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US 10,760,888 B1Granted
Methods and apparatus for disarming an explosive device
AssigneeConcept Development Corporation
InventorF. Richard Langner
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Abstract
A disrupter for launching a combination of a liquid and a projectile toward an explosive device to strike the explosive device to disable the explosive device. The position of the projectile in the barrel of the disrupter determines an exit velocity of the liquid and the projectile from the barrel of the disrupter.
Claims20
A disrupter for disabling a provided explosive device, the disrupter comprising:
- a barrel, the barrel having a muzzle end portion and a breech end portion;
- a breech for coupling to the breech end portion of the barrel;
- a cartridge for positioning in the barrel forward of the breech, the cartridge includes a first seal;
- a projectile for positioning in the barrel forward of the cartridge, a forward portion of the projectile positioned a distance rearward of the muzzle end portion, the projectile includes a second seal;
- and
- an amount of a liquid, the liquid for positioning in the barrel between the first seal of the cartridge and the second seal of the projectile;
- wherein:
- the second seal is configured to seal between an outer surface of the projectile and an inner surface of the barrel to retain the amount of the liquid in the barrel rearward of the second seal;
- the first seal is configured to seal between an outer surface of the cartridge and the inner surface of the barrel to retain the amount of the liquid in the barrel forward of the first seal;
- and
- a rapidly expanding gas from the cartridge launches the amount of the liquid and the projectile out the barrel to strike the explosive device to disable the explosive device.
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A disrupter for disabling a provided explosive device, the disrupter comprising:
- a barrel, the barrel having a muzzle end portion;
- a cartridge for positioning in the barrel, the cartridge includes a first seal;
- and
- a projectile for positioning in the barrel forward of the cartridge, a forward portion of the projectile for positioning a distance rearward of the muzzle end portion, the projectile includes a second seal;
- wherein:
- the second seal is configured to seal between an outer surface of the projectile and an inner surface of the barrel to retain a provided amount of a liquid in the barrel rearward of the second seal;
- the first seal is configured to seal between an outer surface of the cartridge and the inner surface of the barrel to retain the amount of the liquid in the barrel forward of the first seal;
- and
- a rapidly expanding gas from the cartridge launches the amount of the liquid and the projectile out the barrel to strike the explosive device to disable the explosive device.
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A method for launching a projectile and an amount of a liquid toward an explosive device to disable the explosive device:
- inserting the projectile into a barrel of a disrupter, a forward portion of the projectile positioned a distance rearward of a muzzle end portion of the barrel, the projectile includes a first seal;
- inserting a cartridge into the barrel rearward of the projectile, the cartridge includes a second seal;
- after performing one of inserting the projectile and inserting the cartridge into the barrel, pouring the amount of the liquid into the barrel, the amount of the liquid positioned forward of the cartridge and rearward of the projectile, the first seal configured to seal between an outer surface of the projectile and an inner surface of the barrel to retain the amount of the liquid in the barrel rearward of the first seal, the second seal configured to seal between an outer surface of the cartridge and the inner surface of the barrel to retain the amount of the liquid in the barrel forward of the second seal;
- and
- igniting the cartridge to launch the projectile and the amount of the liquid out of the barrel to strike the explosive device to disable the explosive device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.