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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Ernst-Christian Koch, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Pepete GmbH, Hanau, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an electronically and mechanically-operated ignition delay which is used in cartridge-type pyrotechnic decoy flare ammunition. Said ignition delay comprises a cylindrical sleeve ( ), containing an ignition device ( ) in the base, a propellant ( ) for expelling the inflammable active material ( ) and devices ( ) for delaying the ignition of the active material. The electric ignition device of the propellant charge is galvanically connected to a capacitor element ( ) which is fixed in the propulsion reflector ( ). Said capacitor element is galvanically connected to a mechanical switch-on element ( ) in the active material, whereby said mechanical switch-on element is, in turn, galvanically connected to an electric ignition unit in the active material. The switch-on process is thus triggered by the relative movement of the active material as it travels along the sleeve axis away from the propulsion reflector.