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United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force

Reynolds Systems, Inc.

John W Yelverton

Christopher J Nance

Michael B Meadows

Charles Hart

An apparatus for trapping loose food particles in a deep frying vessel has been developed. The apparatus includes a top plate that has a perforated region that allows the loose food particles to fall into the trap pan which sits off the bottom of the vessel. The top plate abuts the side wall of the vessel and sits over the trap pan. The top plate has an unperforated region over any gap between the trap pan and the side wall of the vessel.

Deep fryer apparatus

An apparatus for detonating an initiation charge that is formed of a secondary explosive, such as triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB). The apparatus includes an exploding foil initiator, which can have a relatively small flyer that is suited to initiate a detonation event in the initiation charge.

Apparatus for detonating a triaminotrinitrobenzene charge

The invention represents a novel system for controlling the yield of an explosive charge that enables the explosive yield to be selected or decreased from full-yield detonation incrementally down to low-yield detonation using a continuous linear shaped charge jet spiraled around the main charge explosive and deflagrating a selected portion of the main charge explosive. The spiral linear shaped charge jet initiation system activates and projects a liner in a radial direction across a diameter of the main charge explosive in a spiral around its axis at a preselected deflagration velocity toward a main-charge detonation shock front reducing the main charge explosive.

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Fort Walton Beach, FL, United States of America

John W Yelverton