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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6640721 | Non-lethal airbag munition A non-lethal airbag munition which can be used alone or in combination with anti-tank landmines to prevent target pedestrians and vehicles from entering a specific area or following a particular route for a period of time is disclosed. The munition can in... | 11/04/2003 |
| 4850276 | Mechanism for practice mines A mechanism assembly for a practice mine, comprising a mine body (1) being mounted thereon a housing (3) which incorporates an axially movable and axially rotatable arming plunger (4) which can be manually depressed from outside the mine in a manner to pr... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4599946 | Ignition device An ignition device for mines, in particular training mines. The device includes a percussion bolt which is mechanically held in an inoperative position and is loaded by the action of a coil spring so that when released it is propelled axially towards a py... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4213391 | Anti-tank mine with peripheral charge initiation 1. In a demolition unit, a closed container having a shallow depth relative to its transverse cross section, and having a high explosive charge contained therein, a completely embedded non-explosive shock absorbing mass centrally located within said explo... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4143598 | Non-magnetic anti-personnel war mine A non-magnetic anti-personnel war mine, comprising a plastic body, a cap of elastic material, a retaining ring, a pan containing an explosive charge and a detonator, a firing pin plunger, a bag-shaped membrane and a firing pin plunger safety and release d... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4058061 | Explosive device This disclosure concerns an explosive device, such as a mine, which comprises a flexible enclosure having a pair of separate chambers formed therein. Substantially non-explosive liquids, which when mixed form a liquid explosive material, are respectively ... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4020764 | Detonator A detonator which is protected against triggering by shock waves or the like has a housing, a firing cap in the housing and a firing pin movable lengthwise in the housing and having a free end adapted to impact the firing cap. A biasing spring permanently... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4008666 | Percussion igniter A watertight and corrosion-resistant percussion igniter has a housing, a percussion cap in the housing and a firing pin mounted in the housing and having a free end spaced from and adapted to impact the percussion cap. A one-piece tubular holder surrounds... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3985075 | Multi-directional firing device A multi-directional initiating device for firing a detonator is triggered an inward or outward displacement of one or both slider means, which operatively engage a pivoting double sear mounted on a biased shaft carrying a firing pin when the device is ar... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3968749 | Land mine A land mine is provided with a pair of nested bowl shaped parts having their respective contacting surfaces arranged for tangential displacement relative to one another, and an actuating device provided in the mine is selectively responsive to such tangen... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3933095 | Delayed action striking device which may be utilized for the priming of detonators The delayed action striking device comprises, in combination with a pressure cap beneath which there is a not air-tight closed air chamber, defined on the other side by a stiff diaphragm and in communication with a member delaying the bursting, a firing p... | 01/20/1976 |
