IP Library Granted Patent US 10,118,871
Granted Patent B2
US 10,118,871 · App. 13/128,116 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Ignition sets with improved ignition performance

Inventors: Ulrich Bley (Fürth, DE); Peter Simon Lechner (Oberasbach, DE)
Assignee: RUAG AMMOTEC GMBH
C06C7/00C06B41/10
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Patent No.
US 10,118,871
App. No.
13/128,116
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to ignition sets comprising initial explosive substances selected from the group consisting of compounds, in particular compounds of lead, which are derived from trinitropolyphenols, such as trinitrophenol, trinitroresorcinol or hydrazoic acid, for example, in mixture with oxygen-generating substances, wherein further included are initial explosive substances made of alkali metal and/or alkaline-earth metal salts of dinitrobenzofuroxanes and oxygen-generating substances made from nitrates of ammonium, guanidine, aminoguanidine, triaminoguanidine, dicyanodiamidine and from the elements of sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, cerium and/or from multivalent metal oxides.

Claims (29)

1. Priming charges with initial explosives selected from the group consisting of compounds derived from trinitropolyphenols or hydrazoic acid in a mix with oxygen generators, characterized in that, additionally, initial explosives comprising alkali-metal salts and/or alkaline-earth-metal salts of dinitrobenzofuroxanes are included in an amount of 5%-15% by weight based on the overall mixture,

wherein the oxygen generators consist of at least one selected from the group consisting of lead dioxide, cerium dioxide, and nitrates of ammonium, guanidine, aminoguanidine, triaminoguanidine, dicyanodiamidine, sodium, potassium, magnesium, barium, calcium, or cerium, and

wherein the total amount of the initial explosives is 30% to 60% by weight, based on the overall mixture, and the priming charges are ignitable at temperatures below −35° C. and down to −54° C.

2. Priming charges according to claim 1 , characterized in that the amount of the oxygen generators is 40% to 70% by weight, based on the overall mixture.

3. Priming charges according to claim 1 , characterized in that potassium dinitrobenzofuroxanate is included.

4. Priming charges according to claim 1 , further including sensitizers, reducing agents, friction agents, secondary explosives and/or inert substances.

5. Priming charges according to claim 4 , containing tetrazene as sensitizer in a fraction of 0% to 10% by weight based on the overall mixture.

6. Priming charges according to claim 4 , the reducing agents being selected from carbon, metal powders, metal alloys, metal sulfides, and metal hydrides in a fraction of 0% to 10% by weight based on the overall mixture.

7. Priming charges according to claim 4 , containing calcium silicide as friction agent in a fraction of 0% to 15% by weight based on the overall mixture.

8. Priming charges according to claim 4 , the secondary explosives being selected from hexogen, octogen, and amino compounds of nitrated aromatics in a fraction of 0% to 30% by weight based on the overall mixture.

9. Priming charges according to claim 1 , wherein the compounds include lead.

10. Priming charges according to claim 9 , wherein the compounds derived from trinitropolyphenols are selected from the group consisting of compounds derived from trinitrophenol and trinitroresorcinol.

11. Priming charges according to claim 6 , wherein the metal powders are selected from the group consisting of metal powders of boron, aluminum, cerium, titanium, zirconium, magnesium and silicon; the metal alloys are selected from the group consisting of cerium-magnesium, cerium-silicon, titanium-aluminum, aluminum-magnesium, and calcium silicide; and the metal sulfides are selected from the group consisting of antimony sulfide and molybdenum sulfide.

12. Priming charges according to claim 6 , wherein a metal hydride of the metal hydrides is titanium hydride.

13. A priming charge mixture comprising:

initial explosives selected from the group consisting of compounds derived from trinitropolyphenols or hydrazoic acid;

additional initial explosives selected from the group consisting of alkali-metal salts of dinitrobenzofuroxanes and alkaline-earth-metal salts of dinitrobenzofuroxanes, the additional initial explosives being included in an amount of 5%-15% by weight of the mixture; and

oxygen generators,

wherein the oxygen generators consist of at least one selected from the group consisting of lead dioxide, cerium dioxide, and nitrates of ammonium, guanidine, aminoguanidine, triaminoguanidine, dicyanodiamidine, sodium, potassium, magnesium, barium, calcium, or cerium, and

wherein the total amount of the initial explosives and the additional initial explosives is 30% to 60% by weight, based on the overall mixture, and the priming charge mixture is ignitable at temperatures below −35° C. and down to −54° C.

14. The priming charge mixture according to claim 13 , wherein the compounds include lead.

15. The priming charge mixture according to claim 13 , wherein the mixture includes potassium dinitrobenzofuroxanate in an amount of 5%-15% by weight of the mixture.

16. The priming charge mixture according to claim 13 , further comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of sensitizers, reducing agents, friction agents, secondary explosives, and inert substances.

17. The priming charge mixture according to claim 13 , wherein the compounds derived from trinitropolyphenols are selected from the group consisting of compounds derived from trinitrophenol and trinitroresorcinol.

18. Priming charges according to claim 1 , wherein the initial explosives comprise compounds derived from trinitrophenol and trinitroresorcinol.

19. The priming charge mixture according to claim 13 , wherein the initial explosives comprise compounds derived from trinitrophenol and trinitroresorcinol.

20. Priming charges according to claim 1 , wherein the initial explosives comprise potassium dinitrobenzofuroxanate in an amount of 5%-15% by weight based on the overall mixture, and lead trinitroresorcinate.

21. Priming charges according to claim 1 , wherein the oxygen generators have an average grain size of about 10 μm to about 30 μm.

22. The priming charge mixture according to claim 13 , wherein the oxygen generators have an average grain size of about 10 μm to about 30 μm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 25, 2024
From: RUAG AMMOTEC GMBH
To: RWS GMBH
Reel/Frame 067223/0122 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2011
From: BLEY, ULRICH; LECHNER, PETER SIMON
To: RUAG AMMOTEC GMBH
Reel/Frame 026733/0748 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 056 437 · Nov 7, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110259484A1 · Oct 27, 2011