Small fuel-air explosive bottle

USH161H · kind H · statutory invention registration

Assignee

• The Government of the United States, as Respresented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventor

• John D. Sullivan · Edgewood, US

Key dates

• Grant date: Nov 4, 1986

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

The invention comprises a plastic bottle having a threaded cap with a hole n its center and two hollow plastic tubes having the same diameter. One of the hollow tubes is empty and is used to seal the device in transit. The other hollow tube is filled with an explosive fluid and capped with a detonator with wires that connect to a power source. The device is designed to create a volatile mist of air and combustible fluid by dispersing the combustible fluid by means of an explosive charge. The explosive charge is made up of an explosive fluid and is an integral part of the device. The device can be manufactured from commercially available, inexpensive materials and requires no skill or tools. The device can be safely operated. It is made entirely of plastic materials; there is no metal which may fragment. This device is the smallest to be successfully tested to achieve an unconfined fuel-air explosion; it requires approximately one-half the amount of combustible fluid as similar devices to create the same desired result.