EP3234494A1 - Target-throwing machine, and the adjustment method thereof - Google Patents
Target-throwing machine, and the adjustment method thereofInfo
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- EP3234494A1 EP3234494A1 EP15807878.2A EP15807878A EP3234494A1 EP 3234494 A1 EP3234494 A1 EP 3234494A1 EP 15807878 A EP15807878 A EP 15807878A EP 3234494 A1 EP3234494 A1 EP 3234494A1
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- rotation
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F41J—TARGETS; TARGET RANGES; BULLET CATCHERS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a target launching machine and a method of adjusting this machine.
- Machines have been known to launch targets for several decades. These machines generally use a rotary arm mounted launch arm, for example by a spring tension system, so that the release of the rotation of the arm, on command, generates a sharp movement of the arm. The latter intercepts a target placed on a projection surface and the target is projected at high speed.
- the machine comprises a target storage magazine, the targets being delivered one by one to the projection surface.
- a store design includes a barrel having a rotational movement.
- the barrel incorporates a plurality of columns each for storing multiple targets in superposition. The rotational movement of the barrel ensures the sequential positioning of one of the columns facing a hole for the delivery of the lowest placed target in the column to the projection surface.
- the sequential rotation of the barrel (whose angular pitch is a function of the number of columns) is coupled to the cycle of rotation of the arm, a cycle of the arm generating a movement of the barrel so as to place a next column next to the hole and thus by this circular movement, gradually empty the columns of the barrel.
- the present invention relates, in one aspect, a machine for launching targets, comprising a frame on which is mounted a support relative to which a cylinder is rotatably mounted along an axis of rotation, the cylinder comprising a plurality of target storage columns in stack, the columns each having a longitudinal axis parallel to the axis of rotation, the frame comprising a target receiving surface for launching, the support having a hole configured to allow the passage of a target from a barrel column to the receiving surface.
- the support comprises a first fixing position relative to the frame, and at least a second fixing position relative to the frame, the first position and the second position having an angular offset in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation. . It is thus possible to adjust the projection direction of the target. This is particularly useful for compensating the effects of the inertia of the target passing through the hole.
- the target in question passes through the hole having previously undergone a force, substantially tangential to the trajectory of the barrel, due to the rotation of the latter.
- the target does not fall on the receiving surface with the sole application of its weight, but also with a component related to its inertia in this movement induced by the rotation of the barrel.
- the target does not reach the receiving surface at the exact right of the hole, but slightly shifted.
- the presence of two angular positions for the support makes it possible to move the position of the hole to take account of the natural shift of the target.
- One application of this adjustment is to allow operation of the machine either in a first direction of rotation of the arm, or in an opposite direction, while keeping the same direction of rotation of the barrel (and thus avoiding having to design and produce barrels dedicated to a unique direction of rotation of the arm).
- the user can use the machine in a direction of rotation of the arm corresponding to that of the barrel, then simply mount the arm (and possibly the receiving surface) so that the arm rotates in the opposite direction and produce a target launch on the other side of the machine.
- the barrel meanwhile, remains in place and its direction of rotation is not changed.
- the position of the target falling on the receiving surface is simply corrected by changing the angular position of the support, so as to take account of the fact that the barrel and the arm turn this time in the opposite direction. This ensures a fixed starting position of the target relative to the arm, on the receiving surface. Only the direction of rotation of the arm is changed.
- the adjustment of a trajectory is obtained by an angular adjustment of the base of the machine vis-à-vis its support. It is a very simple operation and very fast. Changing the position of the barrel to achieve a similar effect would be much longer to implement especially if the machine is filled.
- the invention is also related to a method.
- FIG. 2 which presents this embodiment of the invention with a symmetrical embodiment of the launching of targets
- FIG. 9 which shows the possibility of modifying the trajectory of a target during its loading before launching
- the angular offset is between 2 and 15 ° and preferably 5 °.
- the machine comprises a pivot connection between the support and the chassis along the axis of rotation and a system for immobilizing the movement of the support according to the pivot connection in each of the first position and the second position;
- the distance in the direction of the axis of rotation separating the hole from the receiving surface is configured such that the residual clearance (e) between an upper surface of a target (13) placed on the receiving surface ( 12) a lower surface of the support (2) vis-à-vis the target (13) is less than or equal to 3 mm;
- the support (2) and the receiving surface (12) are parallel;
- the machine comprises a deflector configured to guide a target (13) passing through the hole towards the receiving surface (12);
- the deflector comprises a sloped portion relative to the direction of the axis of rotation, located at the edge of the hole;
- the inclined face is inclined at an angle between 30 ° and 60 ° and preferably 45 ° relative to the direction of the axis of rotation, away from the center of the hole in the direction of the receiving surface;
- a launching arm of a target positioned on the receiving surface is rotatably mounted in a reversible manner, in two directions of rotation;
- a coupling device is configured to produce a rotation of the barrel in a single direction of rotation during a rotation of the arm according to one of the two directions of rotation;
- the receiving surface is mounted on the frame in a first position when the arm is mounted in a first direction of rotation, and in a second position when the arm is rotatably mounted in a second direction of rotation.
- the first position of the support is selected when the arm is rotatably mounted in the first direction of rotation and the second position when the arm is rotatably mounted in the second direction of rotation; the first position and the second position of the support are defined so as to produce the same target launching direction in the first and second direction of rotation of the arm.
- the machine of the invention may comprise a frame 1, for example metal allowing support on the ground or on any other surface of the machine.
- the frame typically has a lower bearing surface and supports a plurality of functional elements for launching the target.
- the chassis receives a motorization 7, preferably electric, allowing by a motion transmission system, to load a spring kinematically connected to a throwing arm 9.
- a controlled trigger system allows to relax the spring and to ensure a sudden movement of the arm 9 so as to produce the launching energy of a target 13.
- geared motors, springs and conventional launch arms is shown in FIGS.
- the throwing arm 9 may have a substantially elongated configuration between a proximal end at which the axis of rotation 1 1 is located and a distal end.
- the angular displacement of the throwing arm 9 is made partly above a receiving surface 12 at which at least one target 13 can be loaded so as to produce the launch.
- the distance offset along the axis of rotation 11 between the launching arm 9 and the receiving surface 12 is adjusted so that the launching arm 9 is applied to the edge of the target 13 to be projected.
- the receiving surface 12 is perpendicular to the axis of rotation 1 January.
- the actuating system of the throwing arm 9 operates in a cyclic manner so that, after the relaxation of the spring, the throwing arm 9 is brought from a rest position to a rearmed position by the intervention of the engine 7.
- the machine advantageously comprises a barrel 3 at which a plurality of targets 13 can be stored. More specifically, the barrel 3 comprises a plurality of columns 4, these columns extending in parallel with each other and being organized in an annular sector, at the periphery of the barrel 3, about an axis 10.
- the number of columns 4 is not limited.
- Each column 4 is for example delimited by rods 5 extending along the axis 10 and serving as a lateral abutment surface to the targets 13 which are stacked in each of the columns 4. Thus sets of targets 13 are superimposed on each other.
- an upper frame 6b is advantageously positioned to connect together all the distal ends of the rods 5.
- the barrel 3 advantageously comprises a lower frame having the same function as the upper frame but to connect the proximal ends of the stems 5.
- the terms "inferior” and “superior” are, unless otherwise provided in this description, to mean a relative position of parts as compared to the action of gravity in the moving targets 13.
- the lower frame 6a defines openings for each column 4 so that a target 13 placed in the lowest position in a column 4 can be extracted from the barrel 3 by its lower end.
- a support 2 allowing the retention of the targets 13 in the columns 4, opposing the gravity.
- the support 2 comprises a retention surface 8, for example in the form of two annular portions extending along the path of the columns 4 about the axis 10 so as to produce a localized support of the lower face of the targets 13 placed in the lowest position of each column 4.
- the retention surface 8 advantageously does not extend along the entire angular movement of the support 2 so as to leave a lower level portion than that of the surfaces at the level of the support 2.
- This part is illustrated in the form of a transfer zone 19 at the level of FIG. 10.
- the barrel 3 is rotatably mounted around the axis 10 so that the columns 4 are progressively advanced according to this rotation movement.
- the rotational movement of the barrel 3 around the axis 10 is carried out sequentially with a step corresponding to 360 ° divided by the number of columns.
- the sequential movement of the barrel 3 is coupled to that of the throwing arm 9 so as to use a common motor for these two kinematics.
- each launching cycle of the arm 9 generates a movement of the barrel 3 sequentially by a determined step as a function of the number of columns 4.
- the support 2 comprises, as represented in particular in FIG. 10, a hole 14 through which a target 13 can pass from a column 4 of the barrel 3 towards the receiving surface 12.
- the hole 14 is situated on the trajectory of the columns 4 so that successively one of the columns 4 comes, at its lower end, facing the hole 14. In this way, the target 13 located lowest in the column 4 in hole 14 can cross the latter and move to the receiving surface 12. During this movement, a retention system of the other targets 13 of the column 4 in question is provided.
- the target 13 which is located lowest in one of the columns 4 moves during the successive movements of rotation of the barrel 3 around the axis 10, the target 13 being retained, against its gravity, by the retention surfaces 8.
- the target 13 of the column 4 in question progressively reaches the transfer zone 19.
- the latter is advantageously located at a level of height less than the 8.
- FIG. 7 the target 13 considered decreasing progressively in the direction of the transfer zone 19.
- the target 13 is shifted relative to the rest of the stack of targets of the column 4 considered and continues its movement, in the trigonometrical direction towards the hole 14.
- the target 13 passes through the hole 14 and is found by its fall on the receiving surface 12.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 In particular, in FIG. the target 13 is located on the transfer zone 19 and, continuing to be driven by the rotation of the barrel 3, gradually arrives at the hole 14. When the target 13 is sufficiently above the hole 14, it goes to 6. By gravity, the target 13 thus passes from the support 2 to the receiving surface 12. The result obtained is illustrated in FIG. 7.
- FIGS. 5 to 7 illustrates this advance of the target 13 and its descent on the receiving surface 12 and further schematizes an offset between the situation of the target 13 at the end of its course, resting on the receiving surface 12 in FIG. 7 shows a distance L- ⁇ between the upstream edge of the hole 14 relative to the direction of rotation of the barrel 3 and the upstream edge of the slice of the target 13 on the surface of the hole 14. 12.
- the distance L- ⁇ reflects that the kinetic energy of the target 13 has caused a shift relative to the right of the hole
- the offset between the support 2 and the receiving surface 12 is very small, in the direction of the axis of rotation 10, so as to produce a significant decrease in the lateral offset between the hole 14 and the upstream edge of the target 13.
- the effect of this distance reduction between the support 2 and the receiving surface 12 is illustrated in FIG. 8 with an offset L 2 greatly decreased.
- the offset between the support 2 at the hole 14 and the receiving surface 12 is such that the residual clearance between the lower surface of the support 2 and the upper surface of the target 13 positioned on the receiving surface 12 is less than at 3 mm and preferably less than 2 mm. This dimension is marked "e" in Figure 8.
- the height of the target 13 may be of the order of 20 to 30 mm and for example of the order of 25 mm.
- An offset of 27 mm between the lower face of the support 2 at the area of the hole 14 and the upper face of the receiving surface 12 provides a residual clearance "e" of 2 mm.
- the offset can be set at the manufacturing stage.
- an offset adjustment system may be incorporated.
- the present invention may have, at the hole 14, a deflector 16 configured to limit the movement component of the target 13 passing through the hole 14 directed in the plane of the support 2.
- the deflector 16 has a configuration allowing a support on an area of the outer periphery of the target 13 to force the displacement the target 13 downwards, that is to say along the axis of rotation 10.
- the deflector 16 promotes the component of movements along the axis of rotation 10 for the target 13 by opposing the component perpendicular thereto by the support on the deflector 16.
- the deflector 16 comprises an inclined flat surface, this inclination going out of the hole 14 when passing from the support 2 to the receiving surface 12.
- An example of The deflector 16 is shown in FIG. 9. The position of the latter on the support 2 appears in particular in FIG. 10, in which figure the deflector 16 is situated at the edge of the hole 14.
- FIG. 11 presents another view of the deflector 16 in FIG. bottom view of the support 2.
- the inclination of the deflector is preferably between 30 ° and 60 ° and in particular 45 °.
- the deflector limits the advance of the target 13 on the receiving surface 12 during its fall.
- the offset between the hole 14 and the target 13 is further limited as reflected by the distance L 3 shown in FIG. 9.
- FIGS. 1 and 3 show a first mode of use of the machine of the invention wherein the throwing arm 9 is mounted so as to have a rotation in a clockwise direction, the barrel 3 operating in the trigonometric direction.
- FIGS. 2 and 4 illustrate another mode of use of the machine of the invention in which the barrel 3 continues to rotate in the counterclockwise direction but in which the throwing arm 9 rotates in the trigonometric direction and no longer in the direction schedule.
- the targets are projected from the left of the machine while they are projected by the right in the case of Figures 2 and 4.
- the present invention requires only slight modifications and in particular preferably the inversion of the throwing arm 9 and the receiving surface 12.
- the present invention does not imply a modification of the system for storing and loading the targets on the receiving surface 12 and in particular the barrel 3 is not modified.
- the barrel 3 continues to rotate in the same direction.
- At least one of the previously described aspects relating to the height difference between the support 2 and the receiving surface 12 and the presence of a deflector 16 is implemented so that, whatever the direction of rotation of the launching arm 9, the target 13 is brought on the receiving surface 12 almost from the hole 14 so that the inversion of the direction of rotation of the arm 9 does not influence the launch of the target 13.
- the present invention may include a capacity of adjustment of the machine so as to modify the relative angular position between the support 2 and the frame 1 and compensate for the effect of the change of rotation of the arm 9.
- the support 2 is mountable on the frame 1 between a first position and at least a second position, these two positions having an angular offset along the axis of rotation 10 of the barrel or an axis which is parallel thereto.
- the latter preferably comprises a first anchoring zone 17 and at least a second anchoring zone 18 at which the support 2 may alternatively be fixed on the frame 1.
- the first and second anchoring zones 17, 18 may be holes passing through the support 2 and making it possible to constitute a point of attachment of the support 2 relative to the chassis 1. Nevertheless, an oblong hole or another mode of continuous adjustment of the angle of the support may be suitable.
- it also takes advantage of the holes 17, 18, to carry out the mounting of the axis of rotation 1 1 of the arm 9.
- the axis of rotation 10 of the barrel is advantageously parallel to the axis of rotation 1 1 of the arm.
- the angular displacement between the support 2 and the frame 1 operates around an axis parallel to the two previous ones.
- the pivot of the support 2 between the two angular positions preferably operates along an axis parallel to that of rotation of the barrel 3.
- FIG. 10 shows an example of the location of the pivot axis 20 of the support 2.
- the result of the invention is particularly surprising insofar as although using a barrel 3 always rotating in the same direction of rotation, one can realize two machine configurations (rotation of the trigger arm 9 trigonometric or hourly) without to disturb the direction of the shot.
- two machine configurations rotation of the trigger arm 9 trigonometric or hourly
- the firing direction is unchanged in that the trajectories from these two modes of operation of the machine are parallel.
- the effect of the shift of the target 13 during its fall on the reception surface 12 has thus been completely annihilated.
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