Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A detonating cap intended for use with a tubular fuse the inner wall of which is coated with powder of a reactive substance, such as an explosive, comprising a housing having a bore open at one end, a charge, a delay element, and a spacer element disposed one after the other in said bore with said spacer element facing the open end thereof, and guide means on said housing for guiding one end of a fuse from outside the housing and through the open end of the lastmentioned bore to an operative position in which the fuse confronts said spacer element, said spacer element providing at least one passage connecting said delay element with the open end of said bore and said fuse, when the latter is in its operative position, and a portion of said spacer element forming a shield extending part way across said passage and being of such structure as to effect a deflection of powder and a gas impact wave transferred from a fuse toward the delay element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A detonating cap intended for use with a tubular fuse the inner wall of which is coated with powder of a reactive substance, such as an explosive, comprising a housing having a bore open at one end, a charge, a delay element, and a spacer element disposed one after the other in said bore with said spacer element facing the open end thereof, and guide means on said housing for guiding one end of a fuse from outside the housing and through the open end of the lastmentioned bore to an operative position in which the fuse confronts said spacer element, said spacer element providing at least one passage connecting said delay element with the open end of said bore and said fuse, when the latter is in its operative position, and a portion of said spacer element forming a shield extending part way across said passage and being of such structure as to effect a deflection of powder and a gas impact wave transferred from a fuse toward the delay element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The detonating cap as claimed in claim 1, wherein said spacer element has two passages therethrough on opposite sides of said shield, whereby the shield is devised to be passed on both sides by powder and/or a gas impact wave from a fuse.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The detonating cap as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said shield has at least one inclined surface facing the open end of said bore to confront a fuse disposed in its operative position.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The detonating cap as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that said shield projects from one side of the spacer element and transversely across an imagined prolongation of the bore in a fuse, when the latter is disposed in said operative position.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
The detonating cap as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shield is disposed normally to shut off the passage between the bore in the fuse and the delay element, when the fuse is in its operative position, and disposed to be forced by said gas impact wave to open said passage.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
The detonating cap as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that said spacer element is formed as a spring-actuated valve member for closing the bore in the confronting end of the fuse, when the latter is in its operative position.