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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2018
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, San Diego, CA (US);
Aaron Bruce Burmeister, San Diego, CA (US);
Kurt Arthur Talke, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel Tai Yung Leung, San Diego, CA (US);
Mendel Lewis Baker, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew E Jones, San Diego, CA (US);
United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method comprising the steps of providing an Explosive Initiation Safety and Handling System (EISS) coupled to a robot, operatively coupling a charge carrier table and a manipulator to the robot; securing a charge to the charge carrier table; installing a shock tube spool on the shock tube spooling mechanism and locking with an indexing nut; inserting the shock tube that has been uncoiled from the spooling mechanism into the interrupter and replacing the cap; attaching the shock tube to the charge; making an initiator-to-interrupter connection with the shock tube; retracting the manipulator on the robot to a fully stowed position and rotating the charge carrier in front of the robot; picking up the charge with the manipulator, extending the manipulator forward and placing the charge at a threat; stowing the charge carrier; positioning the robot at a distance from the threat, allowing the shock tube to spool out; remotely activating a first firing circuit on the robot to arm the system; cutting the shock tube inside the interrupter and aligning the shock tube with the initiator; and firing a second circuit to initiate the shock tube.