US3685448A - Device for detonating explosive charges in a liquid medium - Google Patents

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US3685448A
US3685448A US25314A US3685448DA US3685448A US 3685448 A US3685448 A US 3685448A US 25314 A US25314 A US 25314A US 3685448D A US3685448D A US 3685448DA US 3685448 A US3685448 A US 3685448A
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Pierre Magneville
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B3/00—Blasting cartridges, i.e. case and explosive
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B3/00—Blasting cartridges, i.e. case and explosive
    • F42B3/10—Initiators therefor
    • F42B3/12—Bridge initiators

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  • one of these portions is a female element having an [51] '3" 46 70 insulating inner wall and a conductive outer wall in [58] held 0 Sean which these two walls define a chamber containing the explosive charge and the inner wall having a contact of the electric circuit.
  • the other portion is in the form [56] References C'ted of a hollow male element having a closed end portion UNITED STATES PATENTS adapted to be received in a closed end portion of the female element.
  • the male element includes an insulatprovided a contact member adapted to contact the contact 3 Claims, 1 Drawing Figure ing outer wall and a conductive inner wall with of the female element when the male element is received therein.
  • the present specification has for object to disclose a cartridge of this type having the advantage of being easily manufactured and consequently of being manufactured at a low price.
  • This new cartridge is composed of the following elements: an insulating cylindrical enclosure having a bottom end and serving as a carrier for the whole assembly, a tube of conducting material having a. bottom end and slidably mounted into the cylindrical enclosure with its bottom end registering with the bottom end of said cylindrical enclosure, said two bottom ends being electrically connected through a first contact member, a plug of insulating material having at least one tubular part and a circular plane wall with a second contact member passing therethrough, said plug fitting on one end of the cylindrical enclosure in such a way that the contact members join each other a cap of conducting material containing an explosive charge and fitting on said insulating plug, an explosive conductor passing across the explosive charge and connecting the second contact member to the conducting wall of the cap.
  • the cartridge comprises a female element and a male element fitting therein.
  • the male element comprises a cylindrical enclosure 7 of insulating material, extended at one end thereof with a widened head 8 and closed at the other end by a bottom 23. It further comprises a second part formed of a metallic tube 24, e.g., of aluminum, having an external diameter substantially equal to the internal diameter of the cylindrical enclosure 7 and which fits therein.
  • the tube 24, the length of which is greater than that of the enclosure 7 including the extension by the head 8, is Open at its end which is the closest to the head 8 and is provided at its other end with a bottom 25 which bears against the bottom 9 of the insulating enclosure.
  • the female element of the cartridge is formed in part of a plug of insulating material, e.g., plastic material, comprising two tubular portions 27 and 28 on both sides of a circular plane wall 29.
  • the tubular portion 27 has an internal diameter substantially equal to the extemal diameter of the enclosure 7 so as to fit thereon.
  • Two grooves 30 and 30 can be provided respectively at that end of the enclosure 7 which is the closest to the bottom 23 and at the open end of the tubular portion 27, so as to keep the enclosure 7 fitted in the tubular portion 27.
  • the tubular section 28, defining a tubular recess has an external diameter lower than that of the portion 27.
  • a metal plug 31 is provided across the wall 29 in its common part with the tubular section 28 in order to be used as electric contact member. When the end of the enclosure 7 fits in the tubular portion 27, the plug 31 comes into contact with the plug 26.
  • the female element of the cartridge further comprises a metal cap 32, e.g., of aluminum, destructible by explosion.
  • This cap of cylindrical shape, is closed at one end withv a bottom 33 and open at the other end. Its internal diameter, at this open end, is substantially equal to the externalv diameter of the tubular portion 27 so as to fit thereon.
  • the cap 32 contains an explosive charge 10, up to the level of a shoulder 34 of the tubular portion of the cap, which shoulder is provided for housing the circular plane wall 29 of larger diameter. When the cap is fitted on the insulating plug (27, 28, 29), the explosive charge 10 fills the cap up to the wall 29, leaving free the volume corresponding to the tubular section 28 whose length is smaller than that of the cap.
  • An exploding wire 35 connected at one end to the contact plug 31 and at the other end to the cap 32, passes partly through the tubular section 28 of the insulating plug, and partly through the explosive charge 10.
  • the so-assembled cartridge is adapted to the device described in the parent specification and the firing thereof is carried out in the manner described in the patent.
  • the portion of the electric circuit regarding the cartridge comprises: the aluminum tube 24, the contact plug 26, the contact plug 31, the exploding wire 35 and the metal wall of the cap 32.
  • the insulating tubular section 28 is provided for preventing any short-circuit between the plug 31 and the closest portion of the wall of the cap 32.
  • the circuit is fed with electric current and the wire 35 explodes and the explosive charge therewith, thereby destroying the cartridge.
  • the cartridge according to the invention is formed of simple elements whose manufacture is easy and the cost is low. It also exhibits a high tightness, of great interest in the case of a circuit which must be operated within conducting water.
  • a device for detonating an explosive charge in a liquid medium by closing an electric circuit comprising first conductor means passing through an explosive charge contained in a nose end portion of a cartridge body, the other end thereof terminating in a head having a transverse cross section greater than that of the remainder of said body and serving as a means for seating said body in an immersed end of a charging tube, and a secondv conducting means for electrically connecting the first conductor means to terminals of a current source, an improvement of the cartridge body compnsmg:
  • a female element including an external conducting wall and an internal insulating wall provided with a contact member, the external and internal walls delimitating a recess for containing the explosive charge;
  • a hollow male fitting element including a closed end portion adapted to fit in a closed end portion of said female element and terminating at the other end thereof with said head, the male element including an insulating external wall, an internal conducting wall with a bottom end provided with a contact member for electrical connection with the contact member of the female element.
  • a device for detonating an explosive charge in a liquid medium by closing an electric circuit comprising a first conductor means passing through the explosive charge contained in a nose end portion of a cartridge body, the other end thereof terminating in a head having a transverse cross section greater than that of the remainder of said body and serving as a means for seating said body in an immersed end.of a charging tube and second conducting means for electrically connecting the first conductor means to the terminals of a current source, an improvement of the cartridge comprising:
  • a male fitting element including a cylindrical enclosure (7) of insulating material, extended at one end with a widened head (8) and closed at the other end by the bottom (23) of the enclosure, a tube (24) of conducting material whose external diameter is substantially the internal diameter of the enclosure (7) and having a length greater than that of the enclosure (7 including the head extension (8), said tube being provided at one end thereof with a bottom (25) adapted to bear against the bottom (23) of the enclosure when said tube is slidably introduced into said enclosure, said tube bottom end (25 being electrically connected through the enclosure bottom (23) to a contact member (26), at least partly externally to said enclosure bottom; and a female fitting element including a plug of insulating material having at least one tubular portion (27) of an internal diameter substantially equal to the external diameter of the insulating enclosure for fitting the latter therein, the bottom (29) of said tubular portion being provided with a contact member (31) passing therethrough and bearing, on one side of said bottom, against the contact member (26), when the enclosure is fitted in said tubular
  • the insulating plug comprises a tubular recess (28) on the side opposite to the tubular portion (27) of the plug with respect to the bottom thereof, said tubular recess (28) providing a passage to that part of the conductor (35),

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US2869825A (en) * 1953-10-26 1959-01-20 Phillips Petroleum Co Earth boring
US2926566A (en) * 1956-11-30 1960-03-01 Walter W Atkins Device for accelerating the ignition of the propellant for a projectile
US3249049A (en) * 1964-07-31 1966-05-03 Zimmerman Theodore Ballistic primer
US3363565A (en) * 1966-08-10 1968-01-16 Navy Usa Recessed ammunition primer
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