START TUBE OF ROCKET LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC F41F3/42 

FIELD: machine building.

SUBSTANCE: start tube 1 of rocket launcher 2 consists of power shell 3, and cartridge 4 with external disk 5 made out of elastomer, outside tightly put on power winding 3 till its bottom rests on winding end, and swaged with yoke 6. Groove 9 is made in zone 7 of yoke 6 on external surface 8 of power winding 3. Cartridge 4 is impressed into groove 9 by means of wire brackets 10. Brackets10 are positioned between yoke 6 and cartridge 4, are bent in arc along radius r of internal surface of yoke 6 and are equipped with bends 11 inserted into openings 12 of the yoke. Openings for at least one bracket 10 overlapping butt zone 13 of yoke 6 are made in form of slits.

EFFECT: raised reliability of start tube.

3 cl, 4 dwg