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US 5,237,927 AGranted
Energetic consumable cartridge case
AssigneeOlin Corporation
InventorsAntonio F. Gonzalez, William L. O'Meara
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Abstract
An energetic combustible cartridge case comprises a tubular body of a plastic nonfelted sheet propellant and an outer coating portion of a thermoset polymeric resin such as a polyurethane. The sheet propellant is a colloidal nitrocellulose composition which preferably contains a large portion of nitroglycerine and diethylene glycol dinitrate.
Claims4
An energetic combustible cartridge case comprising:
- a hollow body for containing a propellant charge therein, said body having an inner portion of a plastic, energetic, cellulosic fiber free, colloidal nitrocellulose composition sheet propellant material containing nitroglycerine and diethylene glycol dinitrate and an outer coating portion adhered to the exterior of said inner portion, said coating portion comprising thermoset resin material.
An energetic combustible cartridge case comprising:
- a tubular body for containing a propellant charge therein, said body having an inner portion having at least two overlapping spiral wrapped layers of an energetic plastic cellulosic fiber free, colloidal nitrocellulose composition sheet propellant containing nitroglycerine and diethylene glycol dinitrate and an outer coating portion adhered to the exterior of said inner portion comprising an elastomeric thermoset resin material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.