US1459793A - Water bomb - Google Patents

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US1459793A
US1459793A US413885A US41388520A US1459793A US 1459793 A US1459793 A US 1459793A US 413885 A US413885 A US 413885A US 41388520 A US41388520 A US 41388520A US 1459793 A US1459793 A US 1459793A
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Pape Max Carl August Hermann
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B21/00—Depth charges

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  • the idea of the present invention' is to make use of a composite water bomb in such manner that the bomb as a whole will be thrown off, but will be divided into sections below the water level in such manner that the different parts can explode in different depths. By these means a greater likelihood is given that a submarine boat will be damaged or destroyed in any depth on the place where the bomb is dropped.
  • Figure 1 of the drawing is ⁇ an elevation of the composite water bomb, one half in vertical section.
  • Figure 2 is a ⁇ section drawn to the line 40- 2-2 of Fig. 1.
  • Figure 3 shows the bomb in its working position to a smaller scale.
  • the water bomb consists of three sections :a, b and c, which are placed one above the other, the sections b and o lying loose in a tubular projection d of the lowest section a.
  • the tubular projection d may be fastened to the highest section c by wing-nuts d1.
  • Each section is provided with a charge of combustion e and a fuse f and, moreover, the sections b and c are provided with floating chambers g and g1, of which g1 is larger than g.
  • the section a is not provided with any floating chamber and therefore will have less buoyancy than the two upper sections.
  • the different sections will separate from one another in the water according to their divers sinking speeds and owing to their loose connection.
  • the tearing ropes will take up their slack and tighten and remove the tearingsheets or plates from the fuses.
  • the latter will now start their action and will either cause a momentary ignition or retarding ignition by the aid of retarding means.
  • the explosion of the sections canbe regulated according to the desired depth at will, so that the bomb can be used in all depths as far as they are used by submarine boats.
  • the lower section or even several sections may be provided with percussion-fuses.
  • a water bomb comprisi a number of superposed sections detach 1y connected with oneanother to form a single unlt, each section having a fuse and a charge of exlosives, the sections becoming detached rom one another on being dropped into the water to adjust themselves one above the other.
  • a unitary water bomb comprising a number of sections ada ted to be dropped as a whole, each section aving a fuse and a charge of explosives, some of the sections being provided with a floating chamber, the
  • iioating chambers of the different vbomb sections being of di'erent size to give the various sections different buoyancies.

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Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2442381A (en) * 1944-02-03 1948-06-01 Short Frank Aerochemical device
US2520814A (en) * 1945-02-03 1950-08-29 Bruce H Rule Impulse emitting device
US2785633A (en) * 1953-03-12 1957-03-19 Us Navy Apparatus for detonating explosive charges
US4975890A (en) * 1960-05-10 1990-12-04 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Underwater sound transmitting system
WO2025052158A1 (en) * 2023-09-04 2025-03-13 MAŚLARZ, Mariusz Depth charge-buoy

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2442381A (en) * 1944-02-03 1948-06-01 Short Frank Aerochemical device
US2520814A (en) * 1945-02-03 1950-08-29 Bruce H Rule Impulse emitting device
US2785633A (en) * 1953-03-12 1957-03-19 Us Navy Apparatus for detonating explosive charges
US4975890A (en) * 1960-05-10 1990-12-04 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Underwater sound transmitting system
WO2025052158A1 (en) * 2023-09-04 2025-03-13 MAŚLARZ, Mariusz Depth charge-buoy

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