Accelerator

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATING PROJECTILES COMPRISING: A HIGH ENERGY CAPACITOR BANK HAVING FIRST AND SECOND VOLTAGE PORTIONS, A POWER SUPPLY ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE CAPACITOR BANK, A TARGET CHAMBER HAVING A TARGET HOLDER, A FLIGHT RANGE ALIGNED WITH THE TARGET CHAMBER, MEANS FOR MEASURING THE VELOCITY OF ACCELERATED PROJECTILES, A GUN CHAMBER ALIGNED WITH THE FLIGHT RANGE ON THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF FROM THE TARGET CHAMBER, SAID GUN CHAMBER COMPRISING: A CONNECTING TUBE IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH THE FLIGHT RANGE, A GUN BARREL HAVING AN AXIAL PASSAGE THERETHROUGH CONTAINED IN THE CONNECTING TUBE, A FRONT ELECTRODE ADJACENT TO AND COAXIAL WITH THE GUN BARREL AND HAVING AN AXIAL PASSAGE THERETHROUGH, A THIN VAPORIZABLE FILM BETWEEN THE GUN BARREL AND THE FRONT ELECTRODE, SAID FILM SUPPORTING A PROJECTILE TO BE ACCELERATED IN A POSITION INTERMEDIATE THE WALLS OF THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE GUN BARREL, AN INSULATING CYLINDER ADJACENT THE FRONT ELECTRODE COAXIAL WITH THE GUN BARREL AND HAVING AN AXIAL PASSAGE THERETHROUGH, A LITHIUM WIRE SUBSTANTIALLY FILLING THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE INSULATING CYLINDER, A DIELECTRIC FILM BETWEEN THE LITHIUM WIRE AND THE FRONT ELECTRODE, A FLAT REAR ELECTRODE ALIGNED WITH THE GUN BARREL AND IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE LITHIUM WIRE AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF FROM THE FRONT ELECTRODE, A FIRST ELECTRICALLY CONTINUOUS PATH BETWEEN THE REAR ELECTRODE AND THE FIRST VOLTAGE PORTION OF THE CAPACITOR BANK, A SECOND ELECTRICALLY CONTINUOUS PATH BETWEEN THE FRONT ELECTRODE AND THE SECOND VOLTAGE PORTION OF THE CAPACITOR BANK, A RESILIENT HOLLOW CYLINDER SURROUNDING THE INSULATING CYLINDER, AND A PRESSURE RETAINING CYLINDER SURROUNDING THE RESILIENT CYLINDER.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATING PROJECTILES COMPRISING: A HIGH ENERGY CAPACITOR BANK HAVING FIRST AND SECOND VOLTAGE PORTIONS, A POWER SUPPLY ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE CAPACITOR BANK, A TARGET CHAMBER HAVING A TARGET HOLDER, A FLIGHT RANGE ALIGNED WITH THE TARGET CHAMBER, MEANS FOR MEASURING THE VELOCITY OF ACCELERATED PROJECTILES, A GUN CHAMBER ALIGNED WITH THE FLIGHT RANGE ON THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF FROM THE TARGET CHAMBER, SAID GUN CHAMBER COMPRISING: A CONNECTING TUBE IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH THE FLIGHT RANGE, A GUN BARREL HAVING AN AXIAL PASSAGE THERETHROUGH CONTAINED IN THE CONNECTING TUBE, A FRONT ELECTRODE ADJACENT TO AND COAXIAL WITH THE GUN BARREL AND HAVING AN AXIAL PASSAGE THERETHROUGH, A THIN VAPORIZABLE FILM BETWEEN THE GUN BARREL AND THE FRONT ELECTRODE, SAID FILM SUPPORTING A PROJECTILE TO BE ACCELERATED IN A POSITION INTERMEDIATE THE WALLS OF THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE GUN BARREL, AN INSULATING CYLINDER ADJACENT THE FRONT ELECTRODE COAXIAL WITH THE GUN BARREL AND HAVING AN AXIAL PASSAGE THERETHROUGH, A LITHIUM WIRE SUBSTANTIALLY FILLING THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE INSULATING CYLINDER, A DIELECTRIC FILM BETWEEN THE LITHIUM WIRE AND THE FRONT ELECTRODE, A FLAT REAR ELECTRODE ALIGNED WITH THE GUN BARREL AND IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE LITHIUM WIRE AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF FROM THE FRONT ELECTRODE, A FIRST ELECTRICALLY CONTINUOUS PATH BETWEEN THE REAR ELECTRODE AND THE FIRST VOLTAGE PORTION OF THE CAPACITOR BANK, A SECOND ELECTRICALLY CONTINUOUS PATH BETWEEN THE FRONT ELECTRODE AND THE SECOND VOLTAGE PORTION OF THE CAPACITOR BANK, A RESILIENT HOLLOW CYLINDER SURROUNDING THE INSULATING CYLINDER, AND A PRESSURE RETAINING CYLINDER SURROUNDING THE RESILIENT CYLINDER.