Patent ID: 6209461
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
A non-lethal projectile for projecting from a tube in a given longitudinal direction, and to disperse a pressurized fluid in a controlled manner by impact on a target in said direction, said non-lethal projectile comprising:a longitudinal body having a nose at the front and a tail at the rear,a container for the pressurized fluid disposed in said body between said nose and said tail,a longitudinal striker for perforating said container juxtaposed longitudinally thereto and carried by a transverse wall attached to the body,means for enabling longitudinal movement towards each other of the container and the striker and controlled perforation of the container by the striker, by impact on the target in said direction,means for dispersing the fluid to enable the fluid to exit the body in a transversely-distributed manner on perforation of the container by the striker,wherein the means for dispersing the fluid include a blind longitudinal passage through the striker open at the end towards the container and closed inside said wall, and a plurality of transverse passages in said wall radiating from said blind longitudinal passage and opening to the exterior of the body through holes in said body.