Mortar bomb retention apparatus

Details Mortar bomb retention apparatus Mortar bomb retention apparatus

2006-05-09

2006-05-09

Eldred, J. Woodrow (Department: 3641)

Ordnance

Trench mortars

C089S037050, C089S040020, C089S027110

Reexamination Certificate

active

07040211

ABSTRACT:
A mortar bomb retention apparatus for retaining a mortar bomb in a mortar tube includes a lever arm; a lever positioner in which the lever arm is rotatably mounted; a generally cylindrical housing having a central opening therethrough, the central opening comprising a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion, the lever positioner being fixed to the housing; a shoe disposed in the central opening in the housing; a compression spring disposed around the shoe in the large diameter portion of the central opening; and a shoe cap attached to an end of the shoe, one end of the compression spring bearing against the shoe cap, a portion of the lever arm contacting the shoe cap wherein rotation of the lever arm is operable to force the shoe downward.

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