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Igniter Assembly Containing Strands of Benite.


PATENT3182595

Publication Date 1965
Personal Author Hassmann, H. F.
Page Count 0
Abstract The igniter assembly is for use in high velocity ammunition such as finned antitank projectiles. Strands of Benite are utilized in the igniter structure. The use of strands permits a flow of combustion gases in the igniter tube. The Benite includes nitrocellulose, potassium nitrate, sulfur, charcoal and a stabilizer such as nitrodiphenylamine.
Keywords
  • Igniters
  • Antitank ammunition
  • High-explosive ammunition
  • Fin-stabilized ammunition
  • Hypervelocity projectiles
  • Nitrocellulose
  • Sulfur
  • Charcoal
  • Potassium compounds
  • Nitrates
  • Amines
  • Organic nitrogen compounds
  • Patents
  • Potassium nitrate
  • Diphenyl amines
  • Anilines
NTIS Subject Category
  • 79A - Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics
Supplemental Notes Available from Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C., 20231, $0.25
Document Type Patent
Title Note Patent assigned to Army.
NTIS Issue Number 196401
Igniter Assembly Containing Strands of Benite.
Igniter Assembly Containing Strands of Benite.
PATENT3182595

  • Igniters
  • Antitank ammunition
  • High-explosive ammunition
  • Fin-stabilized ammunition
  • Hypervelocity projectiles
  • Nitrocellulose
  • Sulfur
  • Charcoal
  • Potassium compounds
  • Nitrates
  • Amines
  • Organic nitrogen compounds
  • Patents
  • Potassium nitrate
  • Diphenyl amines
  • Anilines
  • 79A - Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics
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