Electronic firing device for projectiles
AssigneeMefina S.A.
InventorRoger Beuchat
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Abstract
An electronic firing device for a pyrotechnic charge in a projectile comprises a programmable unijunction transistor controlled by the discharge of a firing capacitor to fire an electric fuse. An oscillator supplies a pulsed output signal via a charging circuit to intermittently charge the capacitor in steps. The oscillator output signal is also supplied as a clock signal to a delay device controlling conduction of the transistor to fire the fuse after a given delay following an impact.
Claims5
An electronic firing device for a pyrotechnic charge, comprising an electric fuse, a firing capacitor, a delay device, a controlled-conductivity semi-conductor element for delivering the charge of said capacitor to said fuse, an oscillator providing a pulsed output signal which is simultaneously applied, on the one hand, to means for charging said capacitor, and on the other hand, to the delay device as a clock signal, said delay device controlling said controlled-conductivity semi-conductor element.
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