Propellant charge casing

US4159678A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hans W. Luther · Kaarst, DE
• Peter Bender · Wädenswil, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 1977
• Grant date: Jul 3, 1979
• Expiry date: Sep 15, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S102/70
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A casing for a projectile that includes a combustible propellant container is improved by the addition of a flexible spring steel bearing plate that includes a number of holes for the purpose of facilitating combustion of the propellant container and a number of radial slits to increase the plate's flexibility.