Weapons storage container to prevent sympathetic detonation of adjacent weapons
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsCarl C. Halsey, Sharon L. Berry
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Abstract
A material for use in containers for explosive media and a material for use n containers for absorbing the dynamic shock of an explosion and prevent sympathetic detonation of adjacent explosive device in which the material is a relatively lightweight, porous, shock absorbing material mixed with a binder to provide a castable composite. A storage container receives the cast filler and is thereby hindered from being subjected to destruction from sympathetic detonation due to donor detonation within the storage container or a proximate storage container.
Claims5
A storage container for an explosive round to hinder a sympathetic explosion due to the detonation of a donor round, comprising:
- storage means suitable for storing and transporting an explosive round, the storage means including a storage or transportation compartment;
- means disposed in said storage means for receiving an explosive round and defining a volume for receiving the explosive round;
- ground or crushed compressible pumice for hindering the unwanted sympathetic detonation, said pumice received within the storage means except in the volume defined as the explosive round receiving means;
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- means for binding said pumice into a self-supporting shape between and about each round and any adjacent round and any round and an adjacent wall of said storage container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.