Case priming
AssigneeIMI Kynoch Limited
InventorGeorge B. Carter
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Abstract
Production of styphnate and azide explosives in situ in explosive devices including both ammunition and detonators particularly, though not exclusively, involving formation of premixes of relatively insensitive materials.
Claims12
In a method of priming a plurality of explosive devices by incorporating a body of priming explosive comprising a primary explosive compound with an element of each device the improvement comprising dosing into each device a quantity of a substantially premix containing relatively insensitive components that will, in the presence of a liquid reaction medium, chemically react together forming said primary explosive compound and dosing into each element a quantity of said liquid reaction medium so as to cause said components to chemically react together thereby forming said primary explosive compound.
A method according to claim 22 wherein said premix is dosed into respective elements before said liquid reaction medium is added thereto.
In a method of priming a plurality of explosive devices by incorporating a discrete body of priming explosive comprising a primary explosive compound with an element of each device, the improvement comprising forming each said body of priming explosive by providing a dose of a substantially dry premix comprising relatively insensitive components that will, in the presence of a liquid reaction medium, react together forming said primary explosive compound, and combining said dose of premix with a quantity of said reaction medium so as to cause said components to chemically react together thereby forming said discrete body comprising said primary explosive compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.