Mine having a sensor with improved righting characteristic after mine laying
AssigneeDynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft
InventorChristoph Mathey
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Abstract
By replacing a round sensor wire capable of effecting, by the formation of a spiral spring, the righting of a sensor wire on a mine after laying by a wire having a rectangular cross section wherein the larger sides of the rectangle of the cross-sectional area of the sensor wire form essentially a right angle with a radius vector of the cylindrical supporting member, the righting force of the sensor wire is considerably enhanced as compared with a round wire although the wire still remains sufficiently elastic to be windable around the mine without permanent deformation.
Claims2
A mine comprising an essentially cylindrical supporting member having a continuously extending guide track open in the axial direction, and an elastic sensor wire wound up in the guide track during laying of the mine, said sensor wire being shaped in the manner of a spiral spring at one end and being attached at said one end to the supporting member via an inner end of the spiral spring, characterized in that the cross section of the sensor wire is rectangular, especially in the zone of the spiral spring, the larger sides of the rectangular cross-sectional area of the sensor wire forming essentially a right angle with a radius vector of the cylindrical supporting member.
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