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United States Patent (19) (11) 4,055,247

Benedick et al. (45) Oct. 25, 1977


(54) EXPLOSON CONTAINMENT DEVICE Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Dean E. Carlson; Dudley W.
King; Robert W. Weig
(75) Inventors: William B. Benedick; Charles J. 57 ABSTRACT
Daniel, both of Albuquerque, N.
Mex. The disclosure relates to an explosives storage container
(73) Assignee: The United States of Americass for absorbing and containing the blast, fragments and
represented by the United States detonation products from a possible detonation of a
Energy Research and Development contained explosive. The container comprises a layer of
Administration, Washington, D.C. distended material having sufficient thickness to con
vert a portion of the kinetic energy of the explosion into
21 Appl. No.: 734,834 thermal energy therein. A continuous wall of steel suffi
22 Filed: Oct. 22, 1976 ciently thick to absorb most of the remaining kinetic
energy by stretching and expanding, thereby reducing
(51) Int. Cl’.............................................. F42B37/02 the momentum of detonation products and high veloc
52 U.S. Cl. ........................................ 206/3; 206/591; ity fragments, surrounds the layer of distended material.
220/288 A crushable layer surrounds the continuous steel wall
(58) Field of Search .................. 89/34; 206/3; 220/15, and accommodates the stretching and expanding
220/288 thereof, transmitting a moderate load to the outer enclo
56) References Cited sure. These layers reduce the forces of the explosion
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and the momentum of the products thereof to zero. The
outer enclosure comprises a continuous pressure wall
3,072,022 1/1963 Wood et al. ............................. 206/3 enclosing all of the layers. In one embodiment, detona
3,160,061 12/1964 Moy ......................................... 206/3 tion of the contained explosive causes the outer enclo
3,60,062 12/1964 Moy et al. ................................ 206/3 sure to expand which indicates to a visual observer that
3,603,07 9/1971 Elliott et al. ........................... 220/15 a detonation has occurred.
3,757,933 9/1973 Banta ....................................... 206/3
Primary Examiner-Stephen C. Bentley 6 Clains, 3 Drawing Figures

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