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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans-Joachim Kaltmann, Dusseldorf, DE;
Hermann Schaper, Vallendar, DE;
Assignee:
Rheinmetall GmbH, Duesseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ; F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102308 ; 102310 ; 102412 ; 102422 ; 102425 ; 102426 ; 89-114 ; 1142 / ;
Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus for destroying sea mines, especially anchored cable mines, and to an improved mine-sweeping method. The apparatus consists of an active device and upthrust mechanisms which permit the active device to climb up the anchor chain to the mine, which, once encountered, is destroyed. In one preferred embodiment, the device comprises a hollow charge carrier with rocket propulsion which is temporarily secured to a towing device, such as a towing cable. The device is released when it encounters the anchor chain of a mine, it rises along the chain, and then destroys the mine.