Weapon fire simulator

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING WEAPON FIRE COMPRISING: (A) MEANS PROVIDING A SOURCE OF GAS UNDER PRESSURE; (B) MEANS DEFINING A PRESSURE CHAMBER HAVING (1) AN INLET COMMUNICABLE WITH THE SOURCE OF GAS UNDER PRESSURE AND (2) AN OUTLET SPACED FROM THE INELT AND THROUGH WHICH GAS UNDER PRESSURE CAN RAPIDLY ESCAPE FROM THE PRESSURE CHAMBER; (C) A VALVE ELEMENT MOVABLE IN THE CHAMBER FROM A NORMAL POSITION BLOCKING THE OUTLET TO AN OPEN POSITION PERMITTING GAS TO ESCAPE FROM THE CHAMBER THROUGH THE OUTLET, SAID VALVE ELEMENT HAVING A PRESSURE SURFACE EXPOSED TO THE PORTION OF THE CHAMBER TO WHICH THE INLET OPENS AND WHICH FACES IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT IN WHICH THE VALVE ELEMENT MOVES FROM ITS NORMAL TO ITS OPEN POSITION, SAID SURFACE THUS RENDERING THE VALVE ELEMENT AT ALL TIMES RESPONSIVE TO PRESSURE OF GAS IN SAID PORTION OF THE CHAMBER TO BE URGED THEREBY TOWARDS ITS OPEN POSITION; (D) LATCH MEANS RELEASBLY ENGAGEABLE WITH A PART ON THE VALVE ELEMENT TO HOLD THE SAME IN ITS CLOSED POSITION; AND (E) AN ACTUATOR FOR SAID LATCH MEANS BY WHICH THE SAME CAN BE DISENGAGED FROM SAID PART ON THE VALVE ELEMENT TO RELEASE THE VALVE ELEMENT FOR RAPID GAS PROPELLED MOTION FROM ITS NORMAL POSITION TO ITS OPEN POSITION.