Charge deployment device
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorJohn E. Walton
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Abstract
A device for safe containing mini-charge rounds and controlled dispersal of he rounds by tiers into a swarm of desired size and density when actuated by a fusing signal. The device utilizes chambered gas in a series of metered pressure drops to inflate diaphragms and develop controlled forces. These forces are imposed upon the mini-charge rounds to deploy the rounds from each tier by lateral force into radial patterns expanding at different rates to provide the pattern density required.
Claims3
A device for deploying multi-tiered charged rounds into radial patterns expanding at different rates therefrom, said device comprising:
- a sectional enclosing case;
- stops in said device to separate each tier of charged rounds from a succeeding tier;
- a gas generator associated with said case for producing gas;
- a tube disposed on said generator, said tube being provided with a plurality of lateral openings spaced longitudinally of said tube;
- a plurality of cylindrical resilient diaphragms, each diaphragm being attached to the tube at points enclosing a horizontal set of lateral tube openings and a plurality of internal restrictions in said tube that provide progressively sized horizontal orifices for developing the controlled forces to deploy said tiered rounds into radially expanding patterns.
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