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Sealing apparatus for exclusion of water from underwater gun barrels

US5687501A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 1996
Grant dateNov 18, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41A35/02
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sealing apparatus which may be mounted on multi or single barreled guns disclosed to provide a watertight seal on an underwater gun. The sealing apparatus comprises a sealing plate connected to a gun barrel and a muzzle seal which fit on the muzzle of the gun barrel and frictionally engages the sealing plate. The sealing plate includes a firing aperture which aligns with the gun barrel when the gun is fired.

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