21 |
Tools For Use With Robotic Systems |
US12947824 |
2010-11-17 |
US20110061521A1 |
2011-03-17 |
Christopher W. Gardner; Benjamin V. Stratton; Aaron Robbins |
Systems are described herein for remotely aligning and placing disruptive devices at or near suspicious targets such as suspected improvised explosive devices (IEDs). In particular, tools connected to remotely controllable robots include disruptor guns for firing disruptive materials at the targets and disruptive devices filled with explosive materials, e.g., water, for controllably detonating or disrupting the detonation of the targets when placed in close proximity thereto. |
22 |
Tools for use with robotic systems |
US12081610 |
2008-04-17 |
US07836811B1 |
2010-11-23 |
Christopher W. Gardner; Benjamin V. Stratton; Aaron Robbins |
Systems are described herein for remotely aligning and placing disruptive devices at or near suspicious targets such as suspected improvised explosive devices (IEDs). In particular, tools connected to remotely controllable robots include disruptor guns for firing disruptive materials at the targets and disruptive devices filled with explosive materials, e.g., water, for controllably detonating or disrupting the detonation of the targets when placed in close proximity thereto. |
23 |
Inertial breechblock gun system |
US09879238 |
2001-06-11 |
US06595103B1 |
2003-07-22 |
Eric L. Kathe |
A contained Davis gun system enables misfire and hang-fire handling for fire out of battery (also known as soft recoil). The gun system decreases structural dynamic activity of the gun barrel during launch with resulting increases in system accuracy. The gun system further presents synergistic advantages when combined with a conventional recoil system in a double recoil design. The gun system includes a non-recoiling barrel and a recoil system engineered to contain a recoiling inertial breechblock capable of translating within the gun barrel. The recoil system includes a brake and a spring secured to a mount fixture. The breechblock enables the loading of the propellant and the projectile within the barrel, and further enables pressure to be contained within the barrel during firing. The recoil system applies a load to the breechblock, which is a function of the breechblock position and its velocity within the barrel. A part of the kinetic energy imparted to the breechblock is stored as potential energy within the spring, and the remaining kinetic energy is dissipated by the brake as heat. Prior to firing, the barrel and the recoil system are coupled to the firing platform. When the propellant is ignited, propellant gases generated by the propellant propel the projectile forward along the gun barrel while propelling the inertial breechblock rearward within the gun barrel. |
24 |
Method of automatics arm operation and automatic revolver based on this method |
US10182326 |
2002-07-25 |
US20030116008A1 |
2003-06-26 |
Alexandr
Alexandrovich
Koursakoff |
The invention relates to the operation method of automatics of manual fire-arms and to the design of automatic revolver based on this method. The operation method of arm automatics in the process of shooting consists in turning the arm barrel unit in vertical plane relative to transversal horizontal axle connecting the arm barrel unit with the frame occurring as a result of action of the arm of force. The automatic revolver contains the barrel unit with the cylinder connected with the frame by transversal axle, the grip and it is provided with the slide located in barrel unit. The slide is furnished with slide retainer, slide accelerator, mechanism for translational-rotational movement of the slide and with rigid engagement unit of fired cartridge-case bottom with slide cup. The arm kickback compensator is located inside the grip. The arm kickback compensator is arranged in the grip cavity and is furnished with the retainer which is movably fastened on the transversal axle in the cavity of rear wall of grip upper part. The technical result of proposed method and of automatic revolver is the elimination of the negative influence of the arm of force occurred in shooting. 2 ind.c.p., 4 dep.c.p., 7 ill. |
25 |
Low-recoil firearm |
US912150 |
1992-07-10 |
US5339789A |
1994-08-23 |
Walter Heitz |
A low-recoil gun (10), in particular a compressed-air gun or hand firearm, is proposed, comprising a stock assembly (25) and a barrel assembly (20) displaceable relative to the stock assembly (25) in the longitudinal direction (B) of the gun (10). The barrel assembly (20) can be moved contrary to the direction of fire (A), on the occasion of a discharge, out of a position of readiness to fire. The reverse travel of the barrel assembly (20) due to the discharge is restrained by an locking device (40) capable of being overcome by the recoil energy of the barrel assembly (20). In overcoming the locking device, the barrel assembly (20) performs work, which is deducted from the recoil energy, so that the recoil ultimately transmitted to the gunner is at least substantially reduced. In the gun according to the invention, the axial force required in longitudinal direction (B) of the barrel to overcome the locking device (40) is adjustable. |
26 |
Tank turret with increased recoil mass |
US579632 |
1990-09-10 |
US5105715A |
1992-04-21 |
Adolf Nordmann; Wilfried Becker; Josef Metz; Erich Zielinski; Jochen Hoff; Hans Hulsewies; Friedhelm Knorich; Wolfgang Boer |
A tank turret including an armored turret housing having a front side provided with solid front armor, and a pivotally mounted gun including a cradle shield, cradle, recoil device and rearward breech block housing being arranged in the turret housing. The armored turret housing, or at least parts of it, are used to increase recoil mass of the gun. |
27 |
Method and apparatus for managing recoil of electromagnetic guns |
US39655 |
1987-04-16 |
US4840107A |
1989-06-20 |
William F. Weldon |
A power supply generating a reaction torque generally simultaneously with its power output is utilized to supply power to fire the railgun. The power supply and the railgun are cooperatively mounted together such that the reaction torque of the power supply upon discharge counteracts the recoil force of the railgun, thereby transferring lateral forces through the compulsator to a position in the power supply which is removed from the position of the coupling between the railgun and the power supply. |
28 |
Recoilless rocket launcher |
US891717 |
1986-07-28 |
US4672881A |
1987-06-16 |
Robert E. Betts; Jerrold H. Arszman |
A recoilless rocket launcher including a rocket launch tube which is resintly coupled to a support member. Points of contact to the gunner who fires the rocket from a rocket launch tube are to the shoulder and the hand which grips a hand grip which is part of the firing mechanism integrally attached to the support member. The resilient coupling for support member is comprised of a resilient material selected from the group consisting of a butene-diolefin copolymer, rubber, plastic, leather, or fiberous paper. The resilient material disposed in spaced relation adjacent opposite ends of the support member resiliently couples the support member to the launch tube. The nonrigid coupling effects the transfer mechanisms to result in a time offset, extended reaction time, and a reduced total impressed impulse transferable to the gunner prior to rocket exiting the rocket launch tube. This described action is accomplished by the resilient coupling, and in an advanced embodiment, sliding means to allow the rocket launch tube to freely slide in the support member also permits a significant delay and a reduction in the forces that can be transferred directly to the gunner to thereby derive benefits including improved personal comfort to the gunner, enhancement of confidence level in system, and a significant improvement in the expected accuracy of the rocket launched to a target from a shoulder fired rocket launcher. |
29 |
Cannon with longitudinally shiftable barrel |
US445453 |
1982-11-30 |
US4638714A |
1987-01-27 |
Wolfgang Heintz; Manfred Pehker; Josef Metz |
A cannon barrel assembly has a barrel member centered on and extending along a barrel axis, a barrel tube member generally coaxially surrounding the barrel and having a pair of axially opposite tube muzzle and breech ends, and respective muzzle and breech bearings at the tube ends axially displaceably supporting the barrel member therein. At least one of the bearings comprises two lower and one upper segmental slide elements generally angularly equispaced about the axis and radially set in one of the members against axial displacement therein. The two lower elements are also set in the one member against radial displacement therein while the upper element is limitedly radially displaceable in the one member. Springs braced between the one member and the upper slide element urge same radially against the other member in surface contact therewith and thereby urge the two lower slide elements in surface contact against the other member also. |
30 |
Device for firearm intended for tank which has a barrel supported in a
recoil jacket |
US722185 |
1976-09-10 |
US4092901A |
1978-06-06 |
Lars G. T. Gustavsson; Sven-Hakan Svensson |
A firearm of the type which loads from the bottom of the recoil jacket includes protective doors opened by the loading mechanism as it rises into ramming position. One pair of doors is mounted in the recoil jacket and another is mounted on the barrel at a different height from the first, so that the doors slide along one another when the firearm recoils. |
31 |
Constant recoil system |
US641198 |
1975-12-15 |
US4004495A |
1977-01-25 |
Warren B. Belfer |
A mounting system for heavy caliber rapid firing weapons has a sensor ressive to gun motion during recoil. The sensor provides an electrical signal used to adjust the rate of gunfire so that counter-recoil movement of the gun upon firing each round is substantially canceled by firing the next subsequent round, whereby oscillatory shock loads transmitted through the mounting structure are greatly attenuated and converted to a relatively constant load value. |
32 |
Energy absorber |
US8336049 |
1949-03-25 |
US2669325A |
1954-02-16 |
ARNOLD RAINES |
|
33 |
Piece of ordnance |
US18196937 |
1937-12-27 |
US2194849A |
1940-03-26 |
JOSEPH DENOIX PAUL EMILE |
|
34 |
Firearm accessory |
US73459534 |
1934-07-11 |
US2073755A |
1937-03-16 |
WILLIAM POATE FREDERICK |
|
35 |
Coupling |
US73717724 |
1924-09-11 |
US1582206A |
1926-04-27 |
ZIMMERMAN HARRY C |
|
36 |
Recoil apparatus of ordnance |
US30978719 |
1919-07-09 |
US1350593A |
1920-08-24 |
TREVOR DAWSON ARTHUR; THOMAS BUCKHAM GEORGE |
|
37 |
Device for preventing the barrels of differential-recoil guns from tilting in the firing position. |
US1911641795 |
1911-08-01 |
US1032869A |
1912-07-16 |
VOELLER KARL |
|
38 |
Differential-recoil gun. |
US1909480493 |
1909-02-27 |
US994156A |
1911-06-06 |
HAUSSNER KONRAD |
|
39 |
Retarding apparatus for guns having differential recoil. |
US1910544145 |
1910-02-16 |
US955796A |
1910-04-19 |
HAUSSNER KONRAD |
|
40 |
SHOCK ABSORBING DISRUPTOR MOUNTING SYSTEM |
US15372070 |
2016-12-07 |
US20180156562A1 |
2018-06-07 |
Michael E. Bowman; Matthew D. Summer; Paul M. Bosscher |
A shock absorbing disruptor mounting system for a robotic arm includes a rack comprised of a linear guide structure and a carriage which is configured to travel on the linear guide structure. The carriage is selectively movable between a retracted position and an extended position and includes a plurality of wheels along its length. Each of the wheels has a wheel axis of rotation which is transverse to the direction of the linear guide structure centerline to facilitate rotation of the wheels on at least a portion of the linear guide structure responsive to the travel. |