April 8, 194?.

H. c. HEBARD

2,418,769

FUZE FOR BOMBS, PROJECTILES, AND THE LIKE

Filed March 20, 1945

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2,418,769

FUZE FOR non/ms, PROJECTILES, AND

THE LIKE

Hugh Charles Hebard, Northwood, England

Application March 20, 1943, Serial No. 479,938
In Great Britain June 13, 1941

(C1. 102-85)

3 Claims.

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This invention relates to fuzes for bombs, pro

jectiles, ?ares and the like and has for its object

form the core a is covered on the ?at surfaces 0

to provide an improved form of fuze and method

of manufacturing the same, the said fuze being
more particularly designed for use where adjust

with thin coatings d of metal while the edges e

are thickened by the rolling operation. When
lead is the metal used for the coating the portions

0 should not be more than ?fteen thousandths of

an inch in thickness. By making the fuze with
two thinned sides an advantage is obtained in
mined time period which elapses before explosion
assembly as the ribbon-like fuze can be ?tted
or ignition of a charge as well as to ensure quick
into its channel in the fuze magazine either way
melting of the fuze coating and certain ignition
of the secondary fuze or other combustible com 10 round. This form of fuze is intended to be
mounted with the wall opposite a thin side in
ponent. The invention is particularly designed to
contact with the bottom of a metal channel.
avoid the unsatisfactory practice of piercing
This contact cools this side of the sheath and
fuzes. '
ensures rapid melting and emergence of a uni
According to the present invention a fuze for
bombs, projectiles, ?ares and the like is provid 15 formly travelling ?ame from the exposed side.
This ensures that a second fuze or other combus
ed comprising a core of combustible material
tible material for the purpose of igniting a ?are
surrounded by a metallic sheath, at least one side
charge or the like is ignited. The amount of
or edge of which is of relative thinness as com
fuze with thinned wall burned before ignition of
pared with the remaining part of the sheath.
The thinness of the wall of the side or edge en 20 the second fuze is variable and determines the
time of delay. One method of achieving this is
sures that, as the fuze burns, a ?ame emerges
illustrated in Fig. 4 wherein g indicates the metal
from the sheath and travels uniformly along the
channel in which a fuze made according to the
thin wall. This thinness may be achieved by roll
invention is disposed with a thin surface (1 up
ing a fuze of initially circular cross section to
produce a fuze having two parallel thin sides or 25 permost, the illustration showing how the bum
ing fuze ?ashes onto a second fuze h which can
by removing a portion of the metal covering and
be of normal circular cross section and which in
by rolling to produce a fuze having one thin side.
turn ignites the explosive charge or a ?are
Reference will now be made to the accompany

ment may be necessary to vary the predeter

ing drawings which illustrate diagrammatically

charge.

In cases where the construction of the fuze

and on an enlarged scale examples of fuzes 30
magazine or the like precludes the use of a fuze
formed according to the invention and in which:
having two thin walls, the construction of fuze
Fig. 1 is a cross section of a fuze which has

been formed with two thin sides,

' shown in cross section in Fig. 2 can be employed.

Fig. 2 is a cross section of a fuse which has been

formed with one thin side,

'

In forming this fuze, a fuze of known type of in

35 itially circular cross section can be utilised as be

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the fuze shown in

Fig. 2 at one stage of manufacture and
Fig. 4 is a perspective view to illustrate one

fore but in the present instance the ?rst opera

tion consists in removing part of the metal
sheathing in a direction parallel to the axis of the

application of the invention.

fuze so that the cross section appears as in Fig. 3

In carrying the invention into effect and in 40 wherein f indicates the thinned portion of the
the preferred manner, the improved fuze con
coating. The fuze is then subjected to a rolling
sists of a slow burning core a, Fig. 1, which is
operation, the pressure being applied in a direc
provided with a coating b of lead or other low . tion at right angles to the surface j until a fuze
fusible metal alloy. This fuze can conveniently
is produced having substantially the cross sec
be formed from a lead sheathed fuze of known 45 tion shown in Fig. 2.
type and of initially circular cross section which
I claim:
is subjected to a rolling operation to produce a
1. A fuse comprising'an elongated core com
substantially ?at condition in which the fuze has
posed of combustible material, and a ?at tubular
the cross sectional form shown in Fig. 1. In this
sheath of low fusing point metal surrounding and

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extending longitudinally of the core, the thick

ness of the sheath along at least one side thereof

being less than its thickness along its edges.

2. A fuse comprising a core of combustible ma
terial, and a ?attened tubular sheath of low fus
ing point metal surrounding the core, one of the
?attened sides of the sheath being of less thick
ness than that of the other ?attened side and
the edges thereof.

3. A fuse comprising a core of combustible ma

terial, and a flattened tubular sheath of low fus

ing point metal surrounding the core, the two
?attened sides of the sheath being of less thick
ness than that of thexedges thereof.

HUGH CHARLES HEBARD.

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