EP0053855A1 - Rotor für eine Zentrifugalschleuderwaffe - Google Patents

Rotor für eine Zentrifugalschleuderwaffe Download PDF

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EP0053855A1
EP0053855A1 EP81201300A EP81201300A EP0053855A1 EP 0053855 A1 EP0053855 A1 EP 0053855A1 EP 81201300 A EP81201300 A EP 81201300A EP 81201300 A EP81201300 A EP 81201300A EP 0053855 A1 EP0053855 A1 EP 0053855A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41B—WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F41B3/00—Sling weapons
    • F41B3/04—Centrifugal sling apparatus

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  • the present invention relates to a rotor for a centrifugal launcher.
  • centrifugal launcher in the context of the present a machine comprising a rotating part or rotor driven at high speed around an axis of rotation and equipped with means for successively bringing projectiles into the central area of the rotor to be substantially radially ejected from the latter by centrifugal force.
  • Spherical projectiles nevertheless have considerable limitations in the military field: limitation of the speed of ejection; unfavorable ballistic qualities; practical impossibility of being provided with explosive charges, etc.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a rotor allowing the launching, in good conditions, of oblong projectiles, whose shape is extremely similar to that of conventional shells (that is to say with tail, body and ogival head).
  • a family of suitable projectiles in the context of the present invention is described in a joint application filed by the same Applicant.
  • a rotor according to the invention of the type with a cylindrical barrel rotating around an axis, is characterized in that the geometric axes of rotation and of the barrel respectively are two left-hand straight lines, said barrel is sandwiched between two mounted flanges at the end of a drive shaft, these flanges having a free central space into which opens the end of the barrel closest to the axis of rotation.
  • This end of the barrel is extended by a pallet of ceuillage.
  • cylindrical barrel is meant, in the context of this, a tubular or semi-tubular barrel with a straight axis or with low (s) curvature (s).
  • the launcher shown comprises a rotor 1 consisting of two flanges 2 and 3 bolted to each other and enclosing a cylindrical barrel 4. This assembly is mounted at the end of a shaft 5 carried by bearings supported by a frame 6. This shaft 5 is capable of being driven by a motor, not shown.
  • the flanges 2 and 3 are each provided with a central bore, which leaves a free space 7 in the center of the rotor. In this space is engaged the end of a supply and presentation device, shown diagrammatically at 8.
  • the barrel 4 is arranged between the flanges 2 and 3 so that its axis X-X and the axis of rotation Y-Y of the rotor are two left straight lines.
  • the projections of these straight lines in the plane of Figure 2 are also perpendicular to each other.
  • the barrel 4 has a length such that its end closest to the YY axis ends in the space 7. This end is provided with a picking pallet 9 which is in fact an extension of part of the wall of the barrel 4, of a width slightly less than the caliber of the projectiles 10. The length of said pallet is slightly greater than the distance separating the center of gravity of a projectile 10 from the point of its warhead.
  • the device 8 comprises a magazine 11 in which projectiles 10 are aligned side-by-side and pushed back towards a stop 12.
  • a projectile applied against the stop 12 is immediately supported by the pallet 9 which, in its rotation, comes on collect tangentially and remove it from between the stop 10 and the supply of the next projectile.
  • the rotor turns in the clockwise direction and, in its rotation, the vane 9 comes to be placed between the axis of rotation Y-Y and the projectile to pick up the latter.
  • the rotor is surrounded by two protective flanges 13 and 14 carrying a correction device 15 necessary to bring the axis of the projectile onto the trajectory of its center of gravity at the time of ejection.
  • This correction device which is not part of this invention, is described in a patent application filed jointly with the present, by the same Applicant.
  • the barrel is a cylindrical steel tube, which is the preferred solution. It could however be replaced by a semi-cylindrical blading, without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • a rotor according to the invention with a diameter of 950 cm, rotating at a speed of 12,443 rpm allows to communicate to a projectile an ejection speed of 800 m / s.

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EP81201300A 1980-12-04 1981-11-24 Rotor für eine Zentrifugalschleuderwaffe Expired EP0053855B1 (de)

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AT81201300T ATE8933T1 (de) 1980-12-04 1981-11-24 Rotor fuer eine zentrifugalschleuderwaffe.

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EP (1) EP0053855B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE8933T1 (de)
BE (1) BE886482A (de)
DE (1) DE3165448D1 (de)
IL (1) IL64462A (de)

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US4632086A (en) 1986-12-30
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