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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7404867 | Infrared decoy flare composition An infrared decoy flare composition for generating infrared radiation, including a fuel, an oxidizing agent and a binder, wherein the decoy flare composition contains no metals or metal-containing compounds and no halogens or halogen-containing compounds. Such an in... | 07/29/2008 |
| 6645325 | Fast-burning nitrocellulose compositions Explosive or propellant compositions containing at least one nitrocellulose contain an additive including at least one substituted tetrazine in amounts effective to increase the burning rate of the composition. A preferred additive is 3,6-dihydrazino-s-te... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6110306 | Complexed liquid fuel compositions This invention relates to liquid propellant compositions containing an enetic material of organic nitrate esters. The organic nitrate esters of the present invention are complexed with a nitrate ester plasticizer, bismuth subsalicylate, and stabilizer to... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6024810 | Castable double base solid rocket propellant containing ballistic modifier pasted in an inert polymer Castable propellant formulations are provided including reduced toxicity ballistic modifiers that do not adversely increase the sensitivity of the propellant to shock detonation. Failure to adequately control the propellant burn rate often results in unac... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5798481 | High energy TNAZ, nitrocellulose gun propellant A high energy propellant, comprising at least one oxidizer; a nitrocellul binder; an ethyl centralite stabilizer; a plasticizer; and an oxetane thermoplastic elastomer energetic binder. The oxetane thermoplastic elastomer energetic binder comprises from ... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5652409 | Bismuth and copper ballistic modifiers for double base propellants Double base propellants having a mixture of bismuth and copper salts of hydroxy-substituted benzoic acids added as burning rate (ballistic) modifiers.... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5639987 | Compositions modifying ballistic properties and propellants containing such compositions The present invention lies in the field of compositions which modify the ballistic properties of solid propellants and in that of the double-base solid propellants containing these compositions. Various lead compounds are known to be effective in this fun... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5608184 | Alternative use of military propellants as novel blasting agents The present invention relates to the unexpected discovery that the use of single base or triple base propellant of small grain size in combination with a detonator and a booster, produces a blasting agent which has considerable commercial value. The resul... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5466315 | Non-toxic primer for center-fire cartridges A non-toxic primer composition for center-fire cartridges which provides improved ballistic data and is void of metallic oxidizing compounds. It is comprised of a mixture of about 10-30% by weight of nitrocellulose and/or a double based propellant such as... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5385619 | Nitrocellulose propellant composition Nitrocellulose propellant compositions are provided comprising as ballistic modifier a copper II complex of a C6 -C12 chain aliphatic carboxylic acid, advantageously in conjunction with one or more conventional ballistic modifiers fo... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5269224 | Caseless utilized ammunition charge module A unitary propellant charge module for use in separate ammunition comprises a combustible container having a generally hollow cylindrical shape, a generally cylindrical charge body of interconnected compacted spheroidal propellant grains disposed within t... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5254186 | Nitrocellulose propellant composition Nitrocellulose propellant compositions are provided comprising zinc oxide as ballistic modifier, advantageously in conjunction with one or more conventional ballistic modifiers for example, lead or copper compounds such as lead stearate, lead acetophthala... | 10/19/1993 |
| 4933028 | High emulsifier content explosives The present invention relates to water-in-oil emulsion explosive compositions comprising a discontinuous aqueous phase, a continuous water-immiscible organic phase, and an emulsifier content being at least 45% by weight of the emulsified fuel phase which ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4713127 | Triplebasic propellant powder and process for the production thereof Triplebasic propellant powders consist of nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin or an equivalently acting explosive oil and crystalline nitroguanidino, which are processed by mixing with one another and plasticizing the NC by means of a solvent, e.g. acetone, as ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4701228 | Process for the manufacture of a double-base propellent composition with low flame-glare emission The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a double-base propellent composition with low flame-glare emission, and a propellent composition thus obtained. The process of the invention consists in casting a nitrocellulose-based moulding powd... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4689097 | Co-oxidizers in solid crosslinked double base propellants (U) Use of mixtures of certain solid oxidizers in minimum smoke crosslinked propellants dramatically enhances burn rates.... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4601767 | Vinsol coating in sweetie barrel A process for producing double base propellant powders deterred with Vinsol by diluting the Vinsol with isopropyl alcohol or similar solvent and then adding the solvent Vinsol solution to the propellant powder in a sweetie barrel in an intermittent manner... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4581082 | Primer charges free of lead and barium A primer charge containing an oxidizing agent and an initiating explosive. The charge contains as the oxidant zinc peroxide and as the initiating explosive diazodinitrophenol and/or a strontium salt of mono- and/or dinitrodihydroxydiazobenzene. In corresp... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4547232 | Sensitization of water-in-oil emulsion explosives A high density emulsion blasting agent and method is provided for increasing volume energy and optimizing booster sensitivity of water-in-oil emulsion blasting agents without loss of desirable handling characteristics of invert emulsions by utilizing an e... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4536235 | Combustion inhibitors on a base of oxygenated polyurethane elastomer which contains fibers for the double base propellant A combustion inhibitor for a double base propellant is described which comprises a polyurethane elastomer having in chemically combined form a compound which is an aliphatic polyester polyol or an aliphatic polyether polyol, or a mixture thereof, which co... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4530728 | Expanding embedment resin for composite-modified double-base propellants An embedment system with controlled shrinkage for use with a composite-modified double-base propellant composition which is comprised of an embedment granule portion in percent by weight of nitrocellulose of about 23.0, nitroglycerine of about 8.8-13.8, t... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4521261 | Double base propellant compositions A double base propellant composition having well-platonized ballistics at low burning rates consists of nitroglycerine (NG), nitrocellulose (NC) at least one lead compound and at least one copper (II) salt of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. The copper sal... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4478656 | Urethane compounds and CMDB propellants stabilized therewith Certain urethane compounds containing m-phenylene substituents are useful as stabilizers for composite modified double base (CMDB) propellants. Examples of these novel urethanes are 1,3-bis(N-methoxyphenylurethane)benzene, 1,3-bis(N-m-tolylurethane)b... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4477297 | Manufacture of gel free nitrocellulose lacquers Manufacturing gel free nitrocellulose lacquers in shorter time by less hazardous methods is disclosed. A low boiling solvent, miscible with polyol polymer and nitrate ester, is used during the manufacture to provide a lacquer premix comprising the polyol ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4441942 | Embedment system for ultrahigh-burning rate propellants of solid propulsion subsystems An improved embedment system is disclosed which is comprised of an embedm granule portion in percent by weight of nitrocellulose of about 23.0, nitroglycerine of about 15.0, resorcinol of about 1.5, 2-nitrodiphenylamine of about 1.0, ammonium perchlorate... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4420350 | Doublebase ballistic modifiers The inclusion in a double base propellant of a ballistic modifier selected rom the class consisting of copper, lead, tin, and bismuth chelates of a dihydroxybenzophenone or alkoxyhydroxyphenzophenone.... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4416712 | Double-base solid propellants The present invention relates to double-base solid propellant mixtures whose burning characteristic is regulated by the addition of certain moderators such that the burn rates obtained are achieved independently of the temperature and pressure during the ... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4408534 | Gas generating charge and a process for producing the same A gas generating propellant charge which is made by piling explosive powder sheets having a plurality of projections on at least one surface thereof so as to make contact them with each other is excellent in firing characteristics, and the explosive powde... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4389263 | Bonding agent for nitramines in rocket propellants Water-soluble protein is coated onto particles of nitramines by making a rry of nitramine powder in a water solution of the protein and removing the water by evaporation or by filtration after previously precipitating the protein by addition of ethanol. ... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4347087 | Granular propellant powder based on nitrocellulose, oily nitrate ester and polyvinyl nitrate, and process The present invention relates to propellant powders based on nitrocellulose, nitrated oil and polyvinyl nitrate and also to the process for their manufacture. The powders according to the invention contain between 50 and 75 parts by weight of nitrocellulo... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4324599 | Gelled slurry explosive An explosive slurry containing red water, a nitrocellulose containing prolant, oxidizer, passivated aluminum and a thickening agent.... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4321220 | Method of reinforcing propellant charge A method for strengthening a propellant charge by incorporating a support ructure in the propellant charge comprises slowly traversing a flexible perforated material through a propellant lacquer until the desired loading is obtained. Reinforcement by this... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4300961 | Process for deterrent coating of triple base propellant compositions A process is provided for deterrent coating of propellant compositions useful as gun propellant in which the propellant contains nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin and nitroguanidine. In the process strands of propellant containing processing solvents are coat... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4298411 | Crosslinked smokeless propellants Smokeless crosslinked double-base propellant compositions having good mechanical properties over a wide temperature range are provided. The propellant compositions contain nitrocellulose, energetic plasticizer, a crosslinking agent which is a prepolymer o... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4285743 | Granular propellant and a method of producing the same A double-base granular propellant consisting mainly of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose, said nitrocellulose being formed into a three-dimensional structure by the crosslinking reaction of a polyfunctional isocyanate, is disclosed. The propellant is supe... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4284592 | Combustion inhibitors A double base propellant charge is primed with a dimethyl siloxane resin before application of a silicone elastomer inhibitor to the primed surface. There may be a barrier coating, preferably of a polyvinyl acetal resin, between the double base material a... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4267132 | Method for high strength double base solventless gun propellant A method for manufacturing crosslinked double base propellants which incls compounding the propellant with no more than 0.1 weight percent of a crosslinking catalyst, partially curing the propellant by a mild heat prior to extrusion until the energetic b... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4243444 | Ballistic modifiers, synthesis . . . propellants A new class of ballistic modifiers and the synthesis thereof is disclosed rein and are used in propellants either individually or as admixtures in percentages of approximately 0.5 to 6 weight percent to impart mesa or plateau burning rate characteristics ... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4226792 | Lead chelate complex compounds 1. Lead chelate complex compounds selected from the group consisting of lead 3-nitrosalicylaldehyde, lead 5-nitrosalicylaldehyde, lead 5-chlorosalicylaldehyde, lead 2, 4-dihydroxybenzophenone, lead ortho-hydroxyacetophenone, lead 1, 4-dihydroxyanthraquino... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4214927 | Granular propellant A double-base granular propellant consisting mainly of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose, said nitrocellulose being formed into a three-dimensional structure by the crosslinking reaction of a polyfunctional isocyanate, is disclosed. The propellant is supe... | 07/29/1980 |
