Igniter tube for artillery ammunition
AssigneeGiat Industries
InventorsJoel Leblond, Bernard Pieuchot, Raymond Capdevielle
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Abstract
The invention relates to an igniter tube, notably for artillery ammunition, and comprising a stack of at least two ring-shaped tablets made of an igniting composition and joined together by a heat-shrinkable sheath. This tube incorporates a case having a tubular part inside which the stack of tablets is introduced leaving a little play, the tubular part thus covering at least part of the stack, and it comprises a ring made integral with the tablets by the heat-shrinkable sheath, said ring incorporating an abutment surface that is held by retention means against a matching surface carried by a bore of the case. Application to the ignition of ammunition propellant charges.
Claims8
An igniter tube notably for artillery ammunition, and comprising a stack of at least two ring-shaped tablets made of an igniting composition and joined together by a heat-shrinkable sheath and ignition means for these said tablets that is integral with a case, wherein said case incorporates a tubular part inside which said stack of tablets is introduced leaving a little play, said tubular part thus covering at least part of said stack, and wherein it comprises a ring made integral with said tablets by said heat-shrinkable sheath, said ring incorporating an abutment surface that is held by retention means against a matching surface carried by a bore of said case.
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