Self-sterilizing safe-arm device with arm/fire feature

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4854239
SERIAL NO

07256445

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A safety apparatus to safe or to arm and fire a munition, utilizes a rotor containing an aligned adjacent firing pin and detonator in holes extending completely through the rotor perpendicular to the axis. A first explosively powered piston actuator, when fired, will unlock the rotor and enable a second explosively powered piston actuator, when fired, to rotate the rotor to align the detonator with an explosive charge and to cause a firing pin to fire the detonator. The detonator will fire a transfer lead which, in turn, will fire the main charge. As assembled, a third explosively powered piston actuator is aligned with the detonator and, when fired, will cause the detonator to explode and translate the rotor with part of the axis extending out of the munition where it is held in this position to indicate a safe condition.

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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC7480 FLYING CLOUD DRIVE MINNEAPOLIS MN 55344

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Van, Sloun Peter H Hopkins, MN 16 191

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