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Gas Projection Device that can take many external forms that simulate military munitions being exploded and that contain features that enhance the sound of the explosion and the appearance of smoke and attendant percussion. Such device can be controlled by many different means including electronic r

Gas Projection Device that can take many external forms that simulate military munitions being exploded and that contain features that enhance the sound of the explosion and the appearance of smoke and attendant percussion. Such device can be controlled by many different means including electronic remote control.

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What is claimed is: 1. A gas projector device comprising a substantially air tight barrel or chamber which contains at least one exit port through the wall of the barrel, the passage through which is controlled by a valve, which may be a burst disk, that can open substantially instantaneously, and

What is claimed is: 1. A gas projector device comprising a substantially air tight barrel or chamber which contains at least one exit port through the wall of the barrel, the passage through which is controlled by a valve, which may be a burst disk, that can open substantially instantaneously, and a gas that is at a pressure substantially greater than the ambient pressure outside the barrel, and when the said valve opens substantially instantaneously, the said gas that is at pressure in the barrel, is released through such valve, and collides with the ambient air outside the barrel, and does so with sufficient force to cause a sonic report, and the remaining gas in the barrel, entrains some or all payload material matter that may be located within the barrel, and transports it out of the barrel, through the said valve. 2. A gas projector device comprising a substantially air tight barrel which contains: at least one exit port through the wall of the barrel, the passage through which is controlled by a valve, which can be a burst disk, that can open substantially instantaneously, and a gas that is at a pressure substantially greater than the ambient pressure outside the barrel, and a vortex generator proximal to the exit port and said valve, such that one or more vortexes are created by the vortex generator when said gas is released substantially instantaneously by said valve, creating a pulse of gas that is suitable for the creation of a vortex, when passed through that particular vortex generator, and such vortexes may carry payload, away from the device, and or create percussive impacts that can be perceived by persons that are in their path. 3. The gas projector device of claim 1, wherein two or more resonant cavities are harmonically tuned, and one cavity is used to pump the other, by the device of intermittent pulses, created in the first cavity, causing an upward cascade of harmonic resonances in the second cavity, and which at some predetermined energy pressure, is released out of the barrel by opening the said valve or selecting a burst disk that is designed to open substantially instantaneously at a range of said predetermined energy pressures, causing one or more loud reports. 4. The gas projector device of claim 1, wherein a sonic energy concentrator is located adjacent to the said exit port, and the said sonic concentrator shapes and/or intensifies the sound and accelerates and/or intensifies the sonic shock front, at and after the valve, or burst disk is substantially instantaneously opened, releasing the pressurized gas into the ambient air. 5. The gas projector device of claim 1, wherein the sonic concentrator forms substantially one end of a resonant chamber or column, the opposite end being substantially formed by the said valve, which can be a burst disk, that opens substantially instantaneously, and such resonant chamber or column enhances the propagation of sound energy projecting from and adjacent to the said port(s). 6. The gas projector device of claim 1, wherein the sonic concentrator forms a sound and pressure reflector and/or deflector that directs and redirects sound from inside the exit port of the barrel, through the said valve and port(s) to the exterior of the barrel. 7. The gas projector device of claim 1, wherein the said valve can be comprised of a bursting disk, including a slotted bursting disk that substantially instantaneously releases the gas pressure within the barrel when the pressure in the chamber increases to a predetermined range of pressures and the out rushing gas causes a sonic report when it collides with the relatively still ambient air. 8. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein the flow of pressurized gas through the chamber, attendant with the opening of the said valve, fluidizes that particulate matter or other matter, within the chamber and then entrains and transports the said matter through the said port and valve, in combination with directing and deflecting means. 9. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein the bursting disk is part of a burst hat container that contains a particular payload, in a particular amount, the contents of which can be accessed by tearing, peeling away, or opening a cover, and then either emptying the contents into the chamber or placing the whole burst hat container, before or after partly or wholly opening the same, into a sealing receptacle such as a burst seal, such that the burst disk is approximately normal to the direction of the flow of gas through the disk, when it bursts. 10. The gas proiector device in claim 1, wherein the burst hat container has a channel defined within it, for example by inserting within it a tubular or channel member, and/or by impressing a channel within the material and perhaps stabilizing the said channel chemically, or such channel is imparted into it by, or supported, by pressing it onto a tubular member extending from the sonic concentrator, and/or the cartridge holder. 11. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein one or more of the devices are combined with a belt or sash that simulates a suicide bomber's vest, belt, sash or other garment. 12. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein one or more of the devices are simultaneously or at separate times ignited by remote control means that may be wired or wirelessly connected to controllers that the operator can manipulate. 13. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein the compressed gas is delivered to the interior of the said barrel, from compressed gas cartridges or supplies that are located inside or outside the barrel, and such gas is released into the interior of the barrel by opening a gas supply valve or piercing a seal in such container, and such released gas raises the pressure of the gas in the interior of the barrel, and such gas is directed first to the valve, which can be a burst disk, virtually free of any payload to produce the highest velocity collision between the gas that is first substantially instantaneously released by the valve, and the ambient air outside the barrel, and any remaining gas in the said barrel may float payload within the chamber, and may entra ins some or all of such payload and carry it outside the gas projector. 14. The gas projector device in claim 1, which may resemble a mortar, wherein the compressed gas is delivered to the interior of the said barrel, from compressed gas cartridges or supplies that are located inside or outside the barrel, and such gas is released into the interior of the barrel by opening a gas supply valve or piercing a seal in such container, which may be initiated by the downward force of the gas projector being dropped in a container, which may resemble a mortar tube, and the bottom of the said container has a projection that first comes in contact with a part of the gas projector, that causes the gas, under pressure, to be released into the barrel, and such released gas raises the pressure of the gas in the interior of the barrel, and prior to the burst disk bursting, or the valve in its place opening substantially instantaneously, such gas is directed to both the top and the bottom of that part of the payload that is a plug or nosecone, substantially simultaneously, creating volumes of substantially equal pressure at the top and bottom of the nosecone, and this equal pressure, tending to keep the nosecone in place relative to the payload tube, perhaps in addition to points of contact between the top of the nosecone and the underside of the burst disk, and the gas that is delivered to the top of the nosecone, is delivered between the walls of the chamber and the payload tube, and little gas passes directly between the lumen of the payload tube and the facing side of the nosecone, due to the small space between them as well as perhaps, sliding seals, such as "O" rings located at intervals around the nosecone, and the gas that is delivered to the top of the nosecone passes through at least one port in the payload tube, that allows the gas to travel to the top surface of the nosecone, which in some preferred embodiments has the shape and functions as a sonic energy concentrator, and when the burst disk bursts, or the valve in its place opens, substantially instantaneously, the gas volume, between the nosecone and the bottom side of the burst disk, suddenly accelerates, unencumbered by payload, collides with the relatively still ambient air, and the pressure on top of the nosecone almost immediately drops, relative to the pressure acting on the bottom surface of the nosecone, and only then, the nosecone accelerates in the direction of relatively low pressure and out of the payload tube, and out of the gas projector, and as the nosecone moves out of the payload tube, the nosecone covers the port(s) that transmitted the gas to the top of the nosecone, substantially cutting off any further gas being transmitted to any volume not acting directly on the bottom of the payload, including the nosecone, and from this point in time, all gas pressure is then substantially, exclusively applied to the bottom of the nosecone, and other payload, and the nosecone and other payload if any are expelled from the payload tube. 15. The gas projector device in claim 4, wherein the bursting disk is of the split variety, permitting repeated pulses, and distal to the said split bursting disk maybe located a vortex generator that converts the said pulses of gas into a string of vortexes, and which said string of vortexes can transport particular matter and/or create a series of percussive impacts that can be felt by persons in their path and safely simulate explosive events of real ordinance. 16. The gas projector device in claim 1, having at least one "O" ring that acts as a valve preventing payload from back flowing from the barrel into the gas delivery channel(s), by elastically constricting and sealing said channels, which terminate in a annular groove, in which the "O" ring resides, and the "O" ring is sized so that it elastically seals the end of the channels, but when the gas in the said channel(s) presses against the inside surface of the "O" ring with such force that it exceeds a predetermine threshold pressure, the "O" ring will expand radially a sufficient amount to permit the gas to pass by the "O" ring, but when the said pressure falls bellow the said threshold, the "O" will reseal the channel(s), and prevent any backflow of payload into the channel, and the annular ring in which the "O" ring resides, is shaped so that even when the "O" ring expands sufficiently to allow the pressurized gas to pass out of the channel into the barrel, the "O" ring will still be within the groove's sloped and converging sides, or pegs, and when the said gas pressure drops below the said threshold, these sloped and converging sides or pegs guide the "O" ring back to the part of the groove it occupies when it seals the channel(s). 17. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein vanes and deflectors form part of the gas projector and direct, and redirect the flow of gas as it exits the said valve or bursting disk, in various patterns and directions. 18. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein the lance that pierces the seal of the compressed gas cartridge, or opens the valve of the said cartridge, includes channels that allow the gas to escape the cartridge and be redirected directly or indirectly into the barrel of the said projector device, and the lance is fitted with a rim or fins that prevent the escaping gas and condensate from entering the piston or mechanism that actuates the said lance. 19. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein the sonic energy concentrator and/or reflector has cup which fits over the compressed gas cartridge, which positions it in relation to the valve or burst disk to create a separate resonant chamber or column. 20. The gas projector device in claim 1, produces realistic smoke clouds by aerating and floating payload that is comprised of fine particular matter such as talc or baby powder, and entrain ing it with relatively slow moving air, at relatively low pressures, when compared to that high pressure that create the loud report. 21. The gas projector device in claim 1, that creates a pressure front and/or vortex that can be felt by a person and which simulates a shock front that propagates from explosive devices, including guns, for various purposes, such as soldier training, and mock warfare, in addition to perhaps the smoke and loud report. 22. The gas projector device in claim 1, that combines the sonic energy concentrator, into the surface of a payload that faces the valve or burst disk. 23. The gas projector device in claim 1, that resembles a mortar, and when the gas projector is dropped down a tube resembling mortar tube, in the same way a normal mortar would be operated, the mortar tube includes a probe or other feature that actuates the valve or lance that released the gas in compressed gas cartridge into the barrel of the gas projector, and the released gas pressurizes the barrel and initiates the process by which the gas projector creates a loud report and projects the payload out of the exit port. 24. The gas projector device in claim 1, that are formed into various mock explosive devices, such a roadside bombs, suicide vests, mines, artillery shells and mortars. 25. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein there are more than one valve and or burst disk, which are coordinated to create resonant effects to increase the effectiveness of the device. 26. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein the sonic energy concentrator or similarly shaped dish shaped separator, separates the initial gas blast, that breaks the burst disk, from the payload, which may be partly floating or aerated. 27. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein the device resembles a mortar shell and the said gas projector 1 contains, and propels a projectile that simulates the mortar shell leaving the mortar tube, leaving behind the remaining gas projector in the mortar tube. 28. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein the device has a valve, actuated by the travel of the projectile out of the projectile tube, that covers at least one port, and transfers the force from the top of the projectile, proximal to the sonic energy concentrator, where it first is applied to bursting the burst disk, and creating a sonic blast to the bottom of the projectile, where it is applied to exclusively projecting the projectile and perhaps other payload, out of the projectile tube, and away from the gas projector and mortar tube. 29. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein there are vanes to redirect the gas and payload ejected, combined in some cases with an sonic energy concentrator. 30. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein the burst bust disk is set at various angles, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the gas cartridge. 31. The gas projector device in claim 1, wherein the compressed gas supply is provided by a cartridge within the projector, or is provided by a supply external to the gas projector.