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4034676 Inhibitor coating for solid rocket propellent charge  
An inhibitor coating for a solid propellant charge for protecting against undesired burning-off, comprising: A. an insulating layer containing a binder and a filler, and B. a protective- and...
4033264 Explosive cartridge  
Processes whereby water based explosive compositions comprising inorganic oxygen releasing salt material and a synthetic polymeric gelling agent may be converted to a cartridged form and wherein...
4032375 Blasting composition containing calcium nitrate and sulfur  
The present invention relates to improved explosives or blasting compositions of the aqueous gel or slurry type. In general, it concerns such blasting compositions employing a combination of...
4026738 Stabilized, foamed water gel explosives and method  
A foamed or aerated water gel explosive composition devoid of any self-explosive sensitizer is provided which is sensitive to detonation in charge diameters greater than 5.1 cm. The explosive...
4025369 Deflagrative epoxy foam material  
A destructible packaging epoxy foam composition used for electrical and tmal insulation in electronic equipment, and containing a pyrotechnic component such that when ignited the foam will sustain...
4021514 Method for the production of an inhibitor coating for a solid rocket propellent charge  
A method of producing an inhibitor coating for a solid propellent charge for protecting against undesired burning-off, the inhibitor coating containing an insulating layer composed of a binder and...
4018635 Phosphor combination, particularly adapted for use with explosives, for providing a distinctive information label  
Phosphor-explosive material combination and method wherein a small amount of inorganic phosphor is mixed with explosive material to provide an indicia or label of information regarding the...
4013490 Phosphor identification method, particularly adapted for use with explosives, for providing a distinctive information label  
Phosphor-explosive material combination and method wherein a small amount of inorganic phosphor is mixed with explosive material to provide an indicia or label of information regarding the...
4013743 Spiral grain solid propellant fabrication process  
A solid propellant motor is fabricated by spreading a propellant onto an uncured reinforced fabric tape to a uniform thickness and then partially curing the mass to a semi-rigid state. The...
4008108 Formation of foamed emulsion-type blasting agents  
In the chemical foaming of emulsions to form blasting agents, the gas-generating material (foaming agent), or a component thereof, is introduced into a stream of the emulsion and the stream...
3996078 Explosive composition and eutectic mixture therefor  
A high energy explosive composition comprising an inorganic oxygen supplying salt, a metallic fuel and a eutectic mixture comprising an oxygen supplying salt and a combustible compound capable of...
3993524 Adhesive bonding method allowing nondestructive separation of bonded materials  
Incombustible materials are bonded together with a self-burning adhesive composition which is a mixture of an organic polymer base structural adhesive as typified by an epoxy adhesive and an...
3991565 Solid propellant with inhibitor layer in rocket motor  
A method of inhibiting combustion of some of the surfaces of a solid propellant charge for or in a rocket motor comprising bonding to said surfaces an elastomeric compound resistant to permeation...
3991680 Tagging explosives with sulfur hexafluoride  
Method and apparatus for tagging explosives with a source of SF 6 permitting the detection of their presence utilizing sensitive sniffing apparatus.
3977922 Capsulated explosive compositions  
A capsulated explosive composition comprising a high molecular weight compound forming the capsule wall and an explosive forming the core is high in power and low in sensitivity and vapor pressure,...
3977921 Priming nitromethane  
A method for priming nitromethane to strong shock which comprises immersing in said nitromethane an open-celled polymeric foam and a blasting cap in close contact with said polymeric foam.
3967990 Combination of band-type and line-type emission phosphors with explosive  
An inorganic fluorescent phosphor consisting of a spotting phosphor and a coding phosphor is employed for tagging purposes, as for example, tagging explosives to provide post detonation...
3961106 Method for applying wax or plastic coatings to granular materials  
Method and apparatus are described for applying a wax or plastic coating to phosphor grains to be added to explosives for tagging purposes. The coating is obtained by spraying from a nozzle a...
3959041 Illumination and incendiary composition for explosive munitions  
This invention involves the incorporation of a relatively small quantity of irconium or other pyrophoric material in the high explosive composition of a munition, which provides incendiary, terrain...
3957548 Propelling charge composition for efficiency increased ammunition  
Propelling charge composition of a mixture of two powder components of different burning rates wherein the quicker burning powder component has a protective coating which retards its combustion.
3926697 Solid block of propellant with a plurality of propulsion stages and methods of manufacture  
A solid propellant block comprises several successive powder layers, whose principal ingredient is nitrocellulose, burning in sequence and having planar, cylindrical or other contact surfaces, the...
3924405 Solid propellants with stability enhanced additives of particulate refractory carbides or oxides  
Ammonium perchlorate propellants utilizing a polybutadiene binder provide a smokeless exhaust and burn stably in a motor at a burning rate above 0.40 in/sec at 1,000 psia with no combustion...
3925125 Moisture replacement in pelletized nitrocellulose  
A process of extracting water from water wet pelletized or fibrous nitroculose by repeatedly using a water miscible or soluble first liquid and an azeotrope forming second liquid as many times as...
3925122 Molded explosive bodies having variable detonation speeds  
Process of manufacturing molded explosive bodies so that their detonation speeds can be varied within a defined range by reducing the density of the molded body. The reduction in density can be...
3919012 Propellant composition  
A solid composite propellant composition consisting essentially of a convional binder containing modified ammonium perchlorate which consists of whisker-like single crystals without inclusions and...
3912561 Pyrotechnic compositions for gas generation  
A gas-generating pyrotechnic composition comprises: A. a fuel selected from the group consisting of alkali metal azides and alkaline earth metal azides, B. an alkali metal oxidant selected from the...
3907619 Solution cast double base propellants and method  
1. A method for the preparation of a double base propellant grain which crises the steps of 1. pretreating nitrocellulose by A. stirring 100 grams of dry nitrocellulose into a solution of 2 grams...
3902933 Primer composition of nitromethane, polymeric foam, and hollow spheres  
A primer adapted to initiating detonation of nitromethane by strong shock comprising an open-celled polymeric foam containing about 15-85 percent by weight of glass bubbles.
3901152 Flare article  
Disclosed is a novel pyrotechnic flare article. The flare comprises a cylindrical grain of a pyrotechnic flare composition containing a binder fuel, an oxidizer and a light emitter. The grain is...
3899374 Calcium nitrate explosive composition  
An explosive composition is provided containing calcium nitrate as the predominate inorganic oxidizing component, a water miscible organic fuel and water.
3897733 High bulk density extruded propellant for small arms cartridges  
Extruded single or double base propellants for cartridges up to and inclug 7.62 mm, the propellant having improved bulk densities which are achieved by providing a non-fibrous matrix and smooth...
3897284 Tagging explosives with organic microparticles  
Tagging explosives by incorporating microparticles of a tack-free organic carrier, which microparticles have a distinctive geometric shape 1-250 micrometers in size. The microparticles contain...
3895979 Explosive of reduced capacity containing siliceous foam particles  
Explosives of reduced capacity in the form of powders, semi-plastic, plastic or slurries having a content of a filler which does not take part in the explosive reaction during detonation and will...
3886006 Reinforced consolidated double base propellant  
A method is disclosed for consolidating one or more sheets of double base opellant with a reinforcing mesh to yield a consolidated propellant system.
3882784 Nitroester propellant, casing, and liner of an epoxy-polyamide copolymer containing a stabilizer  
A lined propellant device comprising a propellant chamber lined with an epoxy-amide reaction product. The liner also includes a compound which acts as a stabilizer between this reaction product and...
3881968 Incendiary comprising naphthalene and Mg-tetrafluoroethylene  
A pressed composition of naphthalene and magnesium-Teflon powder is used as an incendiary bomblet fuel.
3882324 Method and apparatus for combustibly destroying microelectronic circuit board interconnections  
Metallized interconnections conventionally are used to interconnect active nd passive components of MOS (metal-oxide semiconductor) circuits and the like. These and other similar metal...
3882323 Method and apparatus for protecting sensitive information contained in thin-film microelectonic circuitry  
The microelectronic circuitry is formed in two separate parts one of which s a microdiscrete chip-like module containing the sensitive information. The other part is represented by the balance of...
3878791 ENCAPSULATED PELLET IGNITER CHARGE  
Encapsulating pellets by means of a molding operation in order to form a molded pellet mat capable of being used as an igniter charge to be inserted within the annular cavity of an igniter.
3870577 PROCESS FOR MAKING WHISKER-LIKE CRYSTALS OF AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE  
A process for producing whisker-like crystals of micron and submicron size f ammonium perchlorate which comprises feeding a solution of ammonium perchlorate through a silicone-coated porous glass...
3860463 PROPELLANT COMPOSITION CONTAINING TRIFERROCENYLMETHYL PERCHLORATE AS CATALYTIC OXIDIZER  
Triferrocenylmethyl perchlorate as a partial or complete replacement for onium perchlorate and the standard burning rate catalyst in a propellant composition. Triferrocenylmethyl perchlorate...
3858392 CONTROLLED BURNING SQUIB ARRANGEMENT  
A controlled burning squib arrangement is presented wherein a first-stage ignition is used to heat an adjacent second-stage deflagrator such that the explosive components are substantially...
3854400 CASELESS AMMUNITION AND PROPELLANT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME  
There is herein disclosed caseless ammunition having a rigid solid self-supporting porous propellant ignitable by surface contact with high temperature air and methods of making such a propellant...
3830672 SOLID POROUS, COATED OXIDIZER, METHOD OF PREPARATION AND NOVEL PROPELLANT COMPOSITIONS  
A rocket propellant composition having an exceptionally high burning rate may be prepared by incorporating therein an oxidizing salt which comprises at least in part an ammonium salt characterized...
3830057 PROPULSION METHOD USING HYPERGOLIC SOLIDS  
A method for controllably producing high temperature effluent comprising controllably contacting a solid fuel grain comprised of active alkali metal hydrides and their derivatives and a solid...
3830671 THERMALLY IGNITABLE ZIRCONIUM-PLASTIC COMPOSITION  
A thermally ignitable zirconium-plastic composition is provided comprising a thermally decomposable plastic having zirconium powder dispersed therethrough, the plastic being formed of a polyester...
3829537 METHOD OF MAKING SPONGE PROPELLANT  
1. A method of forming a shaped, propellant charge having a sponge-like cellular structure which comprises incorporating in a colloided nitrocellulose composition a solvent for an inert gas,...
3827715 PYROTECHNIC GAS GENERATOR WITH HOMOGENOUS SEPARATOR PHASE  
A pyrotechnic gas generator in an automobile passenger restraint bag system is described. The preferred arrangement in the automobile steering wheel inflates a driver restraint bag in about 25...
3812785 PROPELLANT FORMED CURE-SHRINKABLE PROPELLANT MATERIAL  
This patent describes a novel caseless ammunition comprising a solid unitary propellant grain of generally uniform circular cross-section and containing a plurality of longitudinal openings therein...
3811358 SOLID PROPELLANTS CONTAINING REINFORCING FILAMENT AND PROCESS OF MAKING  
1. A propellant grain comprising a solid decomposable polymeric matrix and a reinforcing metal filament lattice supported in said matrix to improve the tensile strength thereof, said lattice...