APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF PYROTECHNIC EFFECTS

Abstract

An apparatus for production of pyrotechnic effects, having a plurality of pyrotechnic charges and initiation means which are accommodated in common casing bodies (22). According to the invention, the casing bodies (22) together with the pyrotechnic charges and initiation means are associated with a common mount (20), the mount having initiation conductors which lead to each initiation means.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Further features of the invention can, apart from this, be found in the claims and in the description. Preferred exemplary embodiments of the invention will be explained in more detail in the following text with reference to drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 shows a plan view of an upper face of the apparatus.

FIG. 2 shows a section through the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, along the line C-C.

FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the apparatus from underneath.

FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the lower face of the apparatus.

FIG. 5 shows a side view of the apparatus.

FIG. 6 shows a perspective plan view of the upper face of the apparatus.

FIG. 7 shows a view from underneath of the apparatus without a casing body, that is to say only of the mount with the initiation conductors.

FIG. 8 shows a view from underneath of the cover part of a casing body.

FIG. 9 shows a section through the cover part along the line A-A in FIG. 10.

FIG. 10 shows a plan view of the cover part of the casing body.

FIG. 11 shows a side view of the cover part.

FIG. 12 shows a perspective plan view of the cover part.

FIG. 13 shows a plan view of a bottom part of the casing body.

FIG. 14 shows a side view of the bottom part.

FIG. 15 shows a section through the bottom part along the line B-B in FIG. 13.

FIG. 16 shows a perspective side view of the bottom part.

Claims

1. An apparatus for production of pyrotechnic effects, having a plurality of pyrotechnic charges (21) and initiation means which are accommodated in common casing bodies (22), wherein the casing bodies (22) together with the pyrotechnic charges (21) and initiation means (30) are associated with a common mount (20), and wherein the mount (20) has initiation conductors (26) which lead to each initiation means (30).

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing bodies (22) each extend over a part of the mount (20).

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein that part of the mount (20) which is occupied by the respective casing body (22) is the initiation means mount (25).

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing bodies (22) are in each case formed by more than one part.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing bodies (22) are in each case formed by two parts.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein different parts of the respective casing body (22) are arranged on mutually opposite sides of the mount (20).

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the individual casing bodies (22) are attached to the mount (20) by connection of the parts of the respective casing body (22) to one another.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the initiation conductors (26) are embedded in the mount (20).

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the initiation conductors (26) rest on the mount (20).

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the initiation means (30) are in the form of heating resistances.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the heating resistances have heating conductors arranged in a meandering form.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mount (20) is flat.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the flat mount (20) is in the form of a check card.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mount (20) has an initiation means mount (25) for each pyrotechnic charge (21), with the initiation means mounts (25) being selected areas on the mount (20).

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the initiation means mounts (25) are at least partially separated from the mount (20) forming intermediate spaces.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein at least one web (28) is provided as a connection between each initiation means mount (25) and the mount (20).

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the initiation conductors (26) are routed along the webs (28).

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mount (20) has at least one electrical connection, with the connection being connected to all of the initiation conductors (26).

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing bodies (22) each have a cover part (23) and a bottom part (24).

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the cover part (23) has a cover internal area, which is open to the bottom part, for holding at least a part of the pyrotechnic charge (21).

21. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the bottom part (24) has a bottom internal area, which is open to the cover part (23), for holding at least a smaller part of the pyrotechnic charge (21).

22. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the bottom part (24) and the cover part (23) each have circumferential free rims which cover one another in the area of the mount (20).

23. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the bottom part (24) and the cover part (23) are firmly connected to one another.

24. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the bottom part (24) or the cover part (23) has a recess (38, 48) for a part of the mount (20) to pass through.

25. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the bottom part (24) and the cover part (23) have a recess (38, 48) for a part of the mount (20) to pass through.

26. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein the recesses (38, 48) are designed for the initiation means mount (25) to pass through.

27. The apparatus as claimed in claim 25, wherein the recesses (38, 48) are designed for the initiation means mount (25) to pass through.

28. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the bottom part (24) and the cover part (23) have side rims which hold a corresponding rim on the mount (20) between them.

29. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing bodies (22) have weak points.

30. The apparatus as claimed in claim 29, wherein the weak points are in the form of strip-like cross-sectional constrictions (40).