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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gordon A Greene, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102 / ; 102 852 ; 89 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus for providing a variable explosive energy source. The appara has an outer annular body with a wall containing a plurality of radial explosive chambers. A rotatable circular body positioned within the annular body and concentric with its axis allows 360.degree. mechanical rotation to bring an explosive train in intimate contact with a desired number of the explosive chambers. A squib device located within the circular body is electrically actuated to ignite an explosive train causing detonation of a predetermined number of the explosive chambers which are in contact with the explosive train.