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US 5,783,768 AGranted
Fire starting flare
AssigneeQuoin, Inc.
InventorMichael D. Jacobson
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Abstract
A fire starting flare suitable for hand-held launchers has a fuse and ignitor assembly within a flare core material such that as the flare is launched the fire ignites and as the flare lands the fuse reaches the ignitor assembly to set off the flare.
Claims8
A fire starting flare comprising:
- A. a casing with two ends, one open and the other closed;
- B. combustible core material within said casing of 120 grit aluminum powder mixed with equal weight of plaster;
- C. a cap placed over the open end of said casing capable of being ruptured by high pressure;
- D. an ignitor assembly placed within said combustible core material within said casing;
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- E. a fuse which extends from the outside of said predesigned hole in said plug, through said hole and through said combustible core material to said ignitor assembly, to which said fuse is operably connected.
3 more elements
A fire starting flare comprising:
- A. a casing with two ends, one open and the other closed;
- B. combustible core material within said casing;
- C. a cap placed over the open end of said casing capable of being ruptured by high pressure;
- D. an ignitor assembly placed within said combustible core material within said casing which comprises:
- (1) a first fire mix operably in contact with said fuse;
- (2) a first metallic bag enclosing said first fire mix;
- (3) a thermite starter of 400 grit aluminum powder, iron oxide, thermite, and plaster to which is added water and polyvinyl acetate;
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- (4) a second metallic bag enclosing said thermite starter.
6 more elements
A fire staring flare comprising:
- A. a casing with two ends, one open and the other closed;
- B. combustible core material within said casing;
- C. a cap placed over the open end of said casing capable of being ruptured by high pressure;
- D. An ignitor assembly placed within said combustible core material within said casing which comprises:
- (1) a first fire mix of di-copper oxide, aluminum powder, and red phosphorous operably in contact with said fuse;
- (2) a first metallic bag enclosing said first fire mix;
- (3) a thermite starter placed about said first metallic bag;
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- (4) a second metallic bag enclosing said thermite starter;
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- E. a fuse which extends from the outside of said predesigned hole in said plug, through said hole and through said combustible core material to said ignitor assembly, to which said fuse is operably connected.
8 more elements
A fire starting flare as described in claim 8 where said first and second metallic bags are aluminum foil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.