Patent · US Expired

Weapon barrel

US6314857A · kind A · utility

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8References

6Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Rheinmetall W & M GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Schmidt · Kirchberg, CH
Berthold Baumann · Unterlüß, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 2000
Grant date	Nov 13, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41A21/44
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A weapon barrel includes a liner having first and second circumferential regions; a jacket surrounding the liner; and an arrangement for effecting a heat transfer outwardly from the liner at a greater rate from the first circumferential region than from the second circumferential region.

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