Ordnance – Explosive operated apparatus
Patent
1982-09-27
1985-01-29
Brown, David H.
Ordnance
Explosive operated apparatus
30DIG4, 30180, 114221A, B26D 100, B63B 4300
Patent
active
044958498
ABSTRACT:
This invention improves on explosively actuated cable cutters in that it orporates a remote capability of activating the cutter. The improved apparatus comprises an acoustical transducer for receiving a remote coded signal, an electric circuit designed to detect the specific coded signal, a motor and gear mechanism which is initiated upon detection of the remote coded signal to activate the explosively actuated cable cutter.
The electronics and motor compartment are hydrostatically sealed and pitted with a pressure switch and a water intrusion fail-safe circuit. The pressure switch is designed to inactivate the apparatus beyond a preset ocean depth, and the water intrusion fail-safe circuit is designed to detect any seawater seepage into the sealed electronics compartment. Upon the detection of such seepage the intrusion fail-safe circuit disconnects the system from the battery thereby removing danger of premature triggering of the cable cutter.
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Arriola Arturo
Collins Kenneth D.
Cooke Michael W.
Stegman Julius M.
Beers Robert F.
Brown David H.
Johnston Ervin F.
Rusche, Jr. Edmund W.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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