1. An ammunition cartridge for an electrical discharge weapon comprising:
a housing having at least one dart chamber located within the housing;
a dart positioned in the dart chamber;
a propellant for launching the dart; and
means for adjusting pressure in the dart chamber.
2. The ammunition cartridge of claim 1, wherein the means for adjusting pressure includes one of a spring, band or tensioner for biasing the dart chamber.
3. The ammunition cartridge of claim 1, wherein the means for adjusting pressure includes a sealing joint between the dart chamber and the housing.
4. The ammunition cartridge of claim 1, wherein the means for adjusting pressure includes a switch and plunger for moving the dart chamber.
5. The ammunition cartridge of claim 1, wherein the means for adjusting pressure includes generating turbulence in the dart chamber.
6. The ammunition cartridge of claim 1 wherein the means for adjusting pressure includes at least one port for bleeding pressure from the barrel.
7. The ammunition cartridge of claim 1 wherein the dart chamber has an adjustable geometry.
8. An ammunition cartridge for an electrical discharge weapon comprising:
a housing having an exterior surface and at least one barrel located within the housing;
a dart positioned in the barrel;
a propellant for launching the dart from the barrel;
means for adjusting the geometry of the barrel; and
means for biasing the barrel in the housing.
9. The ammunition cartridge of claim 8 further having means for adjusting pressure in the barrel.
10. The ammunition cartridge of claim 9 wherein the means for adjusting pressure includes a joint between the barrel and the housing.
11. The ammunition cartridge of claim 9 wherein the means for adjusting pressure includes a port for removing pressure from the barrel.
12. The ammunition cartridge of claim 8 wherein the means for adjusting the geometry of the barrel includes a joint between the barrel and the housing.
13. The ammunition cartridge of claim 12 wherein the means for adjusting the geometry includes a mechanism for moving the barrel.
14. The ammunition cartridge of claim 8 wherein the means for biasing the barrel is a spring located in the housing adjacent the barrel.
15. An ammunition cartridge for an electrical discharge weapon comprising:
a housing having an exterior surface and at least one dart chamber located within the housing;
a dart positioned in the dart chamber;
a propellant for launching the dart; and
means for adjusting a dart firing angle of the dart chamber between a long range and short range position.
16. The ammunition cartridge of claim 15 wherein the means for adjusting the dart firing angle is a deflection ramp positioned on the housing at a location where the dart first exits the dart chamber.
17. The ammunition cartridge of claim 16 wherein there are two dart chambers in the housing each containing a dart and a deflection ramp is adjacent each dart chamber.
18. The ammunition cartridge of claim 16 wherein the deflection ramp is moveable between the short range and the long range positions.
19. The ammunition cartridge of claim 18 wherein the deflection ramp includes a switch for moving the ramp between the short range and long range positions.
20. The ammunition cartridge of claim 15 wherein the means for adjusting the dart firing angle is one of a shroud, tube, tang, flange or cowl adjacent the dart chamber.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for detachably attaching a device to a substructure, said method comprising the steps of:
a) attaching a pair of rails along opposed sides of the device;
b) slidably engaging the pair of rails with a pair of guides mounted on the substructure;
c) dissipating any attendant electrostatic charge upon execution of said step of engaging; and
d) demountably mounting the device on the substructure.
2. A method for detachably attaching a device to a substructure, said method comprising the steps of:
a) attaching a pair of rails along opposed sides of the device;
b) slidably engaging the pair of rails with a pair of guides mounted on the substructure;
c) dissipating any attendant electrostatic charge upon execution of said step of engaging; and
d) pivoting at least one handle pivotally attached to the device to a position to permit manual grasping of the at least one handle during insertion and extraction of the device from the substructure.
3. The method as set forth in claim 2 wherein the device includes a pair of pivotally attached handles and including the step of performing said step of pivoting with either or both handles.
4. A method for detachably attaching a device upon a substructure, said method comprising the steps of:
a) attaching a pair of rails along opposed sides of the device;
b) slidably engaging the pair of rails with a pair of guides mounted on the substructure; and
c) accessing a pivotable element coupled with at least one rail of the pair of rails to extract the device from the substructure.
5. The method as set forth in claim 4 wherein the pivotable element comprises a pivotable handle coupled with at least one rail of the pair of rails and said step of accessing comprises the step of pivoting each of the handles from a first position in engagement with the superstructure to a second position out of engagement with the superstructure.
6. The method as set forth in claim 5 wherein said step of engaging comprises the step of further pivoting each of the handles from the second position to the first position.
7. A method for detachably attaching a device having a pair of rails disposed along opposed sides of the device upon a substructure, said method comprising the steps of:
a) slidably engaging the pair of rails with a pair of guides mounted on the substructure;
b) accessing an element coupled with at least one rail of the pair of rails to extract the device from the substructure; and
c) dissipating any attendant electrostatic charge upon exercise of said step of engaging.
8. A method as set forth in claim 7 wherein the element comprises a pivotable handle and said step of accessing comprises the step of pivoting the handle from a first position to a second position.
9. A method as set forth in claim 8 wherein the element comprises a pivotable handle coupled to each rail of the pair of rails and said step of accessing comprises the step of pivoting each of the handles from a first position to a second position.
10. A method as set forth in claim 8 wherein said step of engaging includes the step of further pivoting the handle from the second position to the first position.
11. A method as set forth in claim 9 wherein said step of engaging includes the step of further pivoting each of the handles from the second position to the first position.
12. A method as set forth in claim 7 wherein the pivotable element comprises a pivotable handle coupled with each rail of the pair of rails and said step of accessing comprises the step of pivoting each of the handles from a first position in engagement with the superstructure to a second position out of engagement with the superstructure.
13. A method as set forth in claim 12 wherein said step of engaging comprises the step of further pivoting each of the handles from the second position to the first position.