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Device for disrupting improvised explosive devices (IEDS)

US7481146B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventor

Peter Weiss · Eichenau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 2007
Grant date	Jan 27, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B33/062
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for disrupting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) with a projectile, which serves to penetrate and/or destroy at least part of the IED. In addition, an accelerator is provided, which accelerates the projectile when the device is actuated and propels it through a barrel. The accelerator is a cartridge filled with propellant. The cartridge is stored in a magazine and contains an initiator for initiating the acceleration. A primer, which is located at the base of the cartridge, serves as the initiator. Initiation occurs when the primer is struck by a firing pin.

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