Payload Launching Apparatus and Method

• Main Author: Strocchia-Rivera, Stephen Tomás
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.03.2019
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS,e.g. CANNONS; BLASTING; HARPOON GUNS; HEATING; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; WEAPONS; WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE ORCOMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

A method and device are provided for launching a payload from water, including a launching tube having inside walls, outside walls, a top and an inlet at the tube bottom, with the tube bottom anchored to the bottom water surface. The tube includes a convergent tubular nozzle or neck that is an inlet to the bottom and an outlet open at the top. A gate valve blocking the inlet is opened by remote control signals; or by an explosive plug blocking the inlet removed by an explosion initiated by remote control. The launching tube loaded with a payload and empty of water is installed in water with the inlet deep below the top positioned above the water surface.