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United States Patent | 6,701,848 |
Georgantzis , et al. | March 9, 2004 |
An anti-personnel canister includes a generally cylindrical container having side walls, the side walls defining an enclosure with a generally concave surface at one end and an opening at another end; the side walls having an outer surface, the outer surface including a plurality of longitudinal grooves formed therein and, below the plurality of longitudinal grooves, a circumferential obturator groove; a plurality of submunitions disposed in the enclosure; a spacer disposed in the enclosure between the plurality of submunitions and the opening; and a cap disposed on the opening of the container, the cap having a top surface and including a pair of orthogonal grooves formed on the top surface.
Inventors: | Georgantzis; Peter (E. Stroudsburg, PA), Paredes; Angel F. (Oradell, NJ), Scheper; Eric P. (Essex Fells, NJ), Hudgins; Henry E. (Lord's Valley, PA) |
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Assignee: |
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
(Washington,
DC)
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Family ID: | 31886183 |
Appl. No.: | 10/065,673 |
Filed: | November 7, 2002 |
Current U.S. Class: | 102/506; 102/449; 102/462; 102/522 |
Current CPC Class: | F42B 12/64 (20130101); F42B 14/06 (20130101); F42B 14/065 (20130101) |
Current International Class: | F42B 12/64 (20060101); F42B 12/02 (20060101); F42B 14/06 (20060101); F42B 14/00 (20060101); F42B 012/64 (); F42B 012/62 (); F42B 012/24 (); F42B 012/56 () |
Field of Search: | ;102/506,393,494,489,449-453,462,463,522 |
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5939664 | August 1999 | Kapoor |
5963776 | October 1999 | Lowden et al. |
5970878 | October 1999 | Gardner |
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