Set for positioning and aligning a disruptor for the deactivation of a target

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9702663-B2
Application number	US-201615046593-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2016
Priority date	Oct 16, 2012
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A set for dismantling a target includes a disruptor having a firing axis and a device for aligning and positioning the disruptor in a deactivation direction relative to the target. A firing sub-set includes a movable mounting having a movable carriage mounted thereon to which the disruptor is fastened and provided with components for adjustment translation and orientation relative to the mounting. A mirror is oriented rearward of the disruptor and fastened to the disruptor perpendicular to the firing axis and having a centering mark centered on that axis. A pointing sub-set includes a laser mounted thereto and adapted to emit beams along an aiming line coaxial with the deactivation direction. The pointing sub-set is behind the firing sub-set relative to a target such that the mirror intercepts the laser aiming line at its centering mark and the disrupter firing axis is coaxial with the laser aiming line.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A set for dismantling a target comprising:
a disruptor having a firing axis and a device for aligning and positioning the disruptor in a deactivation direction that is determined relative to the target, the set comprising:
a firing sub-set comprising:
a movable mounting mounted to a movable carriage the movable carriage having the disruptor fastened thereto and includes components for adjustment of the disruptor in translation and in orientation relative to the movable mounting; and
a mirror fastened to the disruptor and oriented on an opposite side of the disruptor relative to the target and perpendicular to the firing axis, the mirror having a centering mark centered on the firing axis; and

a pointing sub-set comprising:
a mount on which a laser is mounted, the laser adapted to emit beams along an aiming line coaxial with the deactivation direction,
the pointing sub-set disposed opposite the firing sub-set relative to the target,

such that the mirror intercepts the aiming line of the laser at the centering mark and is perpendicular thereto, whereby the firing axis of the disruptor is coaxial with the aiming line of the laser.

2. The set according to claim 1 , further comprising a viewing screen fastened to the laser on a side proximate to the firing sub-set, and having an axis of symmetry aligned with the aiming line of the laser, the viewing screen configured so as to view a point of strike with the viewing screen of a reflected beam emitted by the laser and reflected by the mirror towards the viewing screen.

3. The set according to claim 2 , wherein the viewing screen comprises a flat surface.

4. The set according to claim 2 , wherein the viewing screen has a scattering and reflective surface oriented towards the firing sub-set.

5. The set according to claim 4 , wherein the scattering and reflective surface of the viewing screen comprises a convex surface.

6. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the movable mounting comprises a tripod including a platform and legs, wherein the legs sweep an angle relative to the platform that is sufficiently large for the movable carriage to be positioned below or above the platform.

7. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the laser is configured to emit laser beams in a visible light range.

8. A pointing device for the positioning and aligning a disruptor, the device comprising:
a mirror fastened to the disruptor and oriented rearward thereof and perpendicular to a firing axis of the disruptor, the mirror having a centering mark centered on the firing axis; and
a pointing sub-set comprising a mount having a laser mounted thereto that emits beams along an aiming line, the laser being adjustable in position and in orientation relative to the mount, the pointing sub-set disposed facing the mirror, such that the mirror intercepts the aiming line at its centering mark and is perpendicular to the aiming line.

9. The device according to claim 8 , further comprising a viewing screen fastened to the laser on a side toward the mirror and having an axis of symmetry aligned with the aiming line of the laser, the viewing screen configured to view a strike point of a reflected beam emitted by the laser and reflected by the mirror towards the viewing screen.

10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the viewing screen comprises a flat surface.

11. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the viewing screen has a reflective surface oriented towards the firing sub-set.

12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the reflective surface of the viewing screen comprises a convex surface.

Assignees

• Commissariat Energie Atomique

Inventors

• Rabec Le Gloahec Marc

Classifications

• F42B33/06

  Dismantling fuzes, cartridges, projectiles, missiles, rockets or bombs ({F42B33/004 and} F42B33/04 take precedence; {elimination of undesirable components of explosives C06B21/0091}) · CPC title

• F41G3/00

  Aiming or laying means (sighting devices F41G1/00; determining direction, distance or velocity by use of radio or other waves G01S; computers G06; antennas H01Q) · CPC title

• F42D5/04

  Rendering explosive charges harmless, e.g. destroying ammunition ({F42B39/14 and F42B39/20 take precedence } ; extracting primers, dismantling ammunition F42B33/04, F42B33/06 {; chemical deactivating of explosives C06B21/0091}); Rendering detonation of explosive charges harmless · CPC title

• F42B33/065

  by laser means · CPC title

• F41G3/323

  for checking the angle between the muzzle axis of the gun and a reference axis, e.g. the axis of the associated sighting device (testing alignment of axes in general G01B11/27) · CPC title