Gas powered fluid gun with recoil mitigation
| Patent Number: | 9,534,879 |
| Issued: | 1/3/2017 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | A gas powered fluid gun for propelling a stream or slug of a fluid at high velocity toward a target. Recoil mitigation is provided by a cavitating venturi that reduces or eliminates the associated recoil forces, with minimal or no backwash. By launching a quantity of water in the opposite direction, net momentum forces are reduced or eliminated. |
| Filed: | 1/22/2016 |
| Application Number: | 15/4,666 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |