Patent · US Expired

Arrangement for holding an aiming device on a gun barrel

US4739559A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Krupp MaK Maschinenbau GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heinz Hohensee · Kiel, DE
Walter Jakob · Heikendorf, DE
Peter Muller · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 24, 1987
Grant date	Apr 26, 1988
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2007

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41A21/325
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for releasably holding an aiming device on a gun barrel, which includes a sleeve-shaped holder arranged to be placed on the gun barrel and to thereby hold the aiming device on said the barrel; and a pressure fluid supply device arranged to supply a pressure fluid to the holder so that the holder expands and moves on the gun barrel, and also to thereafter remove the pressure fluid from the holder, so that the holder subsequently shrinks and becomes fixed on the gun barrel.

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