Claims
- 1. In a projectile for a darting gun, said projectile comprising a front head housing a front ignition plunger arranged for axial rearward movement when the tip of the projectile strikes the target, said ignition plunger communicating with rearwardly extending striker means which in an uninfluenced position of said ignition plunger terminates at a first predetermined distance from an ignition time delay element, said ignition time delay element when triggered by said striker means being arranged to fire a detonator which in turn detonates a main charge arranged in a tubular body attached to the rear of said front head, the improvement comprising a safeguarding means adapted to take two positions:
- a first position for holding said ignition time delay element at said first distance (L1) from said ignition plunger striker means to allow said striker means to reach said time delay element when said ignition plunger strikes a target,
- and for holding said ignition time delay element at a second distance (L2) from said detonator to avoid detonation of said detonation of said detonator if said ignition time delay element should be triggered;
- a second position for allowing said ignition time delay element to travel said second distance (L2) to reach the detonator;
- the sum of said first distance (L1) and second distance (L2) being longer than the total travelling distance (L0) of said ignition plunger striker means.
- 2. The improvement claimed in claim 1, including a safety pin at the front of said projectile head for keeping said ignition plunger and said striker means in a safe position, said safety pin being dimensioned so as to be broken when said projectile hits a target.
- 3. The improvement claimed in claim 1, including means for controlling said time delay element relative to said safeguarding means comprising a coiled spring arranged axially in said head and surrounding said ignition time delay element between abutment faces.
- 4. The improvement claimed in claim 1, wherein said safeguarding means is provided with a breaking device holding said safeguarding means in its safety on position, said breaking device being rupturable by said safeguarding means.
- 5. The improvement claimed in claim 1, wherein said projectile is provided at its rearward end with an intermediate piece adapted for detachable mounting of said projectile with said tubular body carrying a main charge.
- 6. The improvement claimed in claim 1, wherein said detonator is mounted for rotation in a housing about an axis transverse to the central axis of said projectile, so as to be rotated from a first to a second position when said safeguarding means is moved from said first to said second posi-tion, thereby allowing said ignition delay element to be urged into a recess in said detonator housing for the locking thereof in a position ready for detonation.
- 7. The improvement claimed in claim 1, wherein the setting of said ignition time delay element is longer than the stipulated time for the fired projectile to penetrate into said target.
- 8. The improvement claimed in claim 1, wherein said safeguarding means comprises a hoop-like element protruding sideways from the outer surface of said projectile in said first position, so as to be rotated to its second position when said projectile penetrates into the body of a target, said hoop-like element in said second position merging with the outer surface of said projectile so as to render minor penetration resistance to said projectile during its further penetration into said target.
- 9. The improvement claimed in claim 8, wherein said safeguarding means is mounted rearwardly of said front ignition plunger, whereby said ignition plunger will be influenced prior to said safeguarding means if this is in its first position when the projectile head hits the target and penetrates thereinto, so that said ignition time delay element is triggered before said safeguarding means is moved from its first position to its second position.
- 10. Projectile for a darting gun, comprising:
- a front head housing a front ignition plunger arranged for axial rearward movement (L0) into a front head housing, and carrying a rearwardly extending striker means;
- an ignition time delay element communicating with an urging means and a detonator housing carrying a detonator, said detonator housing being arranged for rotation about an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of said front head housing;
- a safeguarding means attached to said detonator housing and being arranged to take two positions:
- a first position for holding said detonator housing in a position preventing the travel of said ignition time delay element, and a second position for allowing said ignition time delay element to travel into said detonator housing through a recess formed therein;
- and a tubular body releasably attached to said front head housing and carrying explosive charges.
- 11. Projectile as claimed in claim 10, wherein said longitudinal tubular body housing said explosive charges comprises a front connection piece which can be attached to said projectile front head upon arming of the darting gun.
- 12. Projectile as claimed in claim 10, wherein the explosive charges comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending cylindrical detonating fuses, in combination with a cylindrical metal rod attached to one or more of said detonating fuses.
- 13. Projectile as claimed in claim 12, wherein said tubular body carrying said explosive charges houses a first inner central longitudinally extending detonating fuse, surrounded by a plurality of second outer detonating fuse, and a stiff, cylindrical rod of metal, said metal rod being attached to said central detonating fuse.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/096,339, filed Sept. 11, 1987, now abandoned in the name of of Henrik M. Henriksen.
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