Deployable explosive charge structure
OwnerAnthony Miles Brown, Donald Ray Brown +1inventors
InventorsAnthony Miles Brown, Donald Ray Brown, Darby William McDermott-Brown
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Abstract
A deployable explosive charge structure includes a carpenter's tape capable of transitioning from an undeployed state to a deployed state in which the tape extends linearly over its length, an explosive charge connected to the carpenter's tape, a connecting structure for connecting the carpenter's tape and the explosive charge, and a two-sided adhesive tape for engaging a structure (for example, a door or wall) when the carpenter's tape is in the deployed state.
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An explosive structure, comprising:
- a bistable structural tape comprising an undeployed state and a deployed state, the structural tape having a rolled, flat transverse profile in the undeployed state, and the structural tape having a linear, curved transverse profile in the deployed state, the structural tape being stable in the undeployed state and in the deployed state and being unstable when between states such that transitioning one end of the tape from the rolled shape to the linear shape places the tape in an unstable state causing the tape to self-deploy to the deployed state;
- an explosive charge;
- a connector that couples the explosive charge along a length of the structural tape,
- wherein the explosive structure can be compacted into the undeployed state of the structural tape and extended into the deployed state of the structural tape.
A kit for an explosive structure, comprising:
- a bistable, self-deployable structural tape comprising an undeployed state and a deployed state, the structural tape having a rolled, flat transverse profile in the undeployed state, and the structural tape having a linear, curved transverse profile in the deployed state, the structural tape being stable in the undeployed state and in the deployed state and being unstable when between states such that transitioning one end of the tape from the rolled shape to the linear shape places the tape in an unstable state causing the tape to self-deploy to the deployed state;
- a connector to couple an explosive charge along a length of the structural tape,
- wherein, when an explosive charge is coupled along the length of the structural tape via the connector, the explosive structure can be compacted into the undeployed state of the structural tape and extended into the deployed state of the structural tape.
A method to support an explosive along a linear structure for transportation and deployment, comprising:
- providing a bistable, self-deployable structural tape in an undeployed state, the structural tape comprising the undeployed state and a deployed state, the structural tape having a rolled, flat transverse profile in the undeployed state, and the structural tape having a linear, curved transverse profile in the deployed state, the structural tape being stable in the undeployed state and in the deployed state and being unstable when between states such that transitioning one end of the tape from the rolled shape to the linear shape places the tape in an unstable state causing the tape to self-deploy to the deployed state;
- deploying the structural tape into the deployed state;
- disposing an explosive charge lengthwise along the deployed structural tape;
- placing adhesive tape over the explosive charge to couple the explosive charge to the structural tape;
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- rolling the structural tape and the coupled explosive charge into the undeployed state of structural tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.