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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1984
John K Jorczak, Castleton, NY (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A hydraulic recoil mechanism, which may be used as a shock absorbing device ontrols both the recoil and counter-recoil motion of a cannon. Main recoil energy is dissipated via a movable cylindrical piston rod which pumps hydraulic fluid through a series of orifices into a primary chamber and is subsequently metered through an orifice effected by the traveling piston head and a fixed variable geometry control rod. A buffer spear arrangement integrated at the opposing end of the control rod dissipates final counter-recoil energy via a metering cavity contained in the returning piston. The piston rod assembly carries a ring-like floating piston which, upon recoil, closes a by-pass orifice and, upon counter-recoil, opens the by-pass orifice. A temperature compensator mechanism is also integrated into the system to accommodate thermal expansion of the fluid during sustained operation.