GB649480A - Device for discharging rockets from aircraft - Google Patents

Device for discharging rockets from aircraft

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Publication number
GB649480A
GB649480A GB23554/48A GB2355448A GB649480A GB 649480 A GB649480 A GB 649480A GB 23554/48 A GB23554/48 A GB 23554/48A GB 2355448 A GB2355448 A GB 2355448A GB 649480 A GB649480 A GB 649480A
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Prior art keywords
rockets
igniter
container
stay
closed
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GB23554/48A
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Saab Bofors AB
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Bofors AB
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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
    • F41A19/00—Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/58—Electric firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/64—Electric firing mechanisms for automatic or burst-firing mode
    • F41A19/65—Electric firing mechanisms for automatic or burst-firing mode for giving ripple fire, i.e. using electric sequencer switches for timed multiple-charge launching, e.g. for rocket launchers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
    • F41F3/04—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets
    • F41F3/06—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets from aircraft
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
    • F41F3/04—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets
    • F41F3/06—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets from aircraft
    • F41F3/065—Rocket pods, i.e. detachable containers for launching a plurality of rockets

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Fire-Extinguishing By Fire Departments, And Fire-Extinguishing Equipment And Control Thereof (AREA)
  • Automotive Seat Belt Assembly (AREA)

Abstract

649,480. Discharging rockets from aircraft. AKTIEBOLAGET BOFORS. Sept. 7, 1948, No. 23554. Convention date, Nov. 7, 1947. [Class 9 (ii)] A device for discharging rockets comprises a container 1 fitted with discharge tubes 2 each housing a rocket, the container being of cylindrical form and provided with a detachable streamlined nose-piece. The tubes are rigidly fixed in the casing and to each other. At the forward end the container or casing is closed by a nosepiece made in two halves 3, 4 having loops 5 engaging hooks 6 on the casing, the halves being held together by brackets 7, 8 connected by a cylinder 9. The cylinder contains an explosive charge 12, e.g. black powder and is closed by cap-pieces 10, 11. One cap-piece 10 accommodates an electric igniter 13, while the other piece is secured by a weak pin 14. The rear of the container is closed by a torpedo-shaped cap 15 having a loose tip 16. The container is secured to an aeroplane by vertical stays 17, 18 connected by stays 19, 20. The rockets are discharged by closing the circuit to the igniter 13 in the cylinder 9, thereby forcing off the endpiece 3, 4 and closing the circuit to discharge the rockets. The rockets are discharged in groups, the grouping being arranged to cause the minimum disturbance to adjacent rockets. The first rocket discharged blows off the tip 16 and subsequently the cap 15 bursts. The rear stay 18, Fig. 4, contains a charge 21 and an electric igniter 22, the stay being weakened by a groove 23, so that on firing the igniter 22 the stay fractures. When all the rockets have been discharged the circuit to the igniter 22 is closed, the charge 21 fired and the stay 18 fractured, whereupon the stay 17 becomes detached and the whole casing falls away from the aircraft. A safety device may be provided so that the circuit to the igniter 13 will not close until the two halves of the nose-piece have been closed together and an insulating member withdrawn.
GB23554/48A 1947-11-07 1948-09-07 Device for discharging rockets from aircraft Expired GB649480A (en)

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SE649480X 1947-11-07

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GB649480A true GB649480A (en) 1951-01-24

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