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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1996
Frank Sniezek, Westfield, NJ (US);
Eugene M Ivankoe, Chatham, NJ (US);
Steve Ruffini, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A sealed metal ammunition container for holding at least one round of ammtion. The container body is sized to hold the ammunition and has an opening at one end thereof. A metal bottom flange is fixedly attached to file container body at the one end and includes an opening therein sufficiently large to vent pressure from ignited energetic contained therein. A metal top flange is provided for attachment to the bottom flange, the top flange also having a similar opening therein. A fuse formed from a material having a melting point below the ignition temperature of the ammunition is positioned between the top flange and the bottom flange to form a meltable closure at the open end of the body. A rubber flange gasket is positioned between the bottom flange and the fuse to form a hermetic seal when compressed upon closure thereof. Equally spaced screws mount the top flange, fuse, and flange gasket to the bottom flange to form a hermetic seal. The fuse is preferably formed from a synthetic material having a melting point between 190.degree. F. and 270.degree. F. Most preferred is an ionomer plastic material reinforced with glass fibers and has a melting point of about 250.degree. F. to about 270.degree. F.