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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Adolf Weber, Neunkirchen, DE;
Rheinmetall W & M GmbH, Unterlüss, DE;
Abstract
A projectile fuze includes a detonator carrier having a safety position and an armed position; a pin having a blocking position in which it holds the detonator carrier in the safety position and a releasing position in which the pin allows the detonator carrier to move into the armed position; a spring urging the pin into the releasing position; a pyrotechnical delay element exposed to hot propellant gases for causing ignition and combustion of the delay element; and a pin-supporting component maintaining the pin in the blocking position against a force of the spring. The pin-supporting component is held in the pin-maintaining state by the delay element until combustion thereof, whereby the pin is allowed to move into the releasing position upon combustion of the delay element.