Abstract:
This invention relates to a pneumatic launcher and to a flare ignitor. The flare ignitor permits the flare to be automatically ignited once it leaves launcher as well as providing a means to readily hand ignite a flare. The launcher permits a plurality of devices to be sequentially launched.
Abstract:
A PYROTECHNIC COLOR FLARE COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A COLOR PRODUCING SALT, POWDERED METAL FUEL AND A PERCHLORATE OXIDIZER UTILIZES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF A PLASTICIZED POLYMERIC COLOR INTENSIFIER CAPABLE OF RENDERING THE COMPOSITION FORMABLE BY MOLDING, CASTING, EXTRUDING AND THE LIKE. THE COLOR INTENSIFIER CONSTITUTES ABOUT 20-50% BY WEIGHT OF THE PYROTECHNIC CHARGE AND CONSISTS OF SUBSTANTIAL EQUAL PROPORTIONS OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE RESIN AND A PLASTICIZER. THE RESULTANT COLOR FLARE CHARGE EXHIBITS SUBSTANTIAL COHESIVE STRENGTH, TOUGHNESS AND FLEXIBILITY AS WELL AS IMPROVED COLOR-INTENSITY AND PURITY.
Abstract:
A FLARE BODY FOR A PARACHUTE TYPE FLARE PROVIDING SUPERIOR BRILLIANCE AND SUSTAINED OUTPUT OF ILLUMINATION EVEN AFTER 14 DAYS OF O24 HOUR TEMPERATURE CYCLING BETWEEN -65 AND 165*F. IS OBTAINED BY MEANS OF A NOVEL, CASTABLE ILLUMINANTT FLARE COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN UNCURED, HIGH OXYGEN CONTENT LIQUID PLYMERIC BINDER MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY A LIQUID SATURATED POLYESTER POLYMER/ LIQUID EPOXY RESIN SYSTEM, WHICH IS LOADED INTO A FLARE BODY CASING LINED ON ITS INNER BOTTOM AND SIDE SURFACES WITH AT LEAST PARTIALLY CURED LINER MATERIAL COMPRISING THE BINDER MATERIAL AND FURTHER COMPRISING AN ANCHOR SHEET MATERIAL BONDED COMPLETELY ON ITS INNER SURFACE TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE LINER AND ON ITS OUTER SURFACE TO THE INNER CASING WALL ESSENTIALLY ONLY BY A RELATIVELY NARROW ANCHOR STRIP OF MATERIAL RUNNING FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CASING. THE LOADED CASING AND ITS CONTENTS THEN ARE HEATED TO CUURE THE POLYMERIC BINDER MATERIAL IN THE COMPOSITION, LINER AND ANCHOR STRIP.
Abstract:
ILLUMINANT FUELS AND OXIDIZERSS ARE ADDED TO CRUSHABLE CAPSULES CONTAINING CURABLE, ILLUMINANT BINDERS AND TO CRUSHABLE CAPSULES CONTAINING CURING AGENTS FOR THE ILLUMINAANT BINDERS TO FORM A HOMOGENEOUSLY MIXED, FLOWABLE POWDER, ILLUMINANT COMPOSITION. THIS COMPOSITION IS DISPENSED INTO ILLUMINANT CONTAAINERS WHERE A CAPSULE RUPTURING PRESSURE IS APPLIED RUPTURING THE CAPSULES IN THE COMPOSITION. THIS RESULTS IN THE LIQUID BINDERS AND LIQUID CURING AGENTS BEING RELEASED AND DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE COMPOSITION AND INTERACTING AND FORMING A CONTAINER CURED ILLUMINANT.
Abstract:
A FLARE BODY FOR A PARACHUTE TYPE FLARE PROVIDING SUPERIOR BRILLIANCE AND SUSTAINED OUTPUT OF ILLUMINATION EVEN ON GERMANIUM SUBSTRATES UTILIZING A DIFFUSION MASK OF POLY-65 AND 165*F. IS OBTAINED BY MEANS OF A NOVEL, CASTABLE ILLUMINANT FREE COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN UNCURED, HIGH OXYGEN CONTENT LIQUID POLYMERIC BINDER MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY A LIQUID SATURATED POLYESTER POLYMER/ LIQUID EPOXY RESIN SYSTEM, WHICH IS LOADED INTO A FLARE BODY CASING LINED ON ITS INNER BOTTOM AND SIDE SURFACES WITH AT LEAST PARTIALLY CURED LINER MATERIAL COMPRISING THE BINDER MATERIAL AND FURTHER COMPRISING AN ANCHOR SHEET MATERIAL BONDED COMPLETELY ON ITS INNER SURFACE TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE LINER AND ON ITS OUTER SURFACE TO THE INNER CASING WALL ESSENTIALLY ONLY BY A RELATIVELY NARROW ANCHOR STRIP OF MATERIAL RUNNING FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CASING. THE LOADED CASING AND ITS CONTENTS THEN ARE HEATED TO CURE THE POLYMERIC BINDER MATERIAL IN THE COMPOSITION, LINER AND ANCHOR STRIP.
Abstract:
A fire resistant photoflash cartridge containing a charge of photoflash composition and an electric primer for initiating ignition of said photoflash composition, the improvement comprising a disk of heating insulating material attached to said cartridge adjacent said electric primer and a heavy layer of intumescent material surrounding the remainder of the cartridge.
Abstract:
THE COMBINATION OF A FINELY DIVIDED NON-HALOGENATED ORGANIC FUEL SUCH AS AN ACETAL RESIN AND A CHLORINATED BARIUM COMPOUND AS AN OXIDIZING MATERIAL TO PRODUCE A PYROTECHNIC COMPOSTION EMITTING RADIATION IN THE GREEN SPECTRAL REGION WITH MINIMAL OVERTONES OF ECTRANEOUS COLORS, THUS ENABLING A POSITIVE COLOR IDENTIFICATION.