Ammunition and explosives – Shells – With safety means
Patent
1984-03-28
1991-07-30
Tudor, Harold J.
Ammunition and explosives
Shells
With safety means
60253, 102293, 102374, 220 891, 220DIG27, F42B 3900
Patent
active
050351800
ABSTRACT:
An ordnance venting system is provided to reduce the danger of explosion in rdnance items exposed to fires and includes an ordance item having a number of holes in the ordnance casing, each hole covered by a metallic patch having a different differential expansion in relation to the casing to provide shearing forces when subjected to high temperatures, and a means of attaching the patches to the casing over the holes.
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O'Malley John A.
Purcell Nick L.
Schmidt Joseph A.
Shienbein Sol
Sliwka Melvin J.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Tudor Harold J.
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