Fecha de publicación: 10/01/1986 Fuente: WIPO "royal booby" The invention relates to a booby-trap igniter for an explosive device, of the type comprising a striker 5, a fuse, driving means 6 capable of projecting the striker onto the fuse, and a blocking means 9 capable, when they are in a stand-by position, of preventing the movement of the striker in the direction of the fuse and, when they are in an ignition position, of allowing this movement. It comprises an outer casing 2 mounted movably in relation to the blocking means, a first rod 17 mounted on said casing, a second rod 16, 25 mounted on blocking means, and elastic means 12 capable of keeping a first end of each of the rods bearing on one another, the blocking means being in the stand-by position when said ends are bearing on one another and being arranged to assume the ignition position when this bearing is cancelled.