Carrier shell ejecting a payload by means of a piston
AssigneeGiat Industries
InventorsRegis Aumasson, Dominique Dion
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Abstract
The invention relates to carrier shells which can eject a payload in flight. A carrier shell for transporting a payload includes a body closed at one of its ends by a base and at the other by a head, inside of which is placed a pyrotechnic composition for generating gases intended to act on a piston at the time the payload is ejected. The shell includes an attachment between the piston and the shell after ejection of the payload. This invention is applicable to mine-dispersing carrier shells.
Claims10
A carrier shell for transporting and ejecting a payload, comprising a body closed at one end by a base and at another end by a head;
- a piston;
- and a means for providing an attachment between the piston and the carrier shell after ejection of the payload, wherein said means for providing an attachment between the piston and the carrier shell after ejection of the payload comprises at least one cable, wherein one end of the at least one cable is coupled to the carrier shell at the head and another end is coupled to at least one spool fastened to the piston, the at least one cable being wound onto the spool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.