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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1982
Philip M Howe, Conowingo, MD (US);
Gould Gibbons, Finksburg, MD (US);
Clifford L Aseltine, Houston, TX (US);
Frank Williams, Rosharon, TX (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Propagation of detonation between pallets of munition such as artillery sls is prevented by interposing an inert material having adequate density to render the fragments from a detonating pallet non-lethal when they reach explosive devices in a neighboring pallet. The material must be of a type which does not itself form lethal fragments and the material must be placed sufficiently close to the explosive devices that the fragments from an explosive have not had time to separate into individual pieces but, instead, produce a plate impact on the material. This latter requirement reduces or eliminates the need for any substantial strength in the material.