David B Sanders

US Patent:

41553063, May 22, 1979

Filed:

Jun 28, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/810695

Inventors:

Stanley J. Herold - Switz City IN
Donald E. LaGrange - Washington IN
Steven R. Norris - Washington IN
David K. Sanders - Bloomington IN
John E. Wildridge - Washington IN

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

International Classification:

F42C 1534
F42B 428

US Classification:

102 35

Abstract:

An out-of-line igniter assembly having a primer located out-of-line of an nition train and movable to an in-line position for ignition of a main pyrotechnic charge. A housing has a raceway connected with a gas expansion chamber and a pellet chamber, and a slider having a primer and a striker assembly is movable in the raceway. Premature detonation of the primer causes the primer to fire into the gas expansion chamber but, in normal operation, the slider is moved so that the primer is fired into the pellet chamber. Movement of the slider causes the striker assembly to actuate when the slider is in an in-line position with the pellet chamber.