Apparatus for use in rendering safe unexploded ordnance
US10989511B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 2020 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2040 |
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- 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.
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