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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Marcos Trigo, Steinhausen, CH;
Michael Gerber, Zurich, CH;
Inventors:
Marcos Trigo, Steinhausen, CH;
Michael Gerber, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Rheinmetall Air Defence AG, Zurich, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The characteristic of one or more of the gas springs themselves used in a revolver cannon or breech cannon is adjusted while the system is in operation. This is done by a separate, self-contained system, which can adjust the gas spring from hard to soft, for example, and back to harder/hard and can thus adjust the characteristic of the gas spring without the loss of gas. In the simplest embodiment, this system has two additional elements, preferably a reserve tank and a connecting line that connects the reserve tank to the gas spring via a valve.