US2145507A - Percussion fuse for rocketprojectiles - Google Patents

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US2145507A
US2145507A US181970A US18197037A US2145507A US 2145507 A US2145507 A US 2145507A US 181970 A US181970 A US 181970A US 18197037 A US18197037 A US 18197037A US 2145507 A US2145507 A US 2145507A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C15/00—Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges
    • F42C15/28—Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges operated by flow of fluent material, e.g. shot, fluids
    • F42C15/30—Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges operated by flow of fluent material, e.g. shot, fluids of propellant gases, i.e. derived from propulsive charge or rocket motor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02K—JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F02K9/00—Rocket- engine plants, i.e. plants carrying both fuel and oxidant therefor; Control thereof
    • F02K9/95—Rocket- engine plants, i.e. plants carrying both fuel and oxidant therefor; Control thereof characterised by starting or ignition means or arrangements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C14/00—Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C15/00—Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges
    • F42C15/20—Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein a securing-pin or latch is removed to arm the fuze, e.g. removed from the firing-pin

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Patented Jan. 31, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PERCUSSION FUSE FOR ROCKET- PROJECTILES Paul Emile Joseph Denoix, Paris, France, assignor to Sageb, Socit Anonyme de Gestion et de Exploitation de Brevets, Fribourg, Switzerland, a corporation of Switzerland Application December 27, 1937, Serial No. 181,970 In Switzerland December 31, 1936 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a percussion fuse for rocket-projectiles, which are equipped with a jet propulsion device, and aims at providing a fuse of the foregoing kind Which is simple in con- 5 struction and reliable in operation.

The fuse of the present invention comprises a safety device, the eifacement of which is controlled by a locking member projecting from the I rear of the body of the fuse and covered by a tion chamber of the jet propulsion charge, in such a manner that the pressure generated in said chamber deforms said diaphragms, thus displacing the locking member and setting the fuse ready for action.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing which illustrates diagrammatically and by of example one embodiment thereof, and in which:-

Fig. l is an axial section of. a bomb equipped with a system of jet propulsion and primed by the aid of a fuse according to the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a section, on a larger scale, through the fuse.

In the embodiment shown, the fuse I is mounted in the bottom of a bomb 2 containing an ofiensive charge 3 and separated, by a deformable diaphragm d, from a combustion chamher 5 containing the jet propulsion charge 6 which discharges into a nozzle I.

The fuse comprises a body I (Fig. 2) mounted in a sheath 8 and provided with a bore 9 on which a locking cap II! is adapted to slide, this latter is blocked, when in neutral position, by a pin II which secures it to a second cap I2 integral with the member I servingto guide a striker I3 which is restrained, by means of a spring I5, from a primer IA. The cap I0 is arranged so as to project at the rear of the fuse body I carrying the diaphragm 4 which is provided with a recess I6 corresponding with the projection on the cap I0.

Balls IT, or equivalent locking members, are

held in engagement with a throat I8 in the diaphragm which forms one wall of the combusl2 serves, together with the spring I5, to hold the striker away from the primer I4, until the moment of impact.

The arrangement operates as foliows:When the pressure generated in the chamber 5 by the combustion of the reaction or jet propulsion charge 6 attains a predetermined value, the diaphragm I6 is deformed and forces the cap I0 into its bore 9, shearing the pin II or other retaining means, the balls l'l being then in position facing the throat I9 are able to move away, by centrifugal force if the projectile is animated by a rotational movement during its trajectory. Otherwise, they are displaced, laterally, on impact, by the striker I3 which impinges, by inertia, against the primer I4, shearing the pin 20 and compressing the spring I5.

Although, in the embodiment described, the fuse is represented as applied to an aerial bomb, it is obvious that, with certain modifications which will be clear to those skilled in the art, it can also be applied to projectiles equipped with a rocket and launched, from the ground, by any kind of instrument, and if desired, fired from a gun like an ordinary projectile, the reaction charge coming into operation either at the time the shot is fired, or during the trajectory, in order to add its effect to the initial launching charge.

It is moreover obvious that various alterations and modifications can be introduced without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

In a rocket-projectile formed with a chamber receiving a jet propulsion charge: a percussion fuse having a fuse body mounted in said projectile, a safety vice in said percussion fuse to prevent a premature working of the fuse, said safety device having a locking member projecting from the rear of said fuse body in said chamber, retaining means to maintain said locking member in looking position, a diaphragm interposed between said jet propulsion charge and said locking member, said diaphragm being adapted to be deformed by the pressure generated in said chamber by the combustion of said jet propulsive charge to push said locking member into inoperative position in the fuse body against said retaining means.

PAUL EMILE JOSEPH DENOIX.

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US2427989A (en) * 1942-08-19 1947-09-23 George W Blackinton Projectile
US2455845A (en) * 1944-05-22 1948-12-07 Edward P Wells Rocket
US2457839A (en) * 1941-09-08 1949-01-04 Leslie A Skinner Rocket
US2466752A (en) * 1943-09-22 1949-04-12 Edward G Uhl Electrically fired rocket projectile
US2479582A (en) * 1945-05-07 1949-08-23 James F Mccaslin Projectile fuse
US2487053A (en) * 1944-11-16 1949-11-08 Us Sec War Obturator trap for rocket propellants
US2488154A (en) * 1944-10-17 1949-11-15 Us Sec War Strip propellant for rocket projectiles
US2508590A (en) * 1944-07-14 1950-05-23 Acrojet Engineering Corp Jet motor with cooling system
US2522514A (en) * 1946-08-22 1950-09-19 Clarence N Hickman Arming device
US2608931A (en) * 1946-03-01 1952-09-02 Charles C Lauritsen Rocket
US2644397A (en) * 1945-01-06 1953-07-07 Katz Leonhard Projectile control system
US2655105A (en) * 1952-08-01 1953-10-13 George E Hansche Motor dropper
US2699722A (en) * 1951-04-06 1955-01-18 Energa Projectile
US2704033A (en) * 1951-10-09 1955-03-15 Casper J Koeper Rocket fuze
US2728295A (en) * 1946-10-07 1955-12-27 Rubin Sylvan Multiple grain rocket
US2730046A (en) * 1950-09-19 1956-01-10 Bofors Ab Safety device for the explosive head of a missile
US2730927A (en) * 1950-02-21 1956-01-17 Materials Hispano Suiza S A So Launching devices for self-propelled missiles
US2737892A (en) * 1948-12-14 1956-03-13 Patrick J Dalton On-off self destruction base fuze
US2754759A (en) * 1947-08-29 1956-07-17 Kenneth L Baker Time delay fuze for a rocket
US2845866A (en) * 1953-12-24 1958-08-05 Brandt Soc Nouv Ets Fuse for a projectile and applications thereof
US2846949A (en) * 1956-02-14 1958-08-12 Apstein Maurice Arming of rifle grenades
US2872869A (en) * 1948-05-24 1959-02-10 Volney K Rasmussen Rocket base fuze
US2873681A (en) * 1945-02-03 1959-02-17 Charles C Lauritsen Fuze
US2883933A (en) * 1946-05-27 1959-04-28 Robert B King Fuze
US2988995A (en) * 1957-01-21 1961-06-20 Charles A Somville Projectile fuze
US3015276A (en) * 1957-09-03 1962-01-02 Surtees Benjamin John Fuze mechanisms
US3015209A (en) * 1947-10-20 1962-01-02 Aerojet General Co Means for supporting a propellant charge in a rocket motor
US3205821A (en) * 1962-10-18 1965-09-14 France Etat Projectile propulsive system with pressure-actuable arming means
US3853058A (en) * 1972-01-05 1974-12-10 Luchaire Sa Improvements in or relating to rockets
US3897730A (en) * 1973-06-21 1975-08-05 Gen Dynamics Corp Penetrating spear with suspended warhead
US3935817A (en) * 1971-07-28 1976-02-03 General Dynamics Corporation Penetrating spear
US4007688A (en) * 1976-02-23 1977-02-15 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Timed missile flight termination system
US4250705A (en) * 1976-12-28 1981-02-17 Societe Nationale Des Poudres Et Explosifs Apparatus for the connection between two stages of a self-propelled engine
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US2457839A (en) * 1941-09-08 1949-01-04 Leslie A Skinner Rocket
US2427989A (en) * 1942-08-19 1947-09-23 George W Blackinton Projectile
US2466752A (en) * 1943-09-22 1949-04-12 Edward G Uhl Electrically fired rocket projectile
US2455845A (en) * 1944-05-22 1948-12-07 Edward P Wells Rocket
US2508590A (en) * 1944-07-14 1950-05-23 Acrojet Engineering Corp Jet motor with cooling system
US2488154A (en) * 1944-10-17 1949-11-15 Us Sec War Strip propellant for rocket projectiles
US2487053A (en) * 1944-11-16 1949-11-08 Us Sec War Obturator trap for rocket propellants
US2644397A (en) * 1945-01-06 1953-07-07 Katz Leonhard Projectile control system
US2873681A (en) * 1945-02-03 1959-02-17 Charles C Lauritsen Fuze
US2479582A (en) * 1945-05-07 1949-08-23 James F Mccaslin Projectile fuse
US2608931A (en) * 1946-03-01 1952-09-02 Charles C Lauritsen Rocket
US2883933A (en) * 1946-05-27 1959-04-28 Robert B King Fuze
US2522514A (en) * 1946-08-22 1950-09-19 Clarence N Hickman Arming device
US2728295A (en) * 1946-10-07 1955-12-27 Rubin Sylvan Multiple grain rocket
US2754759A (en) * 1947-08-29 1956-07-17 Kenneth L Baker Time delay fuze for a rocket
US3015209A (en) * 1947-10-20 1962-01-02 Aerojet General Co Means for supporting a propellant charge in a rocket motor
US2872869A (en) * 1948-05-24 1959-02-10 Volney K Rasmussen Rocket base fuze
US2737892A (en) * 1948-12-14 1956-03-13 Patrick J Dalton On-off self destruction base fuze
US2730927A (en) * 1950-02-21 1956-01-17 Materials Hispano Suiza S A So Launching devices for self-propelled missiles
US2730046A (en) * 1950-09-19 1956-01-10 Bofors Ab Safety device for the explosive head of a missile
US2699722A (en) * 1951-04-06 1955-01-18 Energa Projectile
US2704033A (en) * 1951-10-09 1955-03-15 Casper J Koeper Rocket fuze
US2655105A (en) * 1952-08-01 1953-10-13 George E Hansche Motor dropper
US2845866A (en) * 1953-12-24 1958-08-05 Brandt Soc Nouv Ets Fuse for a projectile and applications thereof
US2846949A (en) * 1956-02-14 1958-08-12 Apstein Maurice Arming of rifle grenades
US2988995A (en) * 1957-01-21 1961-06-20 Charles A Somville Projectile fuze
US3015276A (en) * 1957-09-03 1962-01-02 Surtees Benjamin John Fuze mechanisms
US3205821A (en) * 1962-10-18 1965-09-14 France Etat Projectile propulsive system with pressure-actuable arming means
US3935817A (en) * 1971-07-28 1976-02-03 General Dynamics Corporation Penetrating spear
US3853058A (en) * 1972-01-05 1974-12-10 Luchaire Sa Improvements in or relating to rockets
US3897730A (en) * 1973-06-21 1975-08-05 Gen Dynamics Corp Penetrating spear with suspended warhead
US4007688A (en) * 1976-02-23 1977-02-15 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Timed missile flight termination system
US4250705A (en) * 1976-12-28 1981-02-17 Societe Nationale Des Poudres Et Explosifs Apparatus for the connection between two stages of a self-propelled engine
FR2633385A1 (en) * 1988-06-23 1989-12-29 France Etat Armement Projectile safety and arming system using combustion gas pressure
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