Explosive actuated valve

Details Explosive actuated valve Explosive actuated valve

1962-03-28

1983-12-20

Brown, David H.

Ordnance

Muzzle loading

137 68R, 137 68A, F16K 1700

Patent

active

044210051

ABSTRACT:
1. A device of the character described comprising the combination of a housing having an elongate bore and including a shoulder extending inwardly into said bore, a single elongate movable plunger disposed in said bore including an outwardly extending flange adjacent one end thereof overlying said shoulder, normally open conduit means having an inlet and an outlet perpendicularly piercing said housing intermediate said shoulder and said flange and including an intermediate portion intersecting and normally openly communicating with said bore at said shoulder, normally closed conduit means piercing said housing and intersecting said bore at a location spaced from said normally open conduit means, said elongate plunger including a shearing edge adjacent the other end thereof normally disposed intermediate both of said conduit means and overlying a portion of said normally closed conduit means, a deformable member carried by said plunger intermediate said flange and said shoulder and normally spaced from and overlying the intermediate portion of said normally open conduit means, and means on the housing communicating with the bore to retain an explosive actuator for moving said plunger to force the deformable member against the shoulder and extrude a portion of the deformable member out of said bore into portions of the normally open conduit means for plugging the same and to effect the opening of said normally closed conduit means by the plunger shearing edge substantially concomitantly with the plugging of the normally open conduit means.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2375498 (1945-05-01), Seymour
patent: 2557448 (1951-06-01), Mathisen
patent: 2997051 (1961-08-01), Williams
patent: 3027903 (1962-04-01), Thorp
"Explosive Actuated Valves" by Maurice Connell, Conax Corp., Buffalo, N.Y., pp. 3-7, 9-24-56.

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