Guide tube magazine for carrying and launching airplane rocket-bombs

Claim 1

IN A GUIDE-TUBE MAGAZINE FOR CARRYING AND LAUNCHING AIRPLANE ROCKET-BOMBS, COMPRISING A MAGAZINE BODY, A TAPERED NOSE PORTION MOUNTED ON THE FORWARD END OF SAID MAGAZINE BODY, A PLURALITY OF GUIDE TUBES MOUNTED IN SAID MAGAZINE BODY, SAID TAPERED NOSE POSITION HAVING CHANNELS WITH OUTLETS ON THE EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE TAPERED NOSE, SAID CHANNELS BEING LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED WITH EACH OF SAID GUIDE TUBES, AN ANNULAR WALL IN EACH TUBE SECURED TO THE LATTER ALONG ITS OUTER EDGE, SAID ANNULAR WALL BEING POSITIONED IN THE TUBE FORWARDLY OF THE ROCKET-BOMB LOCATED THEREIN AND SPACED FROM THE FORWARD END OF THE ROCKET-BOMB, SAID WALL HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING SMALLER IN DIAMETER THAN THAT OF THE TUBE, AND BEING OPERATIVE TO RESTRICT HETING OF THE ROCKET-BOMB DUE TO PENETRATION OF AIR AT HIGH SPEED WITHIN THE CHANNELS OF THE TAPERED NOSE PORTION, SAID ANNULAR WALL BEING DEFORMABLE UPON PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF THE CORRESPONDING ROCKET-BOMB IN THE TUBE.