US);
Ronald G. Gast, Cohoes, NY (US);
Ronald S. Jacobs, Malta, NY (US);
Leon J. Bennett, Voorheesville, NY (US);
Donald G. Forkas, Rexford, NY (US);
George E. Hathaway, IV, Sprakers, NY (US);
Ronald G. Gast, Cohoes, NY (US);
Ronald S. Jacobs, Malta, NY (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A mortar bomb retention apparatus for retaining a mortar bomb in a mortar tube includes a lever arm; a lever positioner in which the lever arm is rotatably mounted; a generally cylindrical housing having a central opening therethrough, the central opening comprising a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion, the lever positioner being fixed to the housing; a shoe disposed in the central opening in the housing; a compression spring disposed around the shoe in the large diameter portion of the central opening; and a shoe cap attached to an end of the shoe, one end of the compression spring bearing against the shoe cap, a portion of the lever arm contacting the shoe cap wherein rotation of the lever arm is operable to force the shoe downward.