Ejection apparatus comprises an axially extending manifold that is immobilized with respect to a platform; a pressure vessel containing pressurized gas which is in fluid communication with the manifold; a plurality of hollow tubes in fluid communication with the manifold and which distally extend at an angle of less than 90 degrees from a longitudinal axis of the manifold; and a plurality of projectiles, each of which formed with a rod that is receivable in a corresponding one of the tubes. The pressurized gas, upon flowing through each of the tubes, applies a force onto a corresponding projectile that causes each of the plurality of projectiles to be ejected from the corresponding tube and to be propelled for a predetermined distance.
EJECTION APPARATUS
2025-06-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
NTIS | 1966
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