Abstract: A self-contained water cooler module for use with a water dispenser includes a chassis. The chassis includes a back panel, a pair of spaced side panels extending forwardly from the back panel, a bottom panel extending forwardly from the back panel and attached to bottom edges of the pair of spaced side panels, and the back panel, side panels and bottom panel are constructed of a single, unitary sheet. A strut interconnects front edges of the pair of spaced side panels. A support bracket interconnects the back panel and the horizontal frame member. A refrigeration unit includes an evaporator, a condenser, a fan and motor assembly, and a compressor. The refrigeration unit is attached to the chassis. A water storage tank is configured to receive cooled water from the refrigeration unit. The chassis is configured to be attached to and detached from the water dispenser via a tool-free connection.

Abstract: A cryogenic technology for the cost-efficient capture of each known component of emissions, such as carbon dioxide, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, any other acid vapor, mercury, steam, in a liquefied or frozen/solidified form, and unreacted nitrogen (gas) from industrial plants, such that each of the components is captured separately with minimum use of energy and is industrially useful.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an enameled wire includes providing a conductor with an enamel coating thereon, and exposing the conductor to a light with a wavelength absorbable by a solvent included in the enamel coating to evaporate the solvent. The light includes a peak wavelength of less than 4 ?m.

Abstract: Methods and systems for freeze-drying injectable compositions, in particular pharmaceutical compositions, are provided whereby a freeze-dried composition may thus obtained by the method and systems. The systems for freeze-drying injectable compositions, in particular pharmaceutical compositions, make use of the method as described by storing a quantity of a dispersion of an injectable composition in an aqueous dispersion medium in at least one ready-to-use vial, cooling the vial to form ice crystals, applying a vacuum, and applying thermal heat to the dispersion while rotating the vial to homogeneously supply heat to the vial. The condition of the drying dispersion in the rotating vial is measured using an optical sensor using electromagnetic detection and adaptively controlling the amount of thermal heat.

Abstract: A hand-portable drying apparatus and method for use in a damp or waterlogged room, the apparatus including a housing having a carrying handle, the housing containing first and second airflow ducts arranged generally parallel to each other and having respective air inlet and air outlet ends, the apparatus further including means to force air through the ducts and to selectively heat it in at least one of the ducts, and valve means within the housing to selectively direct air from the first duct to the second duct whereby to move air from within the room received by the first duct back to the room via the second duct or to expel air from the room via the first duct to outside the room and draw in fresh air from outside the room via the second duct.

Abstract: An agricultural dryer assembly has a fan apparatus and burner assembly that form a longitudinal dryer axis. An airflow transition mechanism is positioned between the fan apparatus and the burner assembly and has an endcap with an end plate that is substantially perpendicular to the dryer axis. A transition housing has an upstream end proximate the fan apparatus having a first diameter and a downstream end proximate the burner assembly having a second size, and an open middle. The airflow transition mechanism also includes an end plate perpendicular to the airflow and for a single burner configuration, a first and second air-directing crossing members and for a dual burner configuration, two inlet devices positioned in a middle opening of the transition housing that extend through the axis of the fan heater assembly.

Abstract: A device for cooling the supporting trunnions of a distribution spout of a charging installation of a shaft furnace, wherein the spout is mounted pivotably about a horizontal axis on a shell coaxial with the furnace and the spout is attached rotatably to the trunnions driven in rotation by a drive component. The trunnions are directly attached for rotation by their ends to output shafts of reduction gears and include internal cooling channels. The cooling device includes feed and return ducts for the cooling water circulating in the internal channels. The feed and return ducts are connected to the trunnions by connectors fixed to the cylindrical surface of the trunnions. The feed and return ducts are arranged to permit rotational displacement of the connectors about the pivot axis of the spout during pivoting of the spout, in particular by passing through oblong slots extending circumferentially in the wall of bearings supporting the driving reduction gears.

Abstract: In a method for supplying cooling water to a condenser under conditions where an evaporation rate of the cooling water is low during a certain time and is higher during other times, cooling water is delivered from a body of water underlying a cooling tower to the condenser. During the certain time when the evaporation rate of the cooling water is low, a level of the water in the body of water is controlled to a value such that a concentration of a contaminant in the body of water is low, and such that the temperature of the water in the body of water throughout the other times will assure a desired condensate temperature in the condenser throughout the other times. Then, a level of the water in the body of water during the other times is controlled to a value maintaining the low concentration of a dissolved solid and ions.

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes techniques for improving efficiency of heat transfer devices, specifically condensers. An exemplary embodiment provides a device for condensing vapor bubbles comprising a quantity of liquid, a vapor source, and an acoustic transducer. The vapor source can be configured to introduce a plurality of vapor bubbles in the quantity of liquid. The acoustic transducer can be configured to provide acoustic energy to the quantity of liquid such that at least a portion of the acoustic energy is transferred to the plurality of vapor bubbles causing at least a portion of the plurality of vapor bubbles to condense in the quantity of liquid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cold reserving heat exchanger, and more particularly; to a cold reserving heat exchanger capable of improving cooling comfortableness of a user and minimizing energy and a time consumed at the time of again performing cooling by storing a cold reserving material in a second-row tube among tubes disposed in three rows in a width direction and allowing a cooling fluid moving in a first-row tube and a third-row tube among the tubes to be movable between the first-row tube and the third-row tube to effectively store cold air of the cooling fluid and discharge the cold air at the time of stopping an engine to thus prevent a rapid rise in an internal temperature of a vehicle.

Abstract: A micro channel type heat exchanger having a first pass disposed in some flat tubes located in a first heat exchange module and along which a refrigerant flows in one direction, a second pass disposed in some of the remaining flat tubes located in the first heat exchange module and along which the refrigerant supplied from the first pass flows in an opposite direction to that of the first pass, a third pass distributed and located in the remainder of flat tubes located in the first heat exchange module other than the first pass and the second pass and in some flat tubes located in a second heat exchange module, and a fourth pass disposed in the remainder of the flat tubes located in the second heat exchange module and along which a refrigerant supplied from the third pass flows in an opposite direction to a direction of the third pass.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a heat exchange unit group made up of a plurality of heat exchange units arranged in a row direction, the heat exchange units including a plurality of heat transfer tubes configured to allow refrigerant to pass therethrough, the heat transfer tubes being arrayed in a level direction, the level direction being perpendicular to the direction of air flow, and a plurality of fins stacked to allow air to pass therethrough in the air flow direction; and headers, disposed on both ends of the heat exchange unit group, the headers being connected with ends of the plurality of heat transfer tubes, the heat exchange unit group including one or more bend sections bent in the row direction, the headers including one header provided on one end of the heat exchange unit group in common for the plurality of rows of the heat exchange units, and a plurality of separate headers provided separately for the heat exchange units on the other end of the heat exchange unit group, the plurality of separate h

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of interconnected separator members that respectively include a first surface and an opposite second surface. The separator members respectively include an array of wave features. Also, the separator members are stacked and disposed in an alternating arrangement with the first surfaces of adjacent separator members facing each other and attached at the respective wave features, and with the second surfaces of adjacent separator members facing each other and attached at the respective wave features. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of first flow passages for first fluid flow and second flow passages for second fluid flow. The second fluid and the first fluid are configured to exchange heat through the separator members.

Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes first and second annular ducts, first and second airflow pathways, and heat exchanger. The first airflow pathway is configured to transport a first airflow and is disposed within the first annular duct. The second annular duct is disposed radially outward from the first annular duct. The second airflow pathway is configured to transport a second airflow and is disposed between the first and second annular ducts. The heat exchanger includes inner and outer portions. The inner portion is disposed radially inward of the first annular duct and is fluidly connected to the first airflow pathway. The outer portion is disposed between the first and second annular ducts and is fluidly connected to the second airflow pathway. The heat exchanger is configured to cool a third airflow with both of the first and second airflows from the first and second airflow pathways.

Abstract: Plate assemblies configured for use in heat exchangers are provided. The plate assemblies may include one or more plates defining an inlet end, an outlet end, and flow channels configured to receive a flow of fluid from the inlet end and direct the fluid to the outlet end. The flow channels may be defined by protrusions, grooves, and/or orifices defined in flow plates, and spacer plates may separate the plate assemblies from one another. The flow channels may be interconnected such that for each of a plurality of intermediate positions along the flow channels, a plurality of flow paths are defined. Thus, in an instance in which a blockage occurs in one of the flow channels, flow may be prevented through only a portion of the flow channel.

Abstract: A plate heat exchanger is provided in the present application, which includes multiple first plates and multiple second plates which are alternately stacked together, first flow passages and second flow passages spaced from each other are formed between the first plates and the second plates, a first passage is formed by first orifices, a second passage is formed by second orifices, and the first passage and the second passage are in communication with each other via the first flow passages or the second flow passages to form a first fluid passage. At least one damping structure is provided in the first fluid passage, and at least a part of the first fluid passage is in communication with a first pipe or a second pipe via the damping structure.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger core, a header defining a header manifold, and a transition portion that provides fluid communication between the heat exchanger core and the header manifold. The transition portion includes a transition tube extending between the header and the heat exchanger core, a header junction where the transition tube joins the header, and a splitting junction that splits the transition tube into the plurality of heat exchange tubes. The header junction may define elliptical inlet apertures, a large filleted joint, and a junction thickness that is greater than a header wall thickness.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger by diffusion bonding in which deformation of bonding members as stainless steel plates is suppressed, and releasability (detachability of a bonding member from a release member) after diffusion bonding treatment is excellent. Provided is a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger, the method including layering a plurality of bonding members 1 made of stainless steel, and applying heat and pressure to effect diffusion bonding of the bonding members 1, in which release members 3 are arranged on the both surface sides of the bonding members 1, and holding jigs 4 are arranged so as to sandwich the bonding members 1 through the release members 3, and pressing is then performed through the holding jigs 4 with a pressure device, and in which the diffusion bonding is performed using a combination of the release members 3 and the bonding members 1, the release members 3 including a steel material containing 1.

Abstract: A heat sink includes an extruded component, a cast component, and an interface layer. The extruded component includes a first aluminum material and is configured to be coupled to a solid state light source. The cast component includes a second aluminum material overmolded onto a portion of the extruded component to form the interface layer. The interface layer is formed of at least one of the first and the second aluminum materials and abuts against and couples the extruded component to the cast component.

Abstract: The present application discloses two-phase cooling devices that may include at least three substrates: a metal with a wicking structure, an intermediate substrate and a backplane. A fluid may be contained within the wicking structure and vapor cavity for transporting thermal energy from one region of the thermal ground plane to another region of the thermal ground plane, wherein the fluid may be driven by capillary forces within the wicking structure. The titanium thermal ground plane may be adapted for use in a mobile device, such as a portable device or smartphone, where it may offer compelling performance advantages.

Abstract: A plant or refinery may include equipment such as reactors, heaters, heat exchangers, regenerators, separators, or the like. Types of heat exchangers include shell and tube, plate, plate and shell, plate fin, air cooled, wetted-surface air cooled, or the like. Operating methods may impact deterioration in equipment condition, prolong equipment life, extend production operating time, or provide other benefits. Mechanical or digital sensors may be used for monitoring equipment, and sensor data may be programmatically analyzed to identify developing problems. For example, sensors may be used in conjunction with one or more system components to detect and correct maldistribution, cross-leakage, strain, pre-leakage, thermal stresses, fouling, vibration, problems in liquid lifting, conditions that can affect air-cooled exchangers, conditions that can affect a wetted-surface air-cooled heat exchanger, or the like. An operating condition or mode may be adjusted to prolong equipment life or avoid equipment failure.

Abstract: Components of a firearm having a bolt with locking lugs improve shooting accuracy, due to increased coaxial alignment between the bolt, the cartridge, the receiver, and/or the barrel of a firearm. The receiver inner surface is shaped for lug-cleaning and for close tolerance/mating with the lugs only in the locked position and also with a non-threaded, axial surface of the barrel. Thus, the mating surfaces that are instrumental and/or that mainly control coaxial alignment of the receiver, bolt, and barrel are located between the lug stops and the threaded end of the receiver. The lugs may be axially curved or otherwise axially non-linear to tolerate dirt and other debris in a field environment.

Abstract: An upper receiver for a firearm. The firearm includes a barrel extending forward of the upper receiver and a buttstock extending rearward of the upper receiver. The upper receiver includes forward gas escape ports through a frame of an ejection port through which spent casings are ejected. The upper receiver further includes a trough formed on an inside surface of the frame. The trough collects gases in the chamber and distributes the gases to the gas escape ports. The gas escape ports are covered by an ejection port door when a shell is not being ejected.

Abstract: Provided is a retrofittable adjustable gas valve for an AK-pattern firearm having a standard gas block that receives a head portion of a gas piston. The gas valve includes a valve body configured to be at least partially received by a piston head-receiving portion of a standard AK-pattern gas block and has a gas passageway through it. A threaded adjustment valve member in the valve body has a stem portion configured to adjust gas flow through the gas passageway.

Abstract: A shotgun including a barrel, a receiver, a magazine well and a magazine can be provided. The barrel may include a breech end at which a chamber is provided. The receiver can include a forward end coupled to the breech end of the barrel and a first side having an ejection port. The receiver may have a bolt movable therealong, with the bolt including a stripping lug removably attached thereto. The magazine well that can be received along and mounted externally to the receiver may include an attachment portion for attaching the magazine well to the receiver, a magazine release latch, and a feed ramp. This feed ramp may include a body that is removably mounted to an existing tubular magazine of the shotg, in front of the magazine well.

Abstract: A method authenticates a user before the user can remove or attach a component to a firearm. When the user is authenticated, the user can remove or attach a component to the firearm. The firearm prevents the removal or attachment of the component when the user is not authenticated.

Abstract: A breech catch mechanism for automatic and semi-automatic pistols includes a catch (502) of a breech comprising two longitudinal rails (400, 401) that are attached to pistol body or to an inserted container at one end in a rotary way and at the other end they are connected with a bridge (402). One of the rails (400, 401) is provided with an internal projection (405) protruding into a space between the rails (400, 401). The mechanism further includes the breech provided with a feeding bridge (250) and a cartridge feeder (500) positioned under the internal projection (405) and configured to push, after feeding of the last cartridge, from below against the internal projection (405), thus tilting the breech catch (502) from its basic position upward to an upper position in which the breech leans with its feeding bridge (250) against an outer surface (408) of the bridge (402) of the catch (502) of the breech to lock the breech in the rear position.

Abstract: A hybrid molded assembly includes a trigger comprising a trigger skeleton and a trigger molded portion that at least partially encompasses the trigger skeleton, a hammer comprising a hammer skeleton and a hammer molded portion that at least partially encompasses the hammer skeleton, and a disconnector comprising a disconnector skeleton and a disconnector molded portion that at least partially encompasses the disconnector skeleton.

Abstract: A hybrid magnetically variable firing system for a firearm includes a trigger mechanism configured to allow a user to selectively adjust the trigger pull force-displacement profile. In a closed magnetic flux loop configuration, the trigger mechanism includes a selectively energizable electromagnetic and mechanical biasing member providing a static holding torque which creates resistance opposing movement of the trigger. Energizing the electromagnetic at a user-preselected point during the trigger pull event creates a magnetic force opposing the static holding torque, which dynamically changes the trigger pull force required to discharge the firearm. The electromagnetic assists the user in completing the trigger pull thereby creating an adjustable lighter trigger pull. In one embodiment, the electromagnet is energized when the actual trigger pull force applied or trigger displacement reaches a corresponding trigger setpoint preprogrammed into a control circuit.

Abstract: A suppressor having a body and a first connector half coupled to the body, wherein the first connector half includes a first component that includes at least one channel and a first surface; and wherein the body provides a second surface, wherein a gap between the first surface and the second surface defines at least one track; wherein the gun includes a second connector half comprising at least one protrusion, wherein the protrusion and channel have corresponding shapes that allow the protrusion to be inserted through the channel and into alignment with the track, wherein the first component may be rotated with respect to the protrusion and the body to bring the protrusion out of alignment with the channel so that the first and second surfaces clamp the protrusion to thereby secure the first connector half and second connector half with respect to each other.

Abstract: This invention relates to a noise attenuation device and in particular a device which provides an increased performance in the range of a mortar system. A noise attenuation device suitable for use on a munition barrel, said device comprising an barrel extension portion, wherein the barrel extension portion has a length in the range of from 10 cm to 60 cm, at a first end of said barrel extension portion there is a tapered portion which tapers outwardly from said barrel extension portion, wherein said tapered portion, is frustoconical and has a cone angle in the range of from 22° to 28°, at a second end of the barrel extension portion a connector to secure the device onto a munition barrel.

Abstract: A receiver body is provided herein having a plurality of barrel-tightening portions with at least one relief recess therebetween and relief recesses defined in the body on either proximal end. The relief recesses and barrel-tightening portions are sized to allow the barrel-tightening portions to be tightened and loosened independently of each other.

Abstract: Provided is a detachable supported shooting rest having a rigid support frame and a plurality of differently sized/shaped conformable support units. The frame is removably attached to a firearm and has spaced-apart support unit attachment locations. The conformable support units are interchangeably attachable to the frame at the attachment locations without removal of the frame from the firearm.

Abstract: A dual and omnidirectional mortar base plate to be used in mortar carrier vehicles comprising a bottom base plate coupled to a mortar and a top base plate; wherein the dual base plate is adapted to move along a movement path from a resting position, associated with a position for movement of the vehicle, towards a work position associated with a firing position for the mortar, and vice versa. Likewise the dual base plate has elements for fast stowage in the mortar carrier vehicle. The dual base plate consists of a bottom base plate, a top base plate, and connection and repositioning elements between the two to facilitate the transfer of the forces generated by said firing to the ground, isolating the mortar carrier vehicle from the forces generated by firing the mortar. Truncated cone shaped hoppers allow the bottom plate to move in any direction in which the mortar is fired.

Abstract: An ambidextrous safety selector assembly for use with a rifle having a receiver with holes into which the assembly is inserted and that includes a main body with a user manipulated tab on the exterior of a rifle receiver and an elongated portion that extends into the receiver with a terminal channel defining three clocking faces and an intermediate hole that mate with protruding male faces with a terminal pin on a secondary body with a user manipulated tab on the exterior of a rifle receiver. The male faces of the secondary body are inserted and coupled into the terminal channel of the main body and clocked against the faces of the channel and the pin of the secondary body is inserted and coupled into the hole of the main body when the main body and secondary body are inserted into the receiver. The secondary body also has a foot protruding outwardly and extending into the receiver to retain the assembly in the receiver.

Abstract: A cocking device for a crossbow includes a cocking unit which is pivotably connected to the body of the crossbow, and has a cocking unit which is detachably engaged with a holding unit connected to the grip of the crossbow by the locking unit. The cocking unit includes an opening located next to the locking unit. A scrolling unit is accommodated in the cocking unit and includes a scrolling member, an axle, a ratchet disk and a stop. The scrolling member driving the axle which drives the ratchet disk. The stop is located corresponding to the opening. The stop has the first end thereof normally engaged with one of ratchets of the ratchet disk. The second end of the stop extends through the opening. The stop is pivotable to engage with the ratchet disk or to release the ratchet disk to control the operation of the scrolling member.

Abstract: A handguard assembly and related method are provided. The handguard assembly can include a fastener assembly that installs in a handguard bore of a handguard. The fastener assembly can include a fastener head including first threads threaded in a first direction, a shaft extending from the fastener head, the shaft including second threads threaded in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a lock tab threadably engaging the second threads, the lock tab including a tab head. When the fastener assembly is converted from a retracted mode to an extended mode, the tab head can wedge into a barrel nut groove to secure the handguard to the barrel nut thereby impairing the handguard from rotating and/or sliding relative to the barrel nut. The shaft can thread into the lock tab when the fastener assembly is installed relative to the groove, with the overall length of the fastener assembly increasing as the tab head moves in the groove.

Abstract: The laser sighting device provides a first operation member and a second operation member to achieve vertical and lateral adjustment of the sighting device's laser beam without a tool. Spiral flanges within the first and second operation members provide gradual shift of the laser beam, and the embedment of elastic elements into two rings of indentations on the first and second operation members provides stepwise fine adjustment to the laser beam.

Abstract: A method of controlling a target marking system includes emitting a beam with a beam source associated with a target marker. The method also includes sensing movement of the target marker, and modifying operation of the beam source based on the sensed movement. Such modification changes a characteristic of the emitted beam.

Abstract: A targeting system operable to be used with a bow to assist an operator with striking a target with an arrow. The targeting system comprising a processor, a target sighting window, a ranging module and a projector. The processor is operable to determine a range (distance) to the target and determine an orientation of the bow to strike the target. The processor is configured to present a first sighting element on the target sighting window and project a second sighting element onto the target sighting window. The projected second sighting element appears to be closer to the target than the first sighting element, which may be aligned with the second sighting element to aim the bow. The projector is also operable to present a variable compensated sighting mark onto the target sighting window that is indicative of a compensated targeting axis.

Abstract: A system trains usage of a firearm and includes an end unit, a processing subsystem, and a control subsystem remotely located from the end unit. The end unit includes an image sensor that is positioned against a target that has a bar code. The image sensor defines a field of view of a scene that includes the target, and the bar code stores encoded information that defines a target coverage zone. The system selectively operates in a first mode and a second mode according to input from the control subsystem. In the first mode the end unit scans the bar code to extract the target coverage zone. In the second mode the image sensor captures a series of images of the target coverage zone, and the processing subsystem analyzes regions of the captured series of images to determine a strike, by a projectile of the firearm, on the target.

Abstract: A system or assembly for securing accessories to an underlying firearm assembly. The accessory mounting assembly includes a base that is constructed to be secured to a mount plate that is securable to an underlying firearm. An accessory support is securable to the base and moveable in a horizontal lateral direction relative thereto. An engagement or interface arrangement is provided between the base and the accessory support such that the accessory support can be translated in a lateral direction that is orthogonal to a bore of the underlying firearm and is constructed to provide vertical association of discrete accessory supports relative to the base.

Abstract: A novel adaptive armor system includes an array of armor elements, a hinge system, an actuator mechanism, and a tension support. The hinge system permits rotation of the armor elements about respective axes to change their orientation with respect to the vehicle body. The tension support is movably coupled between the actuator mechanism and the array and bears at least some of the weight of the armor elements in tension. The actuator mechanism moves the tension support (e.g., under the control of a controller) to change the angular orientation of at least some armor elements. Each armor element can include a tray that removably receives different ERA cassettes therein. An exemplary method includes detecting an incoming threat projectile, assessing at least one characteristic specific to the projectile, and changing the angular orientation of the array in a manner to defeat the incoming projectile. The invention provides threat adaptability while minimizing added weight and vehicle size.

Abstract: A method and a device for providing a dummy target via decoy chaffs for protecting a vehicle and/or an object from radar-guided missiles. After identification of the radar-guided missile and calculation of a decoy chaff pattern, the decoy chaff pattern is presented in the form of polar coordinates in accordance with the firing of shots, a “cut-off” distance for the determination of a defence radius is then found in these polar coordinates. A minimum distance between the disassembly or detonation points within the defence radius is set. The dummy target is then optimized on the basis of the “cut-off” distance and the minimum distance between the disassembly or detonation points. As a result of this calculation, the only decoy chaffs that are deloyed are those that meet the conditions, i.e. that have a minimum distance between the disassembly or detonation points within the defence radius in the optimized dummy target.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hit-scoring apparatus for shooting practice. It is also directed to a hit-scoring target panel for shooting practice.

Abstract: Systems and methods for containing discharge from a holstered firearm are described. The system may include a bullet containment device (BCD) with a rectangular backing plate coupled to a firearm holster, a U-shaped housing having a base, two sides, and a top opening, a front plate coupled to housing such that the housing is interposed between the front plate and the backing plate, an upper shelf coupled to and normal to the housing sides, whereby the upper shelf, front plate, housing, and backing plate form an interior cavity generally in line with a bore axis of the firearm when the apparatus is coupled to the holster and the firearm is fully seated in the holster, whereby a bullet fired from the firearm while seated in the holster is confined to the interior cavity, and a lower shelf coupled to and generally normal to the housing sides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to longitudinally sectioned bullets and methods that pertain to a penetrable projectile structured to be discharged from a firearm and comprising at least two separable and penetrable, non-fused individual longitudinal body sections and at least one exterior binding element, including at the frontal region of said penetrable projectile, that holds the at least two non-fused individual longitudinal body sections together until they rupture inside of a target, thereby causing the penetrable individual longitudinal body sections to separate away from each other inside of the target as the projectile penetrates the target. The penetrable projectile is thus capable of controlled fragmentation against a soft target, and is optionally adapted to deliver at least one supplemental payload to a target to further damage said target.

Abstract: In order to obtain an explosive smoke grenade, which can be fired from a portable anti-tank weapon, in particular a recoilless infantry weapon, and permits an enemy position or a vehicle to be fogged as quickly as possible, so that the enemy has only a very limited radius of action, a explosive smoke grenade is provided with a time fuse that can be programmed such that the burst charge detonates in the direct vicinity of the enemy position but before the grenade has reached the ground, and releases the smoke-generating active material. In addition, the pyrotechnic active substance arranged between the burst charge and the grenade casing is formed of a plurality of film strips, which are coated with a red-phosphorus-containing incendiary composition (flares). For this purpose, the dimensions of the flares are selected such that they generate a visibility barrier in both the visible and the infrared wavelength regions.

Abstract: An electronic thermally-initiated venting system (ETIVS) for rocket motors includes at least one linear-shaped charge attached to a rocket motor housing. At least one exploding foil initiator (EFI) is attached to the linear-shaped charge. At least one electronic thermally-initiated venting system circuit is electrically-connected to the EFI. The EFI is configured to auto-fire when the electronic thermally-initiated venting system circuit relays a current pulse through the EFI. The linear-shaped charge is configured to initiate when the current pulse is relayed through the EFI.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the manufacture of body line templates, and for the use of those templates to repair the body lines of motor vehicle body panels. The present invention improves body line repair by restoring body lines more precisely and in the fraction of time it would typically take. Templates are often used in the industry to cut and forge body panels or body panel pieces, but not for repairing body lines. The original pattern for a body line template is made from an undamaged, perfectly contoured panel, such as a quarter panel, door panel or fender. The body line templates are used as a guide to restore the original shape of the body line on a damaged body panel. The templates are also used as a guide to more easily perfect the body lines by manipulating the applied body filler. In this way, repair time can be reduced by fifty, or as much as seventy-five, percent.