Process and device for the filling of shells with an explosive agent containing phosphorus

Claim 1

PROCESS FOR FILLING SHELLS WITH AN EXPLOSIVE AGENT CONTAINING PHOSPHORUS WHICH COMPRISES MAINTAINING A BODY OF WATER WITHIN THE SHELL TO AT LEAST A PREDETERMINED LEVEL, MAINTAINING AN ELECTRODE WITHIN THE SHELL IN THE WATER AT THE LEVEL TO WHICH THE SHELL IS TO BE FILLED WITH THE EXPLOSIVE, PASSING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT FROM THE ELECTRODE THROUGH THE WATER, PASSING AN EXPLOSIVE AGENT CONTAINING PHOSPHORUS HAVING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY DIFFERING FROM THAT OF WATER INTO THE SHELL SO AS TO FILL THE SHELL AND DISPLACE THE WATER, INTERRUPTING THE SUPPLY OF THE EXPLOSIVE WHEN THE ELECTRIC CURRENT PASSING FROM THE ELECTRODE CHANGES AS CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSIVE CONTACTING THE ELECTRODE, INSERTING A SECOND SHELL-LIKE BODY INTO THE UPPER CENTRAL PORTION OF THE EXPLOSIVE AND APPLYING HEAT TO THE EXPLOSIVE THROUGH SAID SECOND SHELL-LIKE BODY TO THEREBY ALLOW THE EXPLOSIVE TO SOLIDIFY GRADUALLY FROM THE OUTER AND LOWER PORTIONS TO THE INNER AND UPPER PORTIONS.