Patent ID: 6971300

Claim:
A reloadable launcher for use with rocket-propelled projectiles, comprising: an inner tube and an outer tube fixedly coupled to one another to define a concentric tube arrangement with at least one gas flow channel being defined therebetween, said inner tube supporting a launch of a rocket-propelled projectile therefrom wherein gases produced during the launch are directed toward and escape from a breech end of said inner tube while the projectile is propelled towards a muzzle end of said inner tube; a ring fixedly coupled to a first end of said outer tube that is adjacent to said breech end of said inner tube, said ring defining a keyway and an annular channel between said keyway and said first end of said outer tube; a cap having a concave inner surface, said cap terminating in a peripheral edge that defines a key shaped for passage through said keyway of said ring wherein, when said concave inner surface faces said breech end and said key is aligned with and moved axially through said keyway, said key resides in said annular channel adjacent said first end of said outer tube, said cap further having a central portion thereof that is aligned with a central longitudinal axis of said inner tube when said key resides in said annular channel; and a link hingedly coupled on one end thereof to said ring to permit said cap to be moved such that the projectile can be loaded into said inner tube from said breech end thereof, said link further being rotationally coupled to said cap at said central portion thereof such that said cap can be rotated about said central portion wherein, when said key resides in said annular channel and said cap is rotated about said central portion, said key is misaligned with said keyway wherein said cap is axially locked to said outer tube.