| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D302199 |
Combined scabbard and bayonet |
July 11, 1989 |
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| D298644 |
Bayonet for an automatic firearm |
November 22, 1988 |
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| 6272997 |
Device for locating a projectile in a barrel |
August 14, 2001 |
| A retaining clip for the retention of a fin-stabilised projectile in a desired position in a barrel at the rear breech end of a launcher, the clip comprising a generally cylindrical body portion having:engagement means for engaging with the launcher at the said rear breech end, said enga |
| 6152039 |
Initiation of propellants |
November 28, 2000 |
| An apparatus for the initiation of a propellant comprises a combustion chamber such as barrel 6, a charge of propellant 5 in the chamber and means for igniting the propellant of the charge by microwave heating comprising a source of microwave radiation 11, a microwave transparent win |
| 6129022 |
Ammunition safety and arming unit |
October 10, 2000 |
| A safety and arming unit for a round of ammunition, comprising one or more acceleration sensors for detecting when the acceleration of the ammunition reaches at least two different predetermined linear acceleration values; timer means for measuring the time interval between the detection |
| 6112931 |
Blast attenuating containers |
September 5, 2000 |
| An aircraft cargo container adapted to provide blast attenuation in the event of an explosion within the container comprises panels (2,3) of blast resistant material joined together by joint means (4,5) which are adapted to provide a relatively rigid joint udner normal handling condition |
| 6048428 |
Pipe construction |
April 11, 2000 |
| A pipe and method of manufacture of the pipe are described. The pipe comprises a core of helically wound steel strip embedded in a plastics material matrix and lined with inner and outer linings of filament wound fiber reinforced plastics material. |
| 6042663 |
Propellant compositions with nitrocellulose and a polymer |
March 28, 2000 |
| A rubbery polymer is produced in situ in a cast double base propellant composition. |
| 5866841 |
Fragmentation grenade |
February 2, 1999 |
| A fragmentation grenade comprises a quantity of high explosive (11) contained within a casing (12, 13) and means (29) for detonating the high explosive (11) so as to cause the casing (12, 13) to disintegrate into a plurality of high velocity fragments (13). The high explosive (11) and th |
| 5808231 |
Solid propellant combustion apparatus |
September 15, 1998 |
| Solid propellant combustion apparatus such as a rocket motor, incorporating a combustion termination valve for providing two combustion phases from a single propellant charge system, the valve comprising a valve body (50) surrounding an opening (52) in the pressure vessel of the combusti |
| 5650587 |
Recoil system |
July 22, 1997 |
| A recoil system for field-type guns automatically adjusts the recoil distance of the barrel according to the angle of elevation of the gun barrel relative to the ground. The system includes a recoil cylinder in fixed relationship to the gun barrel and a piston rod operably connected |
| 5636878 |
Pipe coupling |
June 10, 1997 |
| The method of joining a coupling member to a pipe end is described. The method is particularly concerned with providing a coupling member on the end of a pipe of composite construction formed from a plurality of helically wound reinforcement strips of steel. The method comprises the |
| 5579809 |
Reinforced composite pipe construction |
December 3, 1996 |
| A pipe and method of manufacture of the pipe are described. The pipe comprises a core of helically wound steel strip embedded in a plastics material matrix and lined with inner and outer linings of filament wound fiber reinforced plastics material. |
| 5503080 |
Bomb retaining device |
April 2, 1996 |
| A clip for the retention of a round of ammunition in a desired position in a barrel is described, the clip being manufactured from a plastics material and comprising a generally cylindrical body portion; the body portion having a plurality of generally radially and axially directed g |
| 5500060 |
Energetic plasticized propellant |
March 19, 1996 |
| An energetic composition comprising the following components in the following relative proportions:Component A: from 5% to 25% by weight of a polymeric binder;Component B: from 65% to 90% by weight of a highly energetic filler comprising at least one heteroalicyclic nitramine compound; andCo |
| 5385619 |
Nitrocellulose propellant composition |
January 31, 1995 |
| Nitrocellulose propellant compositions are provided comprising as ballistic modifier a copper II complex of a C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 chain aliphatic carboxylic acid, advantageously in conjunction with one or more conventional ballistic modifiers for example, lead or copper compounds such |
| 5360129 |
Containers for use on aircraft for the protection of aircraft structures |
November 1, 1994 |
| A cargo or luggage container adapted for use on an aircraft which container has strengthened faces made from and/or reinforced by blast resistant material and at least one weakened Face made from a material relatively unresistant to blast, the strengthened faces forming in use at least t |
| 5190248 |
Protection of aircraft structures |
March 2, 1993 |
| In the event of sudden depressurization caused by an explosion in an aircraft cargo compartment, a blast attenuation valve is provided in the aircraft's air channels to form a barrier to the passage of air between the cargo compartment and passenger cabin. The valve contains a mixture of |
| 5038561 |
Thermal insulators for rocket motors |
August 13, 1991 |
| A thermal insulator for a rocket motor body comprises a member adapted to be fitted as a sleeve on the outer surface of the body the member comprising a composite of cork having on its outer surface a layer of fibre reinforced polymeric material wherein a substantial proportion of th |
| 5014624 |
Discarding sabots |
May 14, 1991 |
| A sabot for use with a spin stabilized projectile comprises a closed front end portion having lines or strips of weakness running along sides of the sabot which meet at a front end surface of the sabot, thereby providing a continuously extending line or region of weakness across the fron |
| 4945834 |
Explosive projectiles |
August 7, 1990 |
| An explosive projectile comprises a casing, having a neck shaped portion adjacent to the opening, a female screw thread being formed in the internal wall of the neck shaped portion, and a region of increased average internal diameter in its inner wall beyond the screw thread, a charg |
| 4901622 |
Armour constructions |
February 20, 1990 |
| A reactive armour construction comprises a rigidly fixed outer layer and a relatively loosely fixed inner layer mounted on a structure to be protected in such a way that when a projectile penetrates at an oblique angle the outer layer and is incident upon the inner layer, the inner l |
| 4895063 |
Composite armor |
January 23, 1990 |
| A composite armour comprises a forward metal armour plate, a metal armour backing plate spaced from and generally parallel to the forward armour plate and between the forward armour plate and the armour backing plate an array of armour layers each inclined at a substantial angle to the p |
| 4882997 |
Tubular projectiles |
November 28, 1989 |
| A tubular projectile suitable for use in training ammunition comprises a hollow tube having formed in the rear end of the tubular wall thereof a recess in which is embedded a tracer material.The projectile may be sabot launched.Constructions are described for igniting the tracer material dir |
| 4869152 |
Combined active and passive armor system |
September 26, 1989 |
| A composite armor system comprises a homogeneous metal armor plate and a plurality of reactive armor panels, each said panel comprising a forward layer, an intermediate layer of explosive material and a rearward layer, the homogeneous armor plate being formed with a plurality of recesses |
| 4867077 |
Reactive armor constructions and explosive packages suitable therefor |
September 19, 1989 |
| An explosive package for use in reactive armor comprises an explosive material embedded between layers of a resilient material which are contained between upper and lower rigid plates in a sandwich structure. A construction for the application of reactive armor to a structure to be p |
| 4848211 |
Composite deflecting armour |
July 18, 1989 |
| A composite armour comprises an outer layer of metal, an inner layer of metal, and therebetween an intermediate non-metallic layer, wherein there is provided along an edge of the intermediate layer a deflecting strip of metal, said deflecting strip presenting towards the edge of the |
| 4760795 |
Explosive projectiles |
August 2, 1988 |
| An explosive projectile comprises a projectile casing, a high explosive charge filling a portion of the space inside the casing, an impervious case defining a detonation device cavity adjacent to a surface of the explosive charge, and located adjacent to the said surface of the explo |
| 4693181 |
Linear cutting charge |
September 15, 1987 |
| The application discloses improvements in hollow charges for linear cutting or demolition purposes wherein a bar formed from a composite of explosive material and a first pliant material has a V-shaped groove with a liner formed from a composite of particulate metal and a second pliant m |
| 4649659 |
Obturation in a firearm |
March 17, 1987 |
| A riot control weapon comprises a barrel, a fixed breech block, and there-between a chamber having a loading aperture through which a cylindrical round of ammunition can be inserted and ejected, the round being insertable by firstly a translational movement to bring the forward end o |
| 4646456 |
Firearm with automatic ejection |
March 3, 1987 |
| A riot weapon comprises a barrel; a fixed breech block; and therebetween a chamber having a loading aperture through which a round of ammunition can be inserted so as to rest against the breech block, or ejected; a loading catch for retaining a round of ammunition in the chamber; a trigg |
| 4615271 |
Shock-augmenting charge with axially-grooved booster housing |
October 7, 1986 |
| A cylindrical housing for a shock-augmenting charge is provided with axially extending grooves in its outer wall to enhance its radial detonation capability. When used in a cylindrical warhead for augmenting detonation of a main charge of insensitive high explosive, full detonative o |
