US PATENT SUBCLASS 102 / 478-- .~ Having divided bursting charge

US PATENT SUBCLASS 102 / 478
.~ Having divided bursting charge

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102 /	HD	AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES

473	DF	SHELLS {13}
478		.~ Having divided bursting charge

DEFINITION

Classification: 102/478

Having divided bursting charge:

(under subclass 473) Subject matter wherein the bursting charge is separated into portions by separators or baffles.

(1) Note. The separation is usually to reduce the compression of the charge produced by acceleration of the shell when leaving a gun barrel.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

443, for a cartridge having divided propelling charges.

477, for a shell wherein the active ingredients for producing a bursting charge are divided prior to firing of the shell.

490, for a shell having plural propelling charges.