Ordnance – Bomb – flare and signal dropping – Explosive releases
Patent
1991-04-24
1992-11-03
Tudor, Harold J.
Ordnance
Bomb, flare and signal dropping
Explosive releases
89 151, 102357, 102393, 102489, 102505, 102532, 2441371, F41A 100
Patent
active
051608006
ABSTRACT:
An improved store launching device is disclosed wherein the inside of a sdard sonobuoy launch container is modified to accept, and properly dispense, only one smaller and lighter store. A positioning ring is fitted securely onto the inner walls a preselected distance from the discharge end to provide a seat for a perforated obturator. A slotted pressure relief ring, with the edge adjacent the obturator having a biased cut of a predetermined angle therein, is placed adjacent the obturator and the discharge end of the container to surround the store.
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Kraynak Timothy L.
Marshall Frank P.
Travor Bruce W.
Bechtel James B.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Tudor Harold J.
Tura James V.
Verona Susan E.
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