Electronic firing of caseless propellant for a ballistic impeller golf club
US8900065B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B2071/0694
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A unique quiet reliable golf club capable of driving a golf ball varying distances utilizing a case-less propellant formulation, fired electronically without swinging the club. The golf club contains multiple loads of case-less propellant formulation in a shaft magazine capable of playing an entire game of golf without reloading. The striker piston and cylinder are disposed within the golf club head casting that contains a silencing chamber to lower the db output level. The striker piston is propelled outward by a high pressure case-less propellant gas injected into a vortex generator, located at the breech end of the cylinder. The vortex generator disperses the gas according to a desired distance setting of a ball travel distance scale. The one piece striker piston is sealed with a piston ring and is movable on a hard-coat cylinder-bearing surface that eliminates lubrication.
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