Rocket projector magazines

Claim 2

A rocket projector magazine comprising a frame, a plurality of loading chamber tubes in said frame having a rocket in each tube, a plurality of firing tubes mounted on said frame which firing tubes are aligned with said loading chamber tubes when said rockets are fired, an adjustable time fuse on the nose of each rocket, a plurality of fuse setting means mounted on said frame for the adjustment of said time fuses, said fuse setting means and said loading chamber tubes being movably mounted in said frame transversely and parallel to the axes of said firing tubes.

Claim 3

A rocket projector magazine according to claim 1 wherein a support receives said loading chamber tubes, said support being mounted vertically and horizontally movable in said frame, said loading chamber tubes being arranged in a unitary plane in said support, the axes of said loading chamber tubes together with the axes of the associated fuse setting means being situated in a vertical plane, and threaded spindles mounted on said support producing a relative displacement between said fuse setting means and said loading chamber tubes.

Claim 4

A rocket projector magazine according to claim 2 having a first support member, a second support member, said first support member being spaced from said second support member, said support members being mounted on said frame parallel to one another, a bar on which said support members are guided at one of their ends, a first threaded spindle engaging said support members at the other ends thereof, support pieces in said frame, in which said threaded spindle and said bar are mounted and additional threaded spindles engaging said support pieces mounted in said frame and are joined to each other in a driving connection, so that said loading chamber tubes are movable perpendicular to their axes through said additional threaded spindles and in paralleL to their axes through said first threaded spindle.

Claim 5

A rocket projector magazine according to claim 2 wherein said frame has a front wall and two side walls and said fuse setting means are mounted on a shaft rotatably mounted in the side walls adjacent said front wall.

Claim 6

A rocket projector magazine according to claim 2 wherein said loading chamber tubes are arranged in two planes, a member rigidly connecting adjacent pairs of tubes, said pairs being pivotally mounted about their centers of gravity, said fuse setting means being arranged in two planes parallel to those of said tubes with their axes separated by a distance equal to that between the tube axes, and in which said means for producing a relative movement comprises a crank drive connected to said tubes and a threaded spindle for axial displacement of said fuse setting means.

Claim 7

A rocket projector magazine according to claim 1 in which said fuse setting means are arranged on rotatable slides and are movable to a position in front of said loading tubes and into said loading tubes.

Claim 8

A rocket projector magazine according to claim 6 in which said plurality of loading chamber tubes has a rotary slide and a fuse setting means associated with it.

Claim 9

A rocket projector magazine according to claim 7 including common driving means for all rotatable slides which provides axial rotation and displacement from their axes.

Claim 10

A rocket projector magazine according to claim 7 wherein said frame is square in cross-section enclosing said loading chamber tubes in which four tubes are arranged adjacent each wall of said frame, fuse setting means for each group of three tubes at a corner of said frame, a rotatable arm displaceable axially is associated with each group of three tubes situated outside the firing trajectory of the rockets parallel to the tube axes so that during a complete rotation of the arm said fuse setting means describes a circle containing the axes of each of the three tubes.

Claim 11

A rocket projector magazine according to claim 2 in which said fuse setting means are cylindrical and the outer diameter of said fuse setting means is smaller than the inner diameter of said loading chamber tubes.