US1812800A - Artillery gun more particularly applicable for firing against aircraft - Google Patents

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US1812800A
US1812800A US446132A US44613230A US1812800A US 1812800 A US1812800 A US 1812800A US 446132 A US446132 A US 446132A US 44613230 A US44613230 A US 44613230A US 1812800 A US1812800 A US 1812800A
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Methlin Nicolas Emilien
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
    • F41A27/30—Stabilisation or compensation systems, e.g. compensating for barrel weight or wind force on the barrel

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  • the object of the present invention is to provide a practical form, of construction of the anti-aircraft gun described and illustrated in the said prior specification.
  • Figure l is a longitudinal elevation with a part in section.
  • Figure 2 is a corresponding plan view with a part in section.
  • Figure 3 is a side elevation viewed from the muzzle end of the gun.
  • Figure 4 is a longitudinal elevation similar to that shown in Figure l, the barrel being shown elevated for liring in the direction of the zenith.
  • the cradle B in which the barrel A recoils, is journalled at its rear end b in bearings d, Z1 carried by a platform D which is movable about a pivot D1', the oscillating mass being wholly supported on account of the fact that the cradle is coupled near the centre of gravity of the mass to a spring balancing device acting through a transmission and exerting its effort at a fixed point taken on a support situated substantially in the vertical plane passing through the axis of pivotal movement of the cradle, this point being chosen in such a way that for any angle of inclination of the oscillating mass a practical requilibrium will be ensured.
  • the particular form of construction illus-4 trated is characterized by the judicious distribution of the attachment of the cable connecting the cradle, the fixed points situated in the vertical plane passing over the axis of pivotal movement of the said cradle, at the Sametime as the balancing elements are decomposed, in such a way that the fixed and movable masses will be symmetrically distributed with respect to the axial vertical longitudinal plane of the barrel.
  • two points of attachment B1 are distributed symmetrically on the cradle B on one side and the other 446,132, and in vFrance Fcbruary'll, 1930.
  • the material comprises in the new formjof construction 'two balancing-elelmentsI, J,K, arranged symmetrically with E respect to this plane, each of these balancing elements being formed like the single balancer Vin the examples shown in the main specification, by a cylinder I which in this case is preferably arranged horizontally and forms a projection on the top carriageD, 'and in which moves a piston K.
  • a spring J bears at one end onfthe piston K and at the other end on a shoulder formed in the cylinder I.
  • a platform rotatable about a vertical axis, a cradle pivoted at one end to said platform to oscillate about a horizontal axis, a gun carried by said cradle, means including a pair of elevating sectors rigid with said platform for elevating said gun, counterbalancing means carried by said platform, and cable means for operatively connecting said counterbalancing means with said cradle, said elevating Counterbalancing and connecting means being symmetrically distributed- With respect to a vertical plane passing through the longitudinal axis of said gun.
  • a platform rotatable about a vertical axis, a cradle pivoted at one end to said platform to oscillate' about a horizontal axis, a gun'carried by said ⁇ cradle, means including apair of elevating sectors rigid With said platform for elevating said gun, counterbalancing means carried by said platform including a pair of cylinders, a piston.
  • counterbalancing means carried by said platform including a pair of cylinders, a piston.
  • means for obtaining a static equilibrium of said piece by a symmetrical distribution of the masses on either side of the vertical axial plane of the oscillating mass comprising a pair of elevating sectors rigid with said platform and arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical plane passing through the longitudinal axis of said gun, cable guiding means secured to each of said sectors, a shaft jonrnalled in said platform, a pair of cable reeling devices mounted on said shaft, a pair of cables each secured at one end to said cradle, passing over said cable guiding means and secured at the other ⁇ end to one of said cable reeling devices, a second pair of cable reeling devices secured Vto said shaft, a pair of balancing elements carried by saidrplat-V form, and a second pair of ycables connecting said balancing elements with said second mentioned cable
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US3078766A (en) * 1960-06-08 1963-02-26 Wright K Gannett Equilibrator for a gun

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US3078766A (en) * 1960-06-08 1963-02-26 Wright K Gannett Equilibrator for a gun

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