Propellant charge igniter

US4770099A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dynamit Nobel GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Brede · Ergolding, DE
• Alfred Horr · Zirndorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 1979
• Grant date: Sep 13, 1988
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42C19/12
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A propellant charge igniter for ammunition including an ignition-conducting housing accommodating an electrical ignition system and an initiating charge therein, the housing being formed of an exothermally burning material.