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US 4,057,001 AGranted
Endless carrier sleeve for discrete fragments
AssigneeMartin Marietta Corporation
InventorJean A. Valentine
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Abstract
This invention relates to the design and manufacture of a fragment shell usable in a warhead, with the novelty including the use of discrete fragments contained in a sleeve or tubing of considerable length, by virtue of which containment the fragments can be arrayed in operable form easily and rapidly.
Claims5
A method of constructing a fragment shell of the type used in an explosive device, said method comprising:
- a. continuously forming an elongated flexible tube;
- b. individually feeding a plurality of discrete fragments to said tube at a predetermined variable rate;
- c. positioning said discrete fragments within said tube in a predetermined spaced relation to one another, whereby fragment density within a predetermined portion of said tube may be regulated by the rate of feed of said fragments to said tube;
- d. wrapping the formed fragment containing tube about support means so as to arrange said tube into a shell configuration corresponding to the general shape of said support means;
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- e. securing the wound tube into a substantially rigid shell having a configuration defined by said support means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.