Fuze mine anti-personnel

Fecha de publicación: 13/05/1980
Fuente: WIPO "royal booby"
2. In an anti-personnel mine fuze, a body member having a cylindrical rec therein, an upstanding concentrical sleeve in said recess, a spring-loaded pressure plate slidable in said body and sleeve, firing mechanism for said fuze comprising a firing pin release having a socket in its lower portion and a cut away upper portion defining a planar vertical face, a track member secured to said planar face defining a pair of downwardly inclining parallel upper and lower tracks, a spring loaded firing pin slidable in said body and received in said socket in said firing pin release, detent means normally locking said firing pin in said socket, a spring held selector bar pivotally mounted in said pressure plate member and disposed normally above said track member and a pin fixed with the lower end of said bar adapted upon downward movement of said pressure plate member and said bar upon application of a predetermined personnel load thereon to rotate in a counter-clockwise manner and snap under said upper track on said track member in a clockwise direction whereby upon release of said personnel load on said plate, said firing pin release and said firing pin will be lifted to free said detent locking members therefrom and release said firing pin, but upon application of a load heavier than said personnel load on said plate, said selector bar will rotate to move said pin thereon completely around said track member in a clockwise manner to complete a non-functioning cycle and rearmament of said fuze. -GOVT PAR The invention described herein maybe manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment to us of any royalty thereon.