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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2009
Jean-françois Cazalieres, Saint Germain du Puy, FR;
Jérôme Guillard, Lyons, FR;
Laurent Reynard, Bourges, FR;
Jean-François Cazalieres, Saint Germain du Puy, FR;
Jérôme Guillard, Lyons, FR;
Laurent Reynard, Bourges, FR;
Nexter Systems, Roanne, FR;
Abstract
A retractable turret rotatable on a platform, including an active system orientable in vertically extendable elevation, and in azimuth, a protective cowling for the active system and for closing a caisson, wherein the turret includes, for vertically extendable deployment and rotation of the active system, first and second arms forming a deformable quadrilateral on either side of the active system, a first manual means for controlling deployment of the active system by activating the first arm, and a second manual means for controlling the orientation in vertically extended elevation and in horizontal azimuth of the active system by moving the second arm.