Cassette arranged for accommodating a pay load of pyrophoric material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9851183-B2
Application number	US-200913144937-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2009
Priority date	Jan 16, 2009
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

A cassette designed for accommodating a payload. The cassette is exposed to an air flow when dispensed from a vehicle in motion. The cassette includes a base portion and a peripheral supporting portion connected to each other. The base portion and the peripheral supporting portion form a space for the accommodation of the payload. An opening is arranged in the cassette opposite the base portion. Through the opening the pay load can exit. The base portion includes at least one orifice through which the air flow will flow pressing against and separating the payload from the cassette when dispensed from the vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cassette for accommodating a payload, the cassette being exposed to an air flow when dispensed from a vehicle in motion, the cassette comprising:
a base portion;
a peripheral supporting portion connected to the base portion, wherein the base portion and the peripheral supporting portion form a space for accommodating the payload;
an opening arranged in the cassette opposite the base portion, wherein the payload can exit through the opening, the base portion comprises
at least one orifice in the base portion, wherein the air flow will flow through the at least one orifice pressing against and separating the payload from the cassette when the cassette and payload are dispensed from the vehicle,
two opposite first coupling members arranged on the peripheral supporting portion adjacent the opening; and
two opposite second coupling members arranged on the base portion, wherein the first coupling members and the second coupling members are configured to releasably attach the cassette to a subsequent coupled identical cassette and/or in front coupled identical cassette to form a stack of cassettes, wherein the first coupling members and second coupling members are snap holders, wherein each of the first coupling members comprises a hook having a straight extension parallel with a plane of the base portion, wherein the straight extension of the two opposite hooks are parallel with each other, such that during the discharge the first coupling member and the second coupling member slide laterally past each other, thereby permitting the cassette to be fed perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the stack.

2. The cassette according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least a projection arranged on a first axial surface of the cassette adjacent the first coupling members, wherein the at least one projection cooperates with a second axial surface of a subsequent coupled identical cassette and/or in front coupled identical cassette such that a predetermined contact force must be overcome for disengaging the cassettes from each other.

3. The cassette according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an asymmetrically disposed first fitting arranged on an outer surface of the peripheral supporting portion, thereby permitting the cassette to be mounted in only one way in a magazine comprising a corresponding second fitting.

4. The cassette according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral supporting portion comprises a sliding surface arranged adjacent the opening, which sliding surface is parallel with the extension of the payload.

5. The cassette according to claim 1 , wherein the base portion comprises two orifices formed by the peripheral supporting portion and a rib.

6. The cassette according to claim 1 , wherein the cassette is made of plastic.

Assignees

• Melin Robert
• Ringstedt Martin
• Byström Gunnar
• Saab Ab

Inventors

• Melin Robert
• Ringstedt Martin
• Byström Gunnar

Classifications

• B64D1/02

  Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles (jettisonable fuel reservoirs B64D37/12) · CPC title

• F41H11/02 Primary

  Anti-aircraft or anti-guided missile {or anti-torpedo} defence installations or systems (cartridges or missiles for producing smoke or for dispensing radar chaff or infrared material F42B5/15, F42B12/48, F42B12/70; {informative reference: details of radar or sonar systems G01S7/00; jamming or electronic countermeasures G01S7/38, G01S7/495, H04K3/00}) · CPC title

• F42B12/70

  for dispensing radar chaff or infrared material (radar-reflector targets, active targets transmitting infrared radiation F41J2/00; radar-reflecting surfaces H01Q15/14) · CPC title