Patent ID: 6725759
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
A rail gun barrel defining an elongated bore, the barrel comprising:a pair of elongated, generally parallel conductive rails extending along opposite sides of the bore and being symmetrical about a longitudinal axis of the bore; a pair of elongated insulators disposed generally co-extensively with the said rails and circumferentially between them and maintained in a compressed state; a circumferential sleeve surrounding the said insulators; a plurality of Belleville containment disk maintained in a stack that are compressed and non-compressed and surround the circumferential sleeve, each containment disk having a substantially hollow form with an outer surface, and an inner surface; and a plurality of longitudinal tension rods, disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bore and disposed external to the sleeve, the tension rods compress the plurality of Belleville containment disk.