| 摘要 |
A device separable from a projectile arranged to be fired from a rifled barrel. The device includes a unit such as a flare supported by a parachute which is expelled from the projectile a predetermined time after firing of the projectile. The unit is placed in a container which is initially closed at one end by a bottom plate which also constitutes the bottom plate of the projectile and is capable of sustaining the powerful gas pressure generated when the projectile is fired. Upon expulsion of the container from the projectile by a suitable timing and expelling assembly, the container separates into several parts and a brake mounted on the unit is activated by the centrifugal force and causes a slowdown of the unit. The bottom plate which is also subject to the centrifugal force is pivotally connected to the unit by a pivot means which is eccentrically disposed with respect to the lengthwise center axis of the container and thus of the unit. The combined action of the centrifugal forces acting upon the brake and the bottom plate cause the latter to pivot into an angular position in which it is released from the pivot means and is thus ejected out of the linear path of the unit, thereby preventing collision with the same. |
