公开(公告)号：GB1100515A

公开(公告)日：1968-01-24

申请号：GB2452066

申请日：1966-06-01

Applicant: NORRIS INDUSTRIES

Inventor： CHOATE PAUL VINCENT ,  WEEKS CHARLES BAILEY ,  SPINALE FRANK ANTHONY

IPC: F41F3/045 ,  F41F3/077

Abstract: 1,100,515. Rocket launcher. NORRIS INDUSTRIES Inc. 1 June, 1966, No. 24520/66. Heading F3C. A rocket launcher comprises telescopically connected first and second sections, the first section having at one end the breech and being housed, in the inoperative position of the launcher, within the second section. The first section is provided with a rigid member 26 of channel section overlying the second section and, when the sections are extended to the operative position of the launcher, moves relative thereto. The member 26 has attached thereto a spring-loaded latching member 51 which keeps the sections locked either in the inoperative or operative positions of the launcher (Figs. 1, 2, not shown). The first section also includes a firing member 28 comprising a spring-loaded firing pin 29, the firing member 28 being, in the inoperative position of the launcher, connected to the rigid member 26 by a spring latch 34 engaging in apertures in both members and held in position by a sleeve like lock 35. The second section is provided with a firing mechanism which includes a pivoted, spring-loaded trigger 37 associated with a slidable safety device 45 and trigger sears 42. On extension of the two sections the members 26, 28 move together relatively to the second section until a depending stop 51 attached to the second section urges the lock 35 away from the latch 34 and the trigger sears 42 engage laterally projecting shoulders of the firing member 28. Further extension of the two sections causes the rearward edge of the retaining aperture of the member 28 to engage the rearward end of the latch 34 and cam the latch upwardly thus disconnecting the two members. The firing member 28 is thus cocked by the final relatively short movement of the two sections. The safety device 45 when urged away from the trigger 37 in the operative position of the launcher has a portion which is engaged by the latch 34 to lock the safety device in its inoperative position (Fig. 6, not shown). In the inoperative position of the two sections a foresight 55 and a rear sight 58 of the second section are kept in a depressed state against spring loading by the latching member 51 and a housing 18 of the first section.