Patents by Inventor Wallace E. Silver

Wallace E. Silver has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Gelled slurry explosive
    Patent number: 4324599
    Abstract: An explosive slurry containing red water, a nitrocellulose containing prolant, oxidizer, passivated aluminum and a thickening agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1982
    Assignee: The United States of America as repesented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kenneth Range, William J. Irwin, Russell Reed, Jr., Wallace E. Silver
  • Method for reclaiming and recycling plastic bonded energetic material
    Patent number: 3968723
    Abstract: The plastic bonded explosive in obsolete or otherwise rejected warheads is xplosively shocked out of the warheads so that materials from which the explosive is made can be recycled. The process involves placing detonating cord in a cavity left by the removal of the warhead's safe and arm mechanism and/or communications hole, pouring water into the cavity around the detonating cord and detonating the detonating cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Charles W. Flaterman, Fred Menz, Wallace E. Silver, Pearsie S. Wiggins