Electro-discharge system for neutralizing landmines

    公开(公告)号:US10024635B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-17

    申请号:US15719726

    申请日:2017-09-29

    CPC classification number: F41H11/16 B05B17/0653 F41H11/13 F41H11/136 F41H11/18

    Abstract: A landmine-neutralization system has a vehicle including a water supply tank and an electrical power supply and an electro-discharge apparatus. The electro-discharge apparatus includes one or more electro-discharge nozzles each having a discharge chamber that has an inlet for receiving water from the water supply tank and an outlet, a first electrode extending into the discharge chamber and being electrically connected to one or more high-voltage capacitors that are connected to, and chargeable by, the electrical power supply, a second electrode proximate to the first electrode to define a gap between the first and second electrodes and a switch to cause the one or more capacitors to discharge across the gap between the electrodes to create a plasma bubble which expands to form a shockwave that escapes through one or more exit orifices of the one or more nozzles ahead of the plasma bubble to thereby neutralize a landmine.

    System and nozzle for prepping a surface using a coating particle entrained in a pulsed fluid jet
    7.
    发明授权
    System and nozzle for prepping a surface using a coating particle entrained in a pulsed fluid jet 有权
    用于使用夹带在脉冲流体射流中的涂层颗粒来制备表面的系统和喷嘴

    公开(公告)号:US08691014B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-08

    申请号:US13111412

    申请日:2011-05-19

    Applicant: Mohan M. Vijay

    Inventor: Mohan M. Vijay

    CPC classification number: C23C24/04 B05B1/083 B05B7/205 B05B17/0607 C23C4/02

    Abstract: Prepping a surface entails entraining a coating particle into a fluid stream, directing the fluid stream containing the coating particle at the surface to be prepped to thereby prep the surface using the coating particle. The prepped surface can then be coated using the same or substantially similar coating particle. This technique can be used with a continuous airjet, a forced pulsed airjet, a continuous waterjet or a forced pulsed waterjet as the carrier stream. This invention solves the problem of foreign blasting particles becoming embedded in the atomic matrix of the surface to be prepped, which can result in unpredictable behavior of the surface properties and even catastrophic failure.

    Abstract translation: 预浸表面需要将涂层颗粒夹带到流体流中,将包含涂层颗粒的流体流引导到待准备的表面,从而使用涂层颗粒制备表面。 然后可以使用相同或基本相似的涂层颗粒涂覆预制表面。 该技术可以用于连续喷气发动机,强制脉冲喷气发动机,连续水射流或强制脉冲水射流作为载体流。 本发明解决了外来喷砂颗粒嵌入待制备表面的原子基质中的问题,这可能导致表面性能的不可预测的行为甚至是灾难性的故障。

    Ultrasonic Waterjet Apparatus
    8.
    发明申请
    Ultrasonic Waterjet Apparatus 有权
    超声波水射流装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090308948A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-17

    申请号:US12546209

    申请日:2009-08-24

    Abstract: An ultrasonic waterjet apparatus (10) has a mobile generator module (20) and a high-pressure water hose (40) for delivering high-pressure water from the mobile generator module (20) to a hand-held gun (50) with a trigger and an ultrasonic nozzle (60). An ultrasonic generator in the mobile generator module (20) transmits high-frequency electrical pulses to a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive transducer (62) which vibrates to modulate a high-pressure waterjet flowing through the nozzle (60). The waterjet exiting the ultrasonic nozzle (60) is pulsed into mini slugs of water, each of which imparts a waterhammer pressure on a target surface. The ultrasonic waterjet apparatus (10) may be used to cut and de-burr materials, to clean and de-coat surfaces, and to break rocks. The ultrasonic waterjet apparatus (10) performs these tasks with much greater efficiency than conventional continuous-flow waterjet systems because of the repetitive waterhammer effect A nozzle with multiple exit orifices or a rotating nozzle (76) may be provided in lieu of a nozzle with a single exit orifice to render cleaning and de-coating large surfaces more efficient. A water dump valve (27) and controlling solenoid are located in the mobile generator module (20) rather than the gun (50) to make the gun lighter and more ergonomic.

    Abstract translation: 一种超声波水射流装置(10)具有移动发生器模块(20)和用于将高压水从移动式发电机模块(20)传送到手持式枪(50)的高压水软管(40) 触发器和超声波喷嘴(60)。 移动发生器模块(20)中的超声波发生器将高频电脉冲发送到振动以调制流过喷嘴(60)的高压水射流的压电或磁致伸缩换能器(62)。 离开超声波喷嘴(60)的水射流被脉冲成微小的水堰,每个水头在目标表面上施加水锤压力。 超声水射流装置(10)可用于切割和去毛刺材料,清洁和除去表面,并破碎岩石。 超声波水射流装置(10)由于重复的水锤效应,以比常规连续流水喷射系统更高的效率执行这些任务。可以提供具有多个出口孔或旋转喷嘴(76)的喷嘴来代替具有 单个出口孔,以提高清洁和去除大表面的效率。 排水阀(27)和控制螺线管位于移动式发电机模块(20)而不是枪(50)中,以使枪更轻和更符合人体工程学。

    Electro-discharge system for neutralizing landmines

    公开(公告)号:US09739574B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-22

    申请号:US15144160

    申请日:2016-05-02

    CPC classification number: F41H11/16 B05B17/0653 F41H11/13 F41H11/136 F41H11/18

    Abstract: A landmine-neutralization system has a vehicle including a water supply tank and an electrical power supply and an electro-discharge apparatus. The electro-discharge apparatus includes one or more electro-discharge nozzles each having a discharge chamber that has an inlet for receiving water from the water supply tank and an outlet, a first electrode extending into the discharge chamber and being electrically connected to one or more high-voltage capacitors that are connected to, and chargeable by, the electrical power supply, a second electrode proximate to the first electrode to define a gap between the first and second electrodes and a switch to cause the one or more capacitors to discharge across the gap between the electrodes to create a plasma bubble which expands to form a shockwave that escapes through one or more exit orifices of the one or more nozzles ahead of the plasma bubble to thereby neutralize a landmine.

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