Electroexplosive and percussion safe and arm device
US4337702A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 9, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42C15/188
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An electroexplosive device and percussion safe and arm device in which a ton actuated squib or a directional shaped charge is used to set off a pyrotechnic booster charge that is rotated relative to the squib to align the booster charge with the squib and thereby enable the squib to set the booster charge off. The booster charge is used to ignite an initiator main charge or an additional booster charge that then sets off an initiator main charge.
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