Low-cost, no-fragment explosive access tool for soft metal...

Details Low-cost, no-fragment explosive access tool for soft metal... Low-cost, no-fragment explosive access tool for soft metal...

2005-11-22

2005-11-22

Luu, Teri Pham (Department: 3644)

Ammunition and explosives

Blasting

Detonation wave modifying

C102S306000, C102S476000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06966263

ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises a device that uses a flexible material, preferably in a mostly square shape. An explosive charge, usually in the form of a sheet of explosives, is cut to fit on the top side of the flexible material. A cutting plate, having orthogonal grooves on the top, is placed under the flexible material. An initiating means is connected to the explosive charge so that upon initiation, the grooves focus the explosive charge so that the cutting plate forms a plurality of petals that press into a soft metal container to create a fragment-free opening in the soft metal target material.

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