Volley gun

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9702660-B1
Application number	US-201615051702-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 24, 2016
Priority date	Feb 24, 2016
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A gun having at least two barrels wherein each barrel is adapted to receive at least one projectile. The barrels are attached to a gun body having a gun chamber adapted to receive a propelling charge. An interface between the gun chamber and the barrels selectively connects the gun chamber with one or more of the barrels to fire a variable number of projectiles at variable velocities.

First claim

I claim:

1. A gun comprising:
at least three barrels, each barrel adapted to receive at least one projectile,
a gun body, a gun chamber formed in said gun body and adapted to receive a propelling charge, an interface which selectively connects said gun chamber with one or more of said barrels, wherein said interface comprises a valve disposed between said gun chamber and said barrels wherein said valve is mounted in said gun body wherein said valve comprises a valve member rotatable about an axis parallel to an axis of said barrels, said valve member having at least two axially extending openings which selectively connect said gun chamber with one or more barrels depending on the rotational position of said valve member, wherein said interface comprises a tubular plunger open at one end to said gun chamber and axially slidably movable in said gun body, said plunger having a plurality of openings which selectively connect an interior of said plunger to one or more barrels through passageways in said gun body depending on the axial position of said plunger.

2. The gun as defined in claim 1 wherein said plunger is movable in a direction parallel to an axis of said barrels.

3. The gun as defined in claim 1 wherein as said plunger moves axially, said plunger changes an effective volume of said gun chamber.

4. The gun as defined in claim 1 wherein said propelling charge comprises an ignitable explosive charge.

5. The gun as defined in claim 1 wherein said plunger is closed at its other end.

Assignees

• U S Army Res Laboratory Attn: Rdrl-Loc-I
• Us Army

Inventors

• Dutton Todd A

Classifications

• F41A21/06

  Plural barrels · CPC title

• F41F1/08 Primary

  Multibarrel guns, e.g. twin guns · CPC title

• F41A21/12

  Cartridge chambers; Chamber liners (F41A3/74, F41A9/46, F41A21/04 take precedence) · CPC title

• F42C19/0807

  characterised by the particular configuration of the transmission channels from the priming energy source to the charge to be ignited, e.g. multiple channels, nozzles, diaphragms or filters · CPC title

• F41A1/00

  Missile propulsion characterised by the use of explosive or combustible propellant charges (projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B; launching rockets or torpedoes F41F3/00; missile self-propulsion F42B15/00) · CPC title