EP0493762A3 - Equilibrator device for a gun, especially a big calibre gun with a long barrel - Google Patents

Equilibrator device for a gun, especially a big calibre gun with a long barrel Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0493762A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: gun; equilibrator; long barrel; big; big calibre
Prior art date: 1991-01-04
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19910121939

Other languages

German (de)

Other versions

EP0493762B1 (en

EP0493762A2 (en

Inventor

Ernst Tripp

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Wegmann and Co GmbH

Original Assignee

Wegmann and Co GmbH

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1991-01-04

Filing date

1991-12-20

Publication date

1993-03-17

1991-12-20 Application filed by Wegmann and Co GmbH filed Critical Wegmann and Co GmbH

1992-07-08 Publication of EP0493762A2 publication Critical patent/EP0493762A2/en

1993-03-17 Publication of EP0493762A3 publication Critical patent/EP0493762A3/en

1995-11-02 Application granted granted Critical

1995-11-02 Publication of EP0493762B1 publication Critical patent/EP0493762B1/en

2011-12-20 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
- F41A27/30—Stabilisation or compensation systems, e.g. compensating for barrel weight or wind force on the barrel

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Fluid-Pressure Circuits (AREA)
Actuator (AREA)
Portable Nailing Machines And Staplers (AREA)

EP91121939A 1991-01-04 1991-12-20 Equilibrator device for a gun, especially a big calibre gun with a long barrel Expired - Lifetime EP0493762B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE4100102		1991-01-04
DE4100102A DE4100102A1 (en)	1991-01-04	1991-01-04	UNBALANCE COMPENSATING DEVICE FOR A WEAPON, ESPECIALLY A LARGE-TUBE LARGE-TUBE WEAPON

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0493762A2 EP0493762A2 (en)	1992-07-08
EP0493762A3 true EP0493762A3 (en)	1993-03-17
EP0493762B1 EP0493762B1 (en)	1995-11-02

Family

ID=6422543

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP91121939A Expired - Lifetime EP0493762B1 (en)	1991-01-04	1991-12-20	Equilibrator device for a gun, especially a big calibre gun with a long barrel

Country Status (3)

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US (1)	US5196642A (en)
EP (1)	EP0493762B1 (en)
DE (2)	DE4100102A1 (en)

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US3033085A (en) *	1959-01-28	1962-05-08	Donald E Witkin	Temperature compensating system for hydropneumatic equilibrator
FR2459466A1 (en) *	1979-06-14	1981-01-09	France Etat	Armature balancer for guns and cannons - employs hydraulic jack providing balancing and stabilising force for armament mass
DE3633375A1 (en) *	1986-10-01	1988-04-14	Honeywell Regelsysteme Gmbh	Unbalance compensation device
DE3732745A1 (en) *	1987-09-29	1989-04-06	Rheinmetall Gmbh	COMPENSATORS

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1991
- 1991-01-04 DE DE4100102A patent/DE4100102A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1991-12-20 EP EP91121939A patent/EP0493762B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1991-12-20 DE DE59106823T patent/DE59106823D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1992
- 1992-01-02 US US07/815,984 patent/US5196642A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE618723C (en) *	1933-09-20	1935-09-13	Kreiselgeraete G M B H Vormals	Device on pipe recoil guns with cradle carriage, the trunnion axis of which is directed remotely, to cancel out the torque generated during pipe recoil
DE1097319B (en) *	1958-03-10	1961-01-12	Siegfried Uhl	Counterbalance for weapons whose center of gravity is not in the trunnion axis
US3033085A (en) *	1959-01-28	1962-05-08	Donald E Witkin	Temperature compensating system for hydropneumatic equilibrator
FR2459466A1 (en) *	1979-06-14	1981-01-09	France Etat	Armature balancer for guns and cannons - employs hydraulic jack providing balancing and stabilising force for armament mass
DE3633375A1 (en) *	1986-10-01	1988-04-14	Honeywell Regelsysteme Gmbh	Unbalance compensation device
DE3732745A1 (en) *	1987-09-29	1989-04-06	Rheinmetall Gmbh	COMPENSATORS

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
DE4100102A1 (en)	1992-07-09
EP0493762B1 (en)	1995-11-02
DE59106823D1 (en)	1995-12-07
EP0493762A2 (en)	1992-07-08
US5196642A (en)	1993-03-23

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