GB983246A - Improvements in or relating to rifles or pistols and ammunition therefor - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to rifles or pistols and ammunition therefor

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Publication number
GB983246A
GB983246A GB9026/61A GB902661A GB983246A GB 983246 A GB983246 A GB 983246A GB 9026/61 A GB9026/61 A GB 9026/61A GB 902661 A GB902661 A GB 902661A GB 983246 A GB983246 A GB 983246A
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Prior art keywords
cartridge
contact
bullet
filament
head
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GB9026/61A
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LIONEL JOSEPH PHELPS
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LIONEL JOSEPH PHELPS
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Priority to GB9026/61A priority Critical patent/GB983246A/en
Priority to US178908A priority patent/US3228333A/en
Publication of GB983246A publication Critical patent/GB983246A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B5/00—Cartridge ammunition, e.g. separately-loaded propellant charges
    • F42B5/02—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile
    • F42B5/08—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile modified for electric ignition
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A19/00—Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/58—Electric firing mechanisms
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B5/00—Cartridge ammunition, e.g. separately-loaded propellant charges
    • F42B5/02—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile
    • F42B5/16—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile characterised by composition or physical dimensions or form of propellant charge, with or without projectile, or powder

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Air Bags (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)

Abstract

983,246. Electrically operated cartridges and smallarms therefor. L. J. PHELPS, and A. MARSHALL. June 13, 1962 [March 13, 1961], No. 9026/61. Headings F3A and F3C. An electrically operated cartridge comprises a case 1 of insulating material such as plastics, a bullet 2 and an ignition system which comprises a pin 6 with head 5 and a filament 7 which connects the pin to the bullet 2. The cartridge, which contains a propellent charge 3 and rust inhibitor 4, is fired by applying an electrical potential between the head 5 and the bullet 2. Ignition may be assisted by coating the filament 7 with a detonating substance. In a second embodiment the filament is connected to a conductive coating formed on the inner surface of the case and in a third embodiment the filament is dispensed with and the propellant is composed of an electrically conductive material or includes such a material in finely divided form. Smallarms for firing the cartridge are also described. In Fig. 3 the pivoted breech block 21 of the Martini type is provided with a spring-loaded electrical contact 22 which contacts the head 5 in the base of the cartridge and is connected to a fixed contact 25. An elongation 27 of a tumbler 28 carries a movable contact 26 and is so shaped that the mechanism is cocked when breech block 21 is depressed by movement of cocking lever 29. Contact 26 is connected via switch 37 to the positive terminal of a battery 31 and the negative terminal is connected to the framework at 32 which establishes contact with the bullet of the cartridge via a lead to the barrel rifling. A rifle (Fig. 4, not shown) and a dropdown action piston (Fig. 5, not shown) have similar electrical systems, the contact which connects with head 5 being on a non-rotatable bolt in the case of the rifle.
GB9026/61A 1961-03-13 1961-03-13 Improvements in or relating to rifles or pistols and ammunition therefor Expired GB983246A (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9026/61A GB983246A (en) 1961-03-13 1961-03-13 Improvements in or relating to rifles or pistols and ammunition therefor
US178908A US3228333A (en) 1961-03-13 1962-03-12 Electrically actuated cartridge

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9026/61A GB983246A (en) 1961-03-13 1961-03-13 Improvements in or relating to rifles or pistols and ammunition therefor

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GB983246A true GB983246A (en) 1965-02-17

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US3413888A (en) * 1966-09-14 1968-12-03 Victor B. Kaley Electrically-actuated cartridge
US3726222A (en) * 1971-06-02 1973-04-10 Us Army Ignition system for caseless ammunition
US3828677A (en) * 1973-06-11 1974-08-13 Us Army Electric ignition element with secondary ignition capability
US3850101A (en) * 1973-07-26 1974-11-26 V Sower Electrical primer
DE3816300A1 (en) * 1988-05-13 1989-11-23 Tzn Forschung & Entwicklung CARTRIDGE FOR ELECTROTHERMAL LOCKING DEVICES
US5044278A (en) * 1989-07-03 1991-09-03 James E. Meagher Electrically ignitible cartridge system
SE509310C2 (en) * 1994-06-17 1999-01-11 Foersvarets Forskningsanstalt Ways to electrically initiate and control the combustion of a compact drive charge and drive charge
DE19617895C2 (en) * 1996-05-04 1998-02-26 Rheinmetall Ind Ag Plasma injection device
US6431070B1 (en) * 2001-07-12 2002-08-13 Joanell Laboratories, Inc. Electrical connector for use with pyrotechnic ignition apparatus

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US1303032A (en) * 1919-05-06 Firearm
US138679A (en) * 1873-05-06 Improvement in electrical gun-cartridges
US1485404A (en) * 1920-09-03 1924-03-04 M L Ex Ltd Ammunition
US2262925A (en) * 1939-08-07 1941-11-18 Cawthern C Cole Projectile and barrel for gun type perforators
US2953990A (en) * 1953-12-11 1960-09-27 Olin Mathieson Ammunition
US2805604A (en) * 1954-10-13 1957-09-10 Edward A Humphrey Cammed firing pin
US2926566A (en) * 1956-11-30 1960-03-01 Walter W Atkins Device for accelerating the ignition of the propellant for a projectile
US3009419A (en) * 1958-02-27 1961-11-21 Jr Franklin B Clay Ammunition for electrically fired weapons
FR1222953A (en) * 1959-04-24 1960-06-14 Moderne De Fabrications Mecani Shock absorber device intended to preserve batteries and other generators of electric current, in particular in their application to hunting rifles with electric firing

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