4924752 : Drive system for a
Gatling type gun
| INVENTORS: |
Tassie;
Douglas P., St. George, VT
Folsom; Mark F., St. George, VT
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| ASSIGNEES: |
General Electric
Company, Burlington, VT |
| ISSUED: |
May 15, 1990 |
FILED: |
Dec. 3 , 1984 |
| SERIAL
NUMBER: |
677415 |
FEE STATUS: |
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| INTL.
CLASS (Ed. 5): |
F41D 7/04; |
| U.S.
CLASS: |
089-160; 089-012; |
| FIELD
OF SEARCH: |
089-9,11,12,159,160 ; |
| AGENTS: |
Kuch; Bailin L.; |
ABSTRACT:
A gun system is provided which includes a Gatling
type gun having a housing with a ring gear, a
rotor with a cluster of gun barrels, a gun gas
drive mechanism with a cylinder, a piston, and
a crank with a pinion meshed with the ring gear.
U.S.
REFERENCES:
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Patentee |
Issue Date |
| 4046056 |
Carrie |
Sep. 1 , 1977 |
| 2849921 * |
Otto |
Sep. 1 , 1958 |
| 3535979 |
Ashley |
Oct. 1 , 1979 |
| 3407701 * |
Chiabrandy |
Oct. 1 , 1968 |
| 3991650 |
Garland et al. |
Nov. 1 , 1976 |
| 3703122 |
Farrington |
Nov. 1 , 1972 |
| 3568563 |
Folsom |
Mar. 1 , 1971 |
| 3311022 * |
Bernard et al. |
Mar. 1 , 1967 |
| 2756639 * |
Bird |
July 1 , 1956 |
| 4004490 |
Dix et al. |
Jan. 1 , 1977 |
| 4342253 |
Kirkpatrick et al. |
Aug. 1 , 1982 |
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| No patents reference this one
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* some details unavailable
2 CLAIMS: First Claim
Shown (Show all claims)
What is claimed is:
- 1. A gun system including:
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- a rotor including a cluster, of
gun barrels disposed in an
annular row, journaled for
rotation about a longitudinal
axis with respect to said
housing, each barrel having a
projectile passing bore in which
a respective round of ammunition
is fired in sequence during
rotation of said rotor;
- a gun gas drive mechanism coupled
to and between said rotor and
said housing for receiving gun
gas from said gun barrels and for
thereby rotating said rotor with
respect to said housing;
- a cylinder fixed to and rotating
with said rotor,
- a crank journaled to said
rotor for rotation with
said rotor about said
rotor longitudinal axis
and for rotation relative
to said rotor about a
crank axis which is
perpendicular to said
rotor longitudinal axis.
- a pinion gear fixed to
said crank for rotation
therewith about said
crank axis,
- a piston having a head
disposed and reciprocable
within said cylinder and
defining a chamber in
said cylinder and a rod
coupled to said crank
whereby reciprocation of
said piston causes
rotation of said crank
about said crank axis,
- a ring gear fixed to said
housing and meshed with
said pinion gear whereby
rotation of said crank
about said crank axis
provides rotation of said
rotor about said rotor
longitudinal axis.
RELATED
U.S. APPLICATIONS: none
FOREIGN
REFERENCES: none
OTHER
REFERENCES:
- USAF T.O.11W1-28-8-2 issued Jul. 1, 1976,
cover page, pp. 1-1 to 1-5 and 3-1 to
3-4.
- "Machine Design," 9/29/83, p.
159.
PRIMARY/ASSISTANT
EXAMINERS: Bentley; Stephen C.;
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