Patents Assigned to Wallop Industries Limited
  • Firing mechanism for percussion caps
    Patent number: 4192236
    Abstract: A firing mechanism for a percussion cap for a pyrotechnic device in which a firing pin is mounted on the underside of a leaf spring. The spring is normally unstressed but can be drawn back and stressed by manual withdrawal of a device engaged beneath the spring. Release of the stressed spring brings down the firing pin on the percussion cap to fire it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: Wallop Industries Limited
    Inventor: Andrew M. Scott