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Shearing type ordnance venting device

US5035180A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 1984
Grant dateJul 30, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S220/27
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ordnance venting system is provided to reduce the danger of explosion in rdnance items exposed to fires and includes an ordance item having a number of holes in the ordnance casing, each hole covered by a metallic patch having a different differential expansion in relation to the casing to provide shearing forces when subjected to high temperatures, and a means of attaching the patches to the casing over the holes.

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