Abstract:
In order to obviate the necessity for using firing pins or electrical probes for initiating ammunition, a cluster of conductors are enclosed within a mass of pyroignition material, and means are provided to subject the cluster of conductors to control electromagnetic radiation such that they are heated into an incandescent state to ignite the pyroignition material.
Abstract:
A PAIR OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING RINGS ARE SPRING-URGED INTO CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER. A CONDUCTING POST IS CONNECTED TO EACH OF TE RINGS, EACH POST EXTENDS THROUGH A RIGID BODY MEMBER OF INSULATING MATERIAL, THE CONDUCING POSTS ARE THUS INSUALTED FROM EACH OTHER TO INSURE THAT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN EXTERNAL CONDUCTORS CONNECTED THERETO, IS MADE ONLY AT THE CONDUCTING RINGS.