Hagenuk & Co. Gmbh

Wilhelm Grosse-Benne

Paul Beermann

Hans Guntermann

Johann-Hugo Wirtz

A firing cap assembly has an interior percussion charge for producing a fire jet along a path in a predetermined direction which extends generally from one side of the assembly towards the other side thereof. The assembly is inserted into a casing having a base wall which extends across the path of the fire jet, and side walls which extend generally along the predetermined direction and which have bendable wall portions at said one side of the assembly. The casing and the assembly mounted therein are both inserted into a cavity of a firing cap carrier having bendable flange portions at said one side of the assembly. The flange portions are bent in direction generally transversely of the predetermined direction to a position in which the wall portions are located intermediate the flange portions and said one side of the assembly so as to form a corner region with said one side of the assembly. Sealing material is thereupon introduced into this corner region so as to prevent access of moisture to the percussion charge located at the interior of the assembly. The water-tight firing cap arrangement is thereby maintained in moisture-proof condition.

Water-tight firing cap arrangement and method of making the same

A firing cap is located in a housing and produces, when detonated, a fuse-igniting fire jet. A firing pin mechanism is provided for impacting and detonating the firing cap. An arrangement is provided which extends across the path of the fire jet and which includes passages through which the jet is compelled to pass to thereby control the behavior of the jet.

Igniter for fuses and the like

A watertight and corrosion-resistant percussion igniter has a housing, a percussion cap in the housing and a firing pin mounted in the housing and having a free end spaced from and adapted to impact the percussion cap. A one-piece tubular holder surrounds the firing pin and has at least one transverse hole, and a retaining member is located in the hole and engages in a depression formed in the firing pin. A biasing spring biases the firing pin towards the percussion cap and makes the free end of the firing pin impact the cap when the retaining member becomes disengaged from the depression so that the firing pin can move relative to the tubular holder.

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Menden, Germany

Wilhelm Grosse-Benne