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Tore Boberg

Staffan Calsson

Staffan Carlsson

Lennart Claussen

Torsten Persson

Bert Jonsson

Sven Jones

Conny Sjogvist

Conny Sjoqvist

Bo Karlsson

Britt-Marie Ekman

A pyrotechnic delay charge for providing delays in the millisecond and second ranges, comprising the components bismuth oxide as an oxidation agent and silicon as a fuel. The invention also relates to a pyrotechnic delay element having an enclosure containing the pyrotechnical delay charge, and to a detonator having a housing, ignition means disposed at one end of the housing, a base charge of a secondary explosive disposed at the other end of the housing and the pyrotechnic delay charge disposed therebetween.

Delay charge and element, and detonator containing such a charge

A firing pin initiated primer intended to withstand extreme loading forces, includes a capsule having an opening defined by a continuous, deformable side wall and being deformable by the firing pin impacting upon the capsule at the opposite end thereof, an anvil surrounded the capsule, and having an upper portion with a cross section substantially corresponding to that of the capsule, an unbroken lower suppport surface facing the capsule, at the end opposite to the opening and a sealing surface adjacent to the support surface, at least one radial channel formed in the anvil adjacent the sealing surface and extending from the periphery towards the center and converging into an axial channel defined in the anvil, a compartment defined by the supporting surface and bottom and side walls of the capsule and containing a pyrocharge therein, which has the entire upper surface abutting the unbroken support surface of the anvil, and at least one gap formed longitudinally outside of the capsule allowing for the partial deformation of the side wall of the capsule outwardly into the gap upon ignition of the pyrocharge so that the flame jets of the pyrocharge may pass the sealing surface and reach into the at least one radial channel.

Primers

The disclosure relates to a pyrotechnical delay charge which may be mixed in water, comprising

Pyrotechnical delay charge

The disclosure relates to a method of producing pyrotechnical charges by mixing and granulating the included components in water, a considerable advantage from the point of view of safety. The method according to the invention also makes it possible to vary the percentage concentration of the included components so that the obtained pyrotechnical charges can either be used as delay charges or as ignition charges. Since, moreover, an acrylate binder is included, they will obtain superior mechanical strength properties.

Method for producing a pyrotechnical charge

A detonator for non-electric detonation systems for blasting charges intended to be initiated by a detonating fuse includes a passage provided in the body of the detonator for passing a detonating fuse through the passage. The detonator includes a conventional percussion cap which is immediately initiated by the detonating fuse for initiating the detonator. Also a booster charge intended for the detonator is provided with a reinforced central channel for the detonating fuse.

Detonator and a charge adapted thereto

This invention refers to a pyrotechnical delay charge, i.e. a pyrotechnical charge having a very well defined rate of burning. Similar delay charges are generally used in military fuses of various types. The delay charge according to the invention is distinguished by its components and their proportions relative to each other. Within the framework of the limits stated in the patent claims, the delay charges rate of burning can be varied from approximately 2 to approximately 30 mm/s. Characteristic for this delay charge is primarily that it contains more than 10% by weight tin dioxide (SnO.sub.2) which acts as an oxidizer and slag former.

A method and apparatus for releasing a sprinkler head (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8) are disclosed in which a compacted body (14) of fine particles of a material such as antimony is shot by means of a radiation responsive detector (16, 17, 18) and detonator (9, 10, 11, 12, 13) into contact with a hollow glass bulb (4) which normally prevents operation of the sprinkler, thereby shattering the bulb, disintegrating the compacted body and releasing the sprinkler.

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