Device for setting mechanical time fuses
First Claim
1. In combination with an apparatus for adjusting a mechanical time fuse for a projectile in which a rotatable element is provided for adjusting the time period of the fuse;
- a housing forming a part of the projectile associated with the fuse, an electric motor in the housing coupled to the rotatable element to rotate the element, a setting device for the motor to rotate the motor to a predetermined rotated position to adjust the rotatable element thereby to set the fuse to a desired time period, said setting device being disposed outside the firing tube in which the projectile is disposed, and control wires leading from said setting device to said motor subject to including separable connector means therebetween.
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Abstract
A device for setting mechanical time fuse in which the fuse has an element which, when rotated, adjusts the time period of the fuse. The fuse is contained within a housing at the forward end of a projectile and within the housing forwardly of the fuse is a stepping motor connected to the rotatable element of the fuse by reduction gearing. A setting device in the form of a pulse emitter and adjustable logic circuitry is disposed outside the firing tube in which the projectile is mounted and is electrically connected with the stepping motor by wires which include separable connectors. The setting device advantageously provides for ignition of the projectile propelling charge when the setting of the time period for the fuse has been completed. Also, advantageously, a clamping device is provided for clamping the stepping motor in its adjusted position prior to or immediately upon ignition of the propelling charge.
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1. In combination with an apparatus for adjusting a mechanical time fuse for a projectile in which a rotatable element is provided for adjusting the time period of the fuse;
- a housing forming a part of the projectile associated with the fuse, an electric motor in the housing coupled to the rotatable element to rotate the element, a setting device for the motor to rotate the motor to a predetermined rotated position to adjust the rotatable element thereby to set the fuse to a desired time period, said setting device being disposed outside the firing tube in which the projectile is disposed, and control wires leading from said setting device to said motor subject to including separable connector means therebetween.
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