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US 2018/0058829 A1Published application
Cartridge casing for a blank cartridge
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsJAMES EDWARD BAXTER, Nathan William Rowe, Joshua Matthew Stubbs
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Abstract
A cartridge casing comprising a casing tube formed substantially of metal with a closed end and an open end. The casing tube bounds at least part of a head cap entered into the open end of the tube. The head cap is fixed relative to the tube. An end wall defines the closed end opposite the head cap end of the cartridge. The end wall comprises a weakened region.
Claims20
A cartridge casing comprising:
- a casing tube formed substantially of metal with a closed end and an open end;
- and
- a head cap entered into the open end of the casing tube, the casing tube bounding at least part of the head cap, the head cap being fixed relative to the casing tube;
- wherein an end wall defines the closed end opposite the head cap end of the cartridge, the end wall including a weakened region.
1 more element
A method of manufacturing a cartridge casing, the method comprising:
- providing a material sheet;
- and
- deforming the material sheet to comprise a cylindrical tube such that the cylindrical tube is open at one end and closed at its other end by an end wall.
A cartridge casing comprising:
- a casing tube formed substantially of metal with a closed end and an open end, wherein an end wall defines the closed end opposite the head cap end of the cartridge, the end wall including a weakened region that is thinner than a remainder of the end wall, and wherein the end wall is integral with and continuous with a remainder of the casing tube;
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- a head cap entered into the open end of the casing tube, the casing tube bounding at least part of the head cap, the head cap being fixed relative to the casing tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.