Igniting device for a propellant charge
AssigneeGiat Industries
InventorsNicole Forichon-Chaumet, Patrick Berneau, Laurent Desgland
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Abstract
An ignition device for a propellant charge contained in a cylindrical case of a munition, said device comprising at least one linear energetic element and means to ignite said element, and characterised in that the ignition means comprise a tubular part, placed at a bottom cap part of the case and delimiting a chamber that communicates with a pyrotechnic igniting component, said tubular part comprising an axial hole intended to allow the passage and entry into the chamber of the linear igniting element or elements arranged substantially along the case axis.
Claims6
A munition having an ignition device , said munition comprising:
- a case containing a propellant charge;
- a bottom cup portion of the case;
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- an ignition device comprising:
- at least one linear energetic element located substantially along a lengthwise axis of said case;
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- means for firing said element, the firing means comprising a tubular part located at the bottom cup and delimiting a chamber that communicates with a pyrotechnic igniting component, said tubular part comprising an axial hole extending substantially along the lengthwise axis of said case and communicating with said chamber, said at least one linear energetic element extending from the propellant charge located in the case through the axial hole and into the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.