초록 ▼

A launcher for a ring airfoil includes a magazine assembly holding a plurality of ring airfoils. The magazine assembly is coupled to a launching mechanism, and the launching mechanism provides an indexing motion to the magazine assembly. In use, the setting action of the launching mechanism indexes

A launcher for a ring airfoil includes a magazine assembly holding a plurality of ring airfoils. The magazine assembly is coupled to a launching mechanism, and the launching mechanism provides an indexing motion to the magazine assembly. In use, the setting action of the launching mechanism indexes the magazine assembly allowing a ring airfoil to engage with the launching mechanism for subsequent launching. Additional ring airfoils may be launched by repeated actuation of the launching mechanism without reloading the magazine assembly with ring airfoils.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim:] [1.] A launcher for annular flying rings, each ring having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, and the launcher comprising:a housing;a magazine assembly supported within the housing and formed with a plurality of cells, each cell sized to receive an annular flying ring for launchin

[ We claim:] [1.] A launcher for annular flying rings, each ring having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, and the launcher comprising:a housing;a magazine assembly supported within the housing and formed with a plurality of cells, each cell sized to receive an annular flying ring for launching from the launcher;a launching mechanism secured within the housing, the launching mechanism comprising an indexing assembly coupled to the magazine assembly and including an indexing tab that engages a cam formed on the magazine assembly for selectively indexing the magazine through a plurality of positions, wherein in each position one of the plurality of cells is aligned with a launch chuck, andthe launch chuck moveable with respect to the magazine assembly to engage a ring disposed in the one cell, the launch chuck further coupled to a source of launching energy to launch the ring with both translational and rotational energy.