Ordnance – Rocket launching – Underwater launching
Patent
1960-08-30
1980-01-29
Brown, David H.
Ordnance
Rocket launching
Underwater launching
89 1818, F41F 304
Patent
active
041855388
ABSTRACT:
1. A missile launching system comprising a launching tube including a first hamber and a second chamber containing the missile to be launched, a source of gas compressed to a pressure substantially in excess of the pressure of the environment into which the missile is to be launched, and valve means for admitting said compressed gas into said first chamber a bulkhead between said first and second chambers, said bulkhead being formed with a plurality of openings, a plate formed with similar openings mounted for rotation on said bulkhead, and means for rotating said plate to gradually align the openings of the plate with the openings of the bulkhead during the launching movement of the missile in the launching tube to continually increase the flow of compressed gas from the first chamber to the second chamber causing a rapid rise of pressure in said first chamber and resultant constantly increasing pressures communicated to said second chamber via said adjustable orifice for lauching said missile.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2349009 (1944-05-01), Schwab
patent: 2383053 (1945-08-01), Fanger et al.
patent: 2960977 (1960-11-01), Moorhead
patent: 2989899 (1961-06-01), Siegel et al.
Brown David H.
Sciascia R. S.
Sheinbein Sol
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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