Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rocket extraction device and method
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Application No.: US14825769Application Date: 2015-08-13
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Publication No.: US09909837B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Michael Harvey Gainer
- Applicant: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agency: U.S. Army
- Agent Kristin Kohler
- Main IPC: F41F3/058
- IPC: F41F3/058 ; F41F3/073

Abstract:
A rocket extraction device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device comprises an upper and a lower casing; an interior cutout in each of the upper and lower casings, the interior cutouts having contours matching exterior surface contours of a rocket fuze; an upper fuze clamp and a lower fuze clamp disposed respectively within the upper and lower casings, each upper and lower fuze clamp having interior surface contours matching exterior surface contours of the rocket fuze; a clamp adjustment screw onto which the upper fuze clamp is mountable; an adjustment wheel mountable at the exterior end of the clamp adjustment screw by which the clamp adjustment screw and the upper fuse clamp are movable to secure the upper and lower fuze clamps to the fuze and force the fuze into the contours of the lower fuze clamp and the interior cutout of the lower casing to lock the fuze into the rocket extraction device. There is an eyebolt or similar type device mountable to the exterior of the rocket extraction device, to which force is applied to remove a rocket from a storage tube. In another embodiment, the method comprises attaching the rocket extraction device securely to a fuze on a rocket and pulling on the rocket extraction device to remove the rocket from a storage tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170045323A1 Rocket Extraction Device and Method Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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