US3175496A - Electric firing device for projectiles - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- An object of the present invention is to avoid all danger of premature igniting of projectiles of this type.
- a firing electric device for projectiles comprises an electric generator, a part of the magnetic circuit of which is displaceable under spring infiuence to produce the electric energy necessary to fire the projectile, this part of the magnetic circuit being maintained in position, before discharge, by a locking or holding device sensitive to the acceleration of the projectile, this locking device comprising an inertia mass displaceable against the action of a spring and against the action of a retarding device, characterised in that the locking device also comprises a brake preventing the unlocking when the acceleration of the projectile exceeds a predetermined acceleration.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view of the device constructed in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 2 is an elevation after removal of the generator
- FIG. 3 is a section through a part of the locking mechanism of an electric generator before tripping
- FIG. 4 is a section similar to FIG. 3 of the locking mechanism after tripping.
- FIG. 5 is a constructional detail.
- the firing device shown comprises a base plate 1 of insulating material and carrying a generator 2 and means for controlling the energization thereof to fire the projectile at selected degrees of acceleration.
- the generator 2 has not been shown in detail as it is constructed in accordance with known electric motor principles comprising a rotor constituted by a permanent magnet.
- This rotor is disposed between two pole shoes 3 and 4 of a magnetic circuit having a winding 5.
- This rotor is rotatably integral with a disc '6 presenting two diametrically opposed slots 7, the disc 6 being influenced by a spring 8 hooked to a fixed member 9.
- the disc 3,175,496 Patented Mar. 30, 1965 6 is prevented from turning under the influence of the spring 8 by a finger 10 engaged in a slot 7.
- This finger 10 forms part of a lever 11 suspended from the shank of a screw type stud 12 on a supporting block 13 fixed to the plate 14 which constitutes a part of the frame for housing the means for retarding the mechanism as the projectile is in flight.
- the lower end of the lever 11, which for convenience may be termed the first lever, cooperates With the end of a second lever 15 pivoted at its other end on the shank of a screw type stud 16 fitted into the block 13, said stud 16 having its axis disposed at right angles to the axis of the stud 12.
- the plate 14 is connected by spacer members 17, 1S and 19 to second plate 21).
- An axle 21 of which a part 22, of larger diameter passes through the plate 14, is mounted between these two plates and serves to support an arm 23, which carries a weight 24.
- the axle 21 carries, between the plates 14 and 20, a toothed segment 25 which meshes with a pinion 26 of a multiplying gear train.
- This train comprises a toothed wheel 27 in mesh with a pinion 28 rotatably integral with a disc 29 of conductive material the periphery of which passes in an air gap located between a bent sheet 30 and a permanent magnet 31.
- the arm 23 carrying the weight 24 is maintained, in the stationary state, in the position shown in FIG. 2 by spring 32 fixed to the base plate 1 (FIG. 2). In this position, as is shown in FIG. 3, the arm 23 lies against a first abutment or keeper notch 43 of the lever 15 which also has a second abutment or keeper notch 35 as will be seen from FIG. 3.
- the device shown is fixed in a projectile in such a manner that the longitudinal axis of the projectile is perpendicular to the base plate 1, the nose of the projectile being above the base plate 1, with reference to FIG. 2.
- the inertia forces acting on the weight 24 and on the arm 23 at the moment of discharge of the projectile have the effect of turning the arm 23 around its axle 21 against the action of the spring 32.
- the spacer 17, which separates the plates 14 and 20, carries a leaf spring 34, the free end of which is near the edge of the disc 29.
- the lever 15 presents a slot 35 which is visible in FIG. 3.
- This device opposes the movement of the arm 23 by virtue of the kinetic energy which must be accumulated in the moving members, especially in the disc 29 and, as a result of the braking effected by the Foucalt currents which are generated in the disc 29 as a result of its rotation in a magnetic field produced by the magnet 31.
- the rotation of the arm 23 carries on until it comes to position opposite the second abutment or keeper notch 35 of the lever 15, so that lever 15 can pivot to take up the position shown in FIG. 4, its end thus freeing the end of the lever 11.
- the lever 11 can then pivot around its screw 12 in a counterclockwise direction, with reference to FIG. 2, under the influence of a force exerted on the finger 10 by the edge of the slot 7 by the disc 6 which is influenced by the spring 8.
- the finger describes the arc of a circle and moves away from the upper face of the disc 6, so that this disc 6 is freed and can turn under the influence of the spring 8.
- the current produced by the generator 2 is used for charging a condenser (not shown) which permits, in known manner, the ignition of an explosive charge at the moment when it is desired.
- the torque exerted on the lever 11 by the disc 6 when it is locked tends to pivot the lever 11 in a counterclockwise direction, which applies its oblique surface 36 against that of the lever 15, the torque exerted on this lever 15 by this reaction application tends to turn the lever 15 in a counterclockwise direction with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.
- the arm 23 can turn against the action of the spring 32.
- the duration of the acceleration being too short to permit the rotation of this arm to turn sufficiently to effect the disengagement of the locking device, the spring 32 brings back the arm into the position shown in FIG. 2 as soon as the acceleration has ceased.
- the projectile is to be submitted to a very great acceleration, for example five times as great as the normal acceleration of the discharge of the projectile, there could be feared that in spite of the short duration of this acceleration, the arm 23 would turn sufficiently to induce the arming of the firing device.
- a firing device for projectiles comprising,
- retarding means for controlling said generator also on said base including, a member swingable relative to the plane of said base about an axle mounted in said frame and connected to multiplying gearing and a disc driven by said mechanism and whose periphery moves in the field of a permanent magnet,
- a firing device according to claim 1, wherein the means maintaining said member poised also includes a pair of levers frictionally engaged at their free ends, one of said levers having first and second spaced keeper notches, the first notch normally receiving the arm to maintain it poised for a predetermined period of acceleration, and
- a firing device for projectiles comprising,
- means for controlling said generator including,
- an arm having a weight at one end and pivotally connected at the other end to retarding mechanism including gearing connected with said arm operating a disc whose periphery is in the field of a permanent magnet,
- levers frictionally engaged at their free ends, one of said levers having an offset arm for engaging a notch in the disc and the other lever having s aced first and second keeper notches, the first notch normally receiving the arm to maintain it poised for a predetermined initial period of acceleration, and when the duration of the period of acceleration exceeds the predetermined initial setting, said arm will be further turned until it rests in the second keeper notch.
- An electric firing device for projectiles comprising,
- an electric generator mounted on a base and including a rotor having a winding, pole pieces and a fixed memher,
- a spring having one end secured to the base and its free end engaging in maintaining said arm in a normally predetermined elevated position
- said means comprising,
- a multiplying gear train connected with the said axle of said arm and including a disc having its periphery portion operating in the field of a permanent magnet
- first lever having first and second spaced keeper notches in one edge and pivotally supported on a pivot at its upper end on said frame, said arm normally resting in said first notch
- a second lever supported at its upper end on said frame by a pivot disposed at right angles to said pivot, said lever having an angularly offset portion engageable with a related notch of the disc,
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