Patent · US Active

Apparatus for use in rendering safe unexploded ordnance

US10989511B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
21References
4Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 15, 2020
Grant dateApr 27, 2021
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 15, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41B9/0096
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for rendering safe unexploded military ordnance items found on land by use of a portable apparatus employing entrainment waterjet technology. The portable apparatus includes a tool package containing a plurality of tools designed for accessing the interior of a unexploded ordnance item. The interior of the ordnance item is accessed, and its internal contents, which it typically an energetic material is washed-out and recovered.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.