Ordnance – Trench mortars
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-28
2008-10-28
Hayes, Bret (Department: 3641)
Ordnance
Trench mortars
Reexamination Certificate
active
07441489
ABSTRACT:
A mortar munition includes a mortar tube; first and second openings in the wall of the mortar tube, the first opening being closer to a breech end of the mortar tube than the second opening; a spring loaded valve assembly disposed in the first opening in the wall of the mortar tube; and a shoe assembly disposed in the second opening in the wall of the mortar tube. The spring loaded valve assembly is connected to a vacuum source. The vacuum source pulls the mortar bomb rearward in the tube. The shoe assembly includes a shoe that bears on the mortar bomb to hold it in place when the tube is in an elevated position.
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Bennett Leon J.
Forkas Donald G.
Gast Ronald G.
Hathaway, IV George E.
Jacobs Ronald S.
Hayes Bret
Sachs Michael
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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