Patent · US Expired

Fire starting flare

US5783768A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 1996
Grant dateJul 21, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S149/116
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fire starting flare suitable for hand-held launchers has a fuse and ignitor assembly within a flare core material such that as the flare is launched the fire ignites and as the flare lands the fuse reaches the ignitor assembly to set off the flare.

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