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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1994
Jerry S Brown, Woodford, VA (US);
John A Conkling, Chestertown, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a shock insensitive explosive train initiating dce including a thin elongated metal casing containing a quantity of hydrated metal picrate therein, a thermite igniter composition disposed adjacent to the hydrated metal picrate charge and an ignition means selected from ignition means consisting of an electric match and a length of fuze cord. In a specific example, the hydrated metal picrate charge is barium picrate hydrate which may be disposed in an open (FIG. 1) or a sealed (FIG. 2) copper or aluminum casing. In the embodiment of FIG. 3, a tin/zinc alloy, protective, safety cover is disposed over a portion of the hydrated metal picrate. This safety cover has a low melting point (200.degree. C.) and is adapted to melt in the event of a fire to thereby 'unconfine' the hydrate metal picrate charge prior to it reaching explosion temperature of approximately 341.degree. C.
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