EXPLOSIVE-ACTIVATED SAFE-ARM DEVICE

This invention provides a protective safe-arm device ( 10 ) for use with a delayed output component ( 17 ) that can be coupled to an input device ( 16 ) and to an output device ( 14 ) to interpose a delay between the receipt of an initiation signal from the input device ( 16 ) and the issuance of th...

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Hauptverfasser: GEOFFREY, P. KACZYNSKI, JEFFREY, M. KEZERIAN, JOHN, A. GRAHAM, CARL, F. MALLERY
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This invention provides a protective safe-arm device ( 10 ) for use with a delayed output component ( 17 ) that can be coupled to an input device ( 16 ) and to an output device ( 14 ) to interpose a delay between the receipt of an initiation signal from the input device ( 16 ) and the issuance of the signal to an output device ( 14 ), which may communicate with, or be part of, an explosively-activated target device, e.g., a rocket motor, warhead, etc. The safe-arm device ( 10 ) is configured so that before the output device ( 14 ) is intended to function, a barrier member ( 24 ) resides between the output device ( 14 ) and the delayed output component ( 17 ) therein. Thus, should the delayed output component ( 17 ) function inadvertently, I will fail to initiate the output device ( 14 ). However, a signal received from the input device ( 16 ) causes the introduction into the housing of an impelling gas which moves the barrier member ( 24 ) away from its protective position, thus permitting the delayed output component ( 17 ) to initiate the output device ( 14 ).