Wrapping of soft chaff muffin for supersonic deployment
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorWilliam D. Greenlees
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Abstract
A means for preventing the opening of a chaff muffin upon its entry into air stream of its supersonic-velocity carrier rocket, said means comprising a longitudinal wrapping in addition to the usual circumferential wrapping.
Claims9
A radar chaff muffin for use at supersonic velocities comprising:
- a bundle of radar chaff fibers, said bundle being roughly cylindrical in shape;
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- a strip of taping material, said strip being wound around said bundle of fibers both circumferentially and longitudinally.
A method of preventing the immediate disintegration of a radar chaff muffin upon entry into a supersonic air stream, said muffin being of the type having a cylindrically shaped bundle of chaff fibers held together by a circumferential winding of tape, comprising the step of wrapping said muffin in at least one longitudinal winding of said same tape.
In a radar chaff muffin of the type comprising a roughly cylindrical bundle of chaff fibers having a circumferential wrapping for holding the bundle together, a second wrapping extending in the longitudinal direction of said bundle, said muffin thereby becoming efficiently deployable at supersonic velocities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.