Aerosol grenade

Claim 2

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 1 wherein said closure means comprises an aerosol valve.

Claim 3

An aerosol grenade as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said closure means comprises a frangible disc, said fusing means including a firing pin with a mounted end which pierces said frangible disc.

Claim 4

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fluid to be discharged comprises orthochlorobenzylmalononitrile dissolved in N,N-dimethyl formamide or N,N-dimethyl acetamide.

Claim 5

An aerosol grenade container for storing a fluid to be discharged together with a propellant for such fluid unDer pressure, closure means sealing said container prior to discharge of said fluid, a plurality of discharge nozzles extending laterally of an axis of said container, exit orifices for said nozzles, said exit orifices oriented in the direction so that upon discharge of said fluid from said grenade said grenade is caused to spin about said first axis, and fuse means operable to open said closure means upon impact of said grenade, to thereby place the interior of said container in communication with said discharge nozzles.

Claim 6

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 6 wherein the plane of said nozzles is spaced from the center of gravity of said grenade with its contents along said axis.

Claim 7

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 6 wherein said grenade has a circular spinning ring in a plane perpendicular to said axis.

Claim 8

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 6 wherein said nozzles are equally angularly spaced from each other.

Claim 9

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 7 wherein said container is in the shape of a sphere, and wherein said fuse means comprises a hollow fuse body disposed within the sphere, said body having enclosed side walls, a bulkhead transverse to said walls spanning the interior of said fuse body and having a centrally located aperture therein, a firing pin passing through said aperture in said bulkhead, means at one end of said firing pin to open said closure means upon axial movement of said pin towards said closure means, biasing means between said bulkhead and said means at said one end of the firing pin urging said pin towards said closure means, a head on the opposite end of said firing pin, and releasable trigger means holding said head away from said bulkhead to prevent unwanted movement of said pin towards said closure means, said trigger means releasing said head when subjected to a lateral force upon impact of said grenade to thereby cause the opening of said closure means.

Claim 10

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 10 wherein said trigger means comprises sear blocks having a bevelled surface cooperating with the lower surface of said head, said sear blocks being releasably held against said pin between said head and bulkhead by a trigger block, said trigger block releasing said sear blocks when subjected to a lateral force upon impact of said grenade.

Claim 11

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 11 wherein said trigger block has an annular lip projecting therefrom which releasably engages a corresponding annular ledge in said sear blocks to hold said sear blocks against said head, said lip and ledges becoming disengaged when said trigger block is subjected to a lateral force upon impact of said grenade, and said sear blocks releasing said pin due to the camming action of said pin on said sear blocks.

Claim 12

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 8 wherein said spinning ring is spaced from the center of said axis.

Claim 13

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 8 wherein said nozzles are formed within the body of said spinning ring.

Claim 14

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 13 wherein said nozzles are formed within the body of said spinning ring.

Claim 15

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 14 wherein said nozzles are equally angularly spaced from each other.

Claim 16

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 15 wherein said nozzles are equally angularly spaced from each other.

Claim 17

An aerosol grenade container for storing a fluid to be dis-charged together with a propellant for such fluid under pressure, closure means sealing said container prior to discharge of said fluid, a plurality of discharge nozzles extending laterally of an axis of said container, wherein the plane of said nozzles is spaced from the center of gravity of said grenade along said axis, exit orifices for said nozzles, said exit orifices oriented in the direction so that upon discharge of said fluid from said grenade said grenade is caused to spin about said axis, a circular spinning ring in a plane perpendicular to said axis, and fuse means operable to open said closure means upon impact of said grenade, to thereby place the interior of said container in communication with said discharge nozzles.

Claim 18

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 18 wherein said nozzles are equally angularly spaced from each other and said spinning ring is spaced from the center of said first-mentioned axis of said grenade whereby upon discharge of said fluid from said grenade, said grenade will tend to spin also about a second axis transverse to said first axis.

Claim 19

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 18 wherein said fuse means comprises a hollow fuse body, said body having enclosed side walls, a bulkhead transverse to said walls spanning the interior of said fuse body and having a centrally located aperture therein, a firing pin passing through said aperture in said bulkhead, means at the inner end of said firing pin to open said closure means upon axial movement of said pin towards said closure means, biasing means between said bulkhead and said means at said inner end of the firing pin urging said pin towards said closure means, a head at the second end of said firing pin, and releasable trigger means holding said head away from said bulkhead to prevent unwanted movement of said pin towards said closure means, said trigger means releasing said head when subjected to a lateral force to thereby cause the opening of said closure means.

Claim 20

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 19 wherein as said fluid is discharged from said grenade the center of gravity continuously changes causing said transverse axis to move along said first axis threby causing the motion of said grenade to be erratic.

Claim 21

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 21 wherein said nozzles are formed within the body of said spinning ring.

Claim 22

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 20 wherein said grenade has three discharge nozzles.

Claim 23

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 20 wherein the fluid to be discharged comprises orthochlorobenzylmalononitrile dissolved in N, N-dimethyl formamide or N, N-dimethyl acetamide.

Claim 24

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 23 wherein said closure means comprises an aerosol valve.

Claim 25

An aerosol grenade as claimed in claim 23 wherein said closure means comprises a frangible disc.

Claim 26

An aerosol grenade container for storing a fluid to be discharged together with a propellant for such fluid under pressure, closure means sealing said container prior to discharge of said fluid, a plurality of discharge nozzles extending laterally of a first axis of said container, equally angularly spaced from each other, wherein the plane of said nozzles is spaced from the center of gravity of said grenade along said first axis, exit orifices for said nozzles, said exit orifices oriented in the direction so that upon discharge of said fluid from said grenade said grenade is caused to spin about said first axis, a circular spinning ring in a plane perpendicular to said first axis, fuse means operable to open said closure means upon impact of said grenade, to thereby place the interior of said container in communication with said discharge nozzles, said fuse means comprising a hollow fuse body, said body having enclosed side walls, a bulkhead transverse to said walls spanning the interior of said fuse body and having a centrally located aperture therein, a firing pin passing through said aperture in said bulkhead, means at one end of said firing pin to open said closure means upon axial movement of said pin towards said closure means, biasing means between said bulkhead and said means at said one end of the firing pin urging said pin towards said closure means, a head at the outer end of said firing pin, and releasable trigger means holding said head away from said bulkhead to prevent unwanted movement of said pin towards said closure means, said trigger means releasing said head when subjected to a lateral force upon impact of said grenade to thereby cause the opening of said closure means.

Claim 27

A grenade as claimed in claIm 27 wherein said trigger means comprises sear blocks having a bevelled surface cooperating with the lower surface of said head, said sear blocks being releasably held against said pin between said head and bulkhead by a trigger block, said trigger block releasing said sear blocks when subjected to a lateral force upon impact of said grenade.

Claim 28

A grenade as claimed in claim 28 wherein said trigger block has an annular lip projecting therefrom which releasably engages a corresponding annular ledge in said sear blocks to hold said sear blocks against said head, said lip and ledges becoming disengaged when said trigger block is subjected to a lateral force upon impact of said grenade, and said sear blocks releasing said pin due to the camming action of said pin on said sear blocks.

Claim 29

An aerosol grenade container for storing a fluid under pressure, said container having a discharge valve for said fluid and presenting a curvilinear surface in a plane angularly disposed with respect to the central axis of the container and upon which it is capable of rolling, and a plurality of discharge nozzles communicating with the interior of the container when said valve is opened and dimensioned and arranged in the plane of such surface to direct high velocity streams of said fluid in substantially tangential directions to said surface to cause spinning of the container and render capture for throw-back difficult after it has landed.

Claim 30

A grenade container according to claim 30, wherein the container is in the form of a spherical shell having therein a spider structure in whose arms the nozzles and the passageways from the valve to the nozzles are embodied, the discharge orifices of the nozzles being located on the surface of the spherical shell.

Claim 31

A grenade container according to claim 31 wherein the discharge valve is disposed within the spherical shell, and means operable from outside the shell for opening the valve to effect discharge of the contents of the container.