Ammunition and explosives – Mines – Igniting means
Patent
1988-10-12
1989-08-08
Brown, David H.
Ammunition and explosives
Mines
Igniting means
102229, 102254, 102401, F42B 2326, F42C 1514, F42C 1900
Patent
active
048542393
ABSTRACT:
A safety apparatus to safe or to arm and fire a munition, utilizes a rotor containing an aligned adjacent firing pin and detonator in holes extending completely through the rotor perpendicular to the axis. A first explosively powered piston actuator, when fired, will unlock the rotor and enable a second explosively powered piston actuator, when fired, to rotate the rotor to align the detonator with an explosive charge and to cause a firing pin to fire the detonator. The detonator will fire a transfer lead which, in turn, will fire the main charge. As assembled, a third explosively powered piston actuator is aligned with the detonator and, when fired, will cause the detonator to explode and translate the rotor with part of the axis extending out of the munition where it is held in this position to indicate a safe condition.
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Brown David H.
Honeywell Inc.
Jensen Roger W.
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