Apparatus and method for producing very high velocities

Claim 1

A PROJECTILE LAUNCHING APPARATUS ASSEMBLY INCLUDING IN COMBINATION A CONICAL BODY OF A HIGH EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL HAVING PROVIDED THEREIN A CAVITY FORMED SYMMETRICALLY ABOUT THE AXIS, SAID CAVITY TERMINATING IN A NECK PORTION ON ONE END SURFACE OF SAID CONICAL BODY, A COMPRESSIBLE LINER DISPOSED IN SAID CAVITY, GASEOUS MATERIAL DISPOSED WITHIN SAID COMPRESSIBLE LINER, A TAMPER CASE ENCLOSING SAID HIGH EXPLOSIVE BODY AND HAVING AN ORIFICE CORRESPONDING TO THE NECK PORTION OF SAID CAVITY, DETONATOR MEANS INCLUDING A T LEAST ONE HIGH EXPLOSIVE DETONATOR ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND END OF SAID EXPLOSIVE BODY AND ARRANGED TO PROVIDE A DETONATION PATTERN IN SAID HIGH EXPLOSIVE EFFECTIVE TO COMPRES SAID LINER AND GASEOUS MATERIAL IN A CONTINUOUS MANNER PROGRESSIVE TOWARD SAID NECK PORTION, SAID MATERIAL THEREBY BEING EJECTED FROM THE NECK PORTION OF SAID CAVITY AS A VERY HIGH VELOCITY COLLIMATED JET, LAUNCH TUBE MEANS HAVING THE BREACH ORIENTED TO RECIEVE SAID HIGH VELOCITY COLLIMATED JET AXIALLY THERETHROUGH, AND A PROJECTILE BODY DISPOSED IN THE BREACH OF SAID TUBE.