Smoke tracer composition

Claim 1

1. A SMOKE TRACER CHLORATE-FREE COMPOSITION WHICH WILL BE READILY IGNITABLE WITHIN ONE-HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND BY A PROPELLANT USED TO DRIVE ANY STANDARD PROJECTILE FORWARD AND WHICH WILL WITHSTAND COMPRESSION WHEN PLACED INSIDE OF A PROJECTILE BY A FORCE GREATER THAN THAT DEVELOPED BY THE THRUST OF THE PROPALLANT AND WHICH HAS BEEN COMPRESSED UNDER ABOUT 110,000 P.S.I. DURING LOADING WITHOUT UNDERGOING IGNITION TO A POINT WHERE THE COMPOSITION HAS A DENSITY OF 2 GRMS./CC., THIS HIGH COMPRESSION SERVING TO PREVENT DISLODGEMENT OF THE COMPOSITION WHEN THE PROJECTILE IS FIRED, WHEREBY 5 TO 80 GRAINS OF THIS COMPOSITION WILL CAUSE A REARWARD TRAIL OF COLORED SMOKE WHICH IS SUFFICIENTLY VOLUMINOUS TO BE VISIBLE TO A GUNNER FIRING SAID PROJECTILE OVER AN ENTIRE RANGE OF AT LEAST 1,000 YARDS WHEN THE PROJECTILE IS IN FLIGHT FROM THE MUZZLE OF A GUN TO THE TARGET, THE COMPOSITION HAVING THE FURTHER PROPERTY OF RAPID IGNITION WITHOUT RAPID BURNING THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF A COMPOSITION CONSISTING OF 50% TO 80% OF A PREROXIDE OF AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BARIUM, STRONTIUM AND CALCIUM, 5% TO 20% OF CALCIUM RESINATE, AND 5% TO 25% OF AT LEAST ONE SUBLIMABLE DYE MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 1-METHYLAMINO-ANTHRAQUINONE, 1,4-DIMETHYLAMINOANTHRAQUINONE, ORTHO DIHYDROXY BENZENE KNOWN IN THE TRADE AS PYROCATECHOL; BIS (P-DIMETHYLAMINOPHENYL)-METHYLENIMINE HYDROCHLORIDE KNOWN IN THE TRADE AS AURAMINE DYE.