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Incendiary device

US3951068A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 11, 1974
Grant dateApr 20, 1976
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Expiry dateJul 11, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B12/44
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An incendiary device such as artillery round, rocket warhead, bomb, or grenade in which a high explosive charge within a casing has imbedded therein a plurality of balls of incendiary material which is a mixture of silicone rubber, powdered magnesium, and an oxidizing agent. The balls are ignited by detonation of the high explosive and are designed to continue burning during dispersion caused by said detonation.

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