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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1993
George L Hart, Yuma, AZ (US);
Edwin L McCluer, Palms, CA (US);
Alexander G Rozner, Potomac, MD (US);
William R Walton, Clarksville, MD (US);
James C Waldron, Silver Spring, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A pyrotechnic, molten metal jet torch which employs a loose pyrotechnic ster powder such as (1) magnesium powder, or an intimate mixture of (2) Mg and CuO, (3) Mg and Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, (4) Mg and Co.sub.3 O.sub.4, (5) Al and CuO, or (6) Al and Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 powders which are capable of being ignited by a conventional military incendiary grenade fuse and which generated enough heat to ignite pyronol pellets which are pressed from an intimate powder mixture of (1) nickel, (2) metal oxide, (3) a component selected from the group consisting of (a) aluminum and (b) a mixture of at least 50 weight percent aluminum and a metal that is magnesium, zirconium, bismuth, beryllium, boron, or mixtures thereof.