Patent ID: 9746292
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: F41H,F42B

Claim:
1. An explosive charge comprising a tubular container, said container being generally square shaped and containing an explosive material within said container, said container consisting of four walls, said four walls being equally radially spaced, said container consisting of four web-portion wall portions, said walls being linked by said web-portion wall portions, each of said four walls being a concave longitudinal flute of substantially uniform thickness, each of said flutes being straight and each of said flutes having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said tubular container, each of said concave longitudinal flutes extending along substantially the entire length of said container and upon detonation of said explosive material, each of said flutes producing a coherent linear projectile, said linear projectiles providing a cutting effect applied in four equally spaced directions.