Patent ID: 7313881

Claim:
A pneumatic launcher system comprising: a support base member; a plenum chamber section supported by said support base member, said plenum chamber section defining a plenum chamber having a closed end and an open end; an intermediate chamber section connected to said plenum chamber section and having aft and forward rupture disks consecutively arranged therein to define an intermediate chamber between said aft and forward rupture disks, said aft rupture disk being exposed to said open end of said plenum chamber; a launch tube section connected to said intermediate chamber section and supported by said base support member, said launch tube section having an open breech end, an interior in communication with the open breech end sized for receiving a projectile, and an open exit end opposite the breech end from which the projectile exits the interior, said forward rupture disk of said intermediate chamber section being exposed to said open breech end of said launch tube; and said plenum chamber section, intermediate chamber section and launch tube section being generally collinearly arranged wherein said intermediate chamber section is located between said plenum chamber section and launch tube section.