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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Jyun-horng Fu, Centreville, VA (US);
Robert James Howard, Clifton, VA (US);
John W. Rapp, Manassas, VA (US);
Antonio Paulic, Arlington, VA (US);
Jyun-Horng Fu, Centreville, VA (US);
Robert James Howard, Clifton, VA (US);
John W. Rapp, Manassas, VA (US);
Antonio Paulic, Arlington, VA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for sealing the barrel of an underwater gun between firings is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a magnetically-attractable water-impermeable disk. Via operation of a drive system, the disk is movable between a sealing position, wherein it prevents water from entering the barrel by moving into alignment with the first bore, and a firing position, wherein the first water-impermeable disk moves out of alignment with the first bore.