Torque assist device for a multi-barrel weapon
CA 1250475 A · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Hillman, Charles E.
Overview
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Abstract From the Canadian patent
There is provided for a Gatling type gun a, muzzle brake torque assist device having a plurality of radial flow turbines, each centered on a respective gun barrel of the gun, each turbine for providing a respective pure torque centered on the respective barrel, and which torques translate into a summation torque centered on the longitudinal axis of the cluster of barrels without generating any lateral loads on the stationary portions of the gun.
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- Granted February 28, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 28, 2006.
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