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Pyrotechnic tool driving device

US5913252A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Filing dateJan 23, 1997
Grant dateJun 15, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N1/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pyrotechnic firing device for tools connected to a firing plunger movably mounted in a launch tube. The device consists of an inner barrel or frame (1), and a firing gas generator (9) housed in a modular breech (7) at one end of the launch tube (5) secured to a weight (3) which receives the recoil on the breech (7) during firing and is connected to one end of a damping cylinder (6) between the frame (1) and the weight (3). The device is useful as an easily adaptable and convertible firing device capable of being fitted with a wide variety of tools.

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