Smoke projectile charge

US4324183A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Buck Chemische-Technische Werke GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Georg Prahauser · Oberalm, AT
• Robert Schmidlin · Neuenbürg, DE
• Wolfgang Trede · Weil am Rhein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 21, 1979
• Grant date: Apr 13, 1982
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B12/48
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A smoke cup projectile charge comprising smoke cups stacked one above the other in the shell jacket in discharging direction, the smoke cup supporting components having identical strength and being filled with smoke charge composition comprising hexachloroethane, zinc oxide and metal powder, and a fuse system of priming cartridges embedded in transmission composition in the smoke charge and ignited by capillary delay tubes.