Motorized pyrotechnic system
AssigneeStrictly FX
InventorsReid Nofsinger, Mark J. Grega
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Abstract
One aspect of the invention provides a firing apparatus that provides an arcuate visual effect. The firing apparatus includes a motor, an enclosure housing the motor and an arm connected to a shaft of the motor for moving a pyrotechnic device such as a gerb. Another aspect of the invention provides a pyrotechnic system that includes a firing apparatus including a reciprocal motor, a firing arm having a first end connected to a shaft of the reciprocal motor and a second end adapted to emit an arcuate pyrotechnic effect, a control unit in communication with the firing apparatus for controlling operation of the reciprocal motor and an ignition unit in communication with the firing apparatus for initiating the pyrotechnic effect.
Claims17
A pyrotechnic firing apparatus comprising:
- a motor having a rotatable shaft;
- a firing arm including a proximal end that is attached to the rotatable shaft, a distal end adapted to receive a pyrotechnic device and a body portion including an ignition contact;
- the distal end being adapted to receive a plurality of pyrotechnic devices and the body portion comprising a plurality of contacts, each contact of the plurality of contacts retaining a fuse of one pyrotechnic device of the plurality of pyrotechnic devices so that the ignition unit can fire the plurality of pyrotechnic devices at least one of sequentially and simultaneously;
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- a control and firing interface including a motor control input and an ignition input, wherein the motor control input is linked with the motor and receives a signal from a control unit that is located remotely from the pyrotechnic firing apparatus for controlling movement of the rotatable shaft and the ignition input is linked with the ignition contact and receives a signal from an ignition unit that is located remotely from the pyrotechnic firing apparatus for firing the pyrotechnic device.
A pyrotechnic system comprising:
- a first firing apparatus including a reciprocal motor having a rotatable shaft, a firing arm having a first end connected to the rotatable shaft of the reciprocal motor and a second end adapted to emit a pyrotechnic effect, to receive a plurality of pyrotechnic devices, and a body portion including an ignition contact;
- an ignition unit in communication with the firing apparatus for initiating the pyrotechnic effect;
- the body portion comprising a plurality of contacts, each contact of the plurality of contacts retaining a fuse of one pyrotechnic device of the plurality of pyrotechnic devices so that the ignition unit can fire the plurality of pyrotechnic devices at least one of sequentially and simultaneously;
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- a control unit in communication with the firing apparatus for controlling operation of the reciprocal motor;
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- a control and firing interface including a motor control input and an ignition input, wherein the motor control input is linked with the motor and receives a signal from a control unit that is located remotely from the pyrotechnic firing apparatus for controlling movement of the rotatable shaft and the ignition input is linked with the ignition contact and receives a signal from the ignition unit that is located remotely from the pyrotechnic firing apparatus for firing the pyrotechnic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.