Research/Patents/US 4951644
US 4951644Tier 3 — General Defense

PNEUMATIC LAUNCHER

Assignee

US Government

Filed as: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

Filed

Apr 30, 1984

Granted

Aug 28, 1990

Location

PANAMA CITY FL US

Abstract

A pneumatic launcher for instrumented objects includes a barrel, a breech mber having a compressed gas reservoir, a pneumatic piston operated valve for discharging gas from the reservoir into the barrel and is characterized by a fail-safe venting feature and a throttling valve for automatically limiting acceleration of the launched object.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Jul 2, 1986

Rescinded

Feb 9, 1990

Duration

3 years, 7 months

Inventor

  • 1DAVID R. BON
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