Ammunition and explosives – Pyrotechnics – Flare
Patent
1995-11-07
1996-11-05
Nelson, Peter A.
Ammunition and explosives
Pyrotechnics
Flare
102506, 102256, F42B 436, F42B 1200, F42C 1534
Patent
active
H00016039
ABSTRACT:
An aerial flare having a safe-and-arm ignition system in which a radially vable valve element or slider is retained in a safe position obstructing ignition ports by engagement of the slider with interior walls of the flare casing. To deploy the flare, an expulsion charge is electrically detonated, ruptures a frangible barrier, ignites primer in the igniter, and expels igniter-illuminant assembly from the forward end of the casing. When the igniter clears the casing, the slider is powered radially outwardly under the force of a biasing spring to uncover the ignition ports so that the parts are in an arm position. The flaming primer then ignites the illuminant through the open ignition ports.
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Deckard Dennis D.
Herold Stanley J.
LaGrange Donald E.
Mitchell Dennis L.
Mulinix David J.
Connors, Jr. Edward J.
Nelson Peter A.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Townsend William Cecil
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