Patent · US Expired

Electrothermal acceleration device

US4957035A · kind A · utility

16Cited by

5References

12Claims

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Armin Eskam · Langenfeld, DE
Gunter Frye · Erkrath, DE
Herbert Krumm · Kaarst, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 12, 1989
Grant date	Sep 18, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 12, 2009

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41B6/00
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electrothermal acceleration device, having a housing with a breechblock at one end, wherein a plasma burner disposed at the breechblock includes a plurality of plasma channels which are arranged so as to be electrically insulated from one another and from the housing. Preferably, the plasma burner has a conical shape so as to realize good gas tightness.

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