U.S. patent application number 12/069265 was filed with the patent office on 2008-11-13 for cartridge chamber.
This patent application is currently assigned to Oerlikon Contraves AG. Invention is credited to Marcos Trigo.
Application Number | 20080276795 12/069265 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 38222644 |
Filed Date | 2008-11-13 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080276795 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Trigo; Marcos |
November 13, 2008 |
Cartridge chamber
Abstract
Cooling channels are milled on the peripheral surface of the
individual cartridge chamber(s). Milling the cooling channels on
the freely accessible surface makes it possible to simplify
production.
Inventors: |
Trigo; Marcos; (Steinhausen,
DE) |
Correspondence
Address: |
WOLFF & SAMSON, P.C.
ONE BOLAND DRIVE
WEST ORANGE
NJ
07052
US
|
Assignee: |
Oerlikon Contraves AG
|
Family ID: |
38222644 |
Appl. No.: |
12/069265 |
Filed: |
February 8, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
89/14.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F41A 21/24 20130101;
F41A 21/12 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
89/14.1 |
International
Class: |
F41A 21/24 20060101
F41A021/24 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Feb 9, 2007 |
DE |
10 2007 007 148.7 |
Claims
1. A cartridge chamber for a weapon or revolver cannon, wherein at
least one cooling channel is milled on a peripheral surface of the
cartridge chamber.
2. The cartridge chamber in accordance with claim 1, wherein at
least two cooling channels are milled in the surface.
3. The cartridge chamber in accordance with claim 1, wherein the
cooling channel is helically milled in the surface.
4. The cartridge chamber in accordance with claim 1, wherein both a
length and a width of the cooling channels are individually
selectable.
5. The cartridge chamber in accordance with claim 1, wherein
several channels are present which are uniformly distributed on the
peripheral surface.
6. The cartridge chamber in accordance with claim 1, wherein the
milled channels are present in one section of the cartridge
chamber.
7. The cartridge chamber in accordance with claim 1, wherein the
cooling channels are closed upon themselves.
8. The cartridge chamber in accordance with claim 1, wherein the
cooling channels are helically milled as a single channel.
9. A method for providing cooling channels in a cartridge chamber
for a weapon or a revolver cannon, comprising the step of milling
at least one cooling channel in a peripheral surface of the
cartridge chamber.
10. A method according to claim 9, including helically milling the
cooling channel in the surface.
11. A method according to claim 9, including milling the channels
in only one section of the cartridge chamber.
12. A method according to claim 9, including milling several
channels uniformly distributed on the peripheral surface.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention concerns a cartridge chamber with cooling
channels.
[0002] A drum-type barrel weapon is known, for example, from DE 195
01 003 C2, and a drum revolver is known from DE 196 24 400 A1.
[0003] EP 0 731 330 B1 discloses a revolver drum of a revolver
cannon and a cooling device. Proceeding from U.S. Pat. No.
2,801,575, it is proposed that connecting tubes be integrated
between individual cooling channels.
[0004] A disadvantage is that these channels and connecting lines
are produced by expensive deep-hole drilling, which also includes
unnecessary access drill holes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] Therefore, the objective of the invention is to provide a
different means of creating the cooling channels.
[0006] Pursuant to his objective, one aspect of the present
invention resides in a cartridge chamber for a weapon or a revolver
cannon, wherein at least one cooling channel is milled on a
peripheral surface of the cartridge chamber. In one embodiment of
the invention at least two cooling channels are milled on the
surface. In another embodiment, the cooling channel is helically
milled in the surface.
[0007] In still another embodiment, the length and the width of the
cooling channels can be individually selected.
[0008] Milled channels are present in one section of the cartridge
chamber. The cooling channels can be closed on themselves or can be
helically milled as a single channel.
[0009] The invention is based on the idea of adapting the drum
cooling to the geometry of the drum and of milling the cooling
channels on the surface of the individual cartridge chamber(s). In
this way, the cooling channels can be milled on the freely
accessible surface, and the disadvantages enumerated above are
eliminated.
[0010] Not only is production simplified, but also a better seal is
created. In addition, a greater number of cooling channels can be
provided, and the length of the channels can be made variable.
Moreover, a better cooling capacity can be realized by a more
uniform distribution of the cooling channels.
[0011] The solution is suitable for all weapons and cannons whose
cartridge chambers can be manufactured from a separate part and
which are installed in a cannon tube or modular revolver cannon in
a subsequent production process.
[0012] The invention is explained in greater detail below with
reference to the specific embodiment illustrated in the
drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0013] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cartridge chamber.
[0014] FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view of the cartridge chamber
of FIG. 1.
[0015] FIG. 3 shows a graph of the milled recess.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0016] FIG. 1 as well as FIG. 2 shows a stylized view of a
cartridge chamber 1 with cooling channels 3 milled on the periphery
or on the peripheral surface 2. The cooling channels 3 are
preferably located in only one section of the cartridge chamber 1.
These cooling channels 3 can be closed upon themselves or can also
be helically milled as a single channel.
[0017] The cartridge chamber 1 can be part of a drum (not shown)
with several cartridge chambers.
[0018] FIG. 3 shows a possible course of the milled recesses on the
periphery 2 of the cartridge chamber 1 from FIGS. 1 and 2.
[0019] Although the present invention has been described in
relation to particular embodiments thereof, many other variations
and modifications and other uses will become apparent to those
skilled in the art. It is preferred, therefore, that the present
invention be limited but by the specific disclosure herein, but
only by the appended claims.
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