Patent ID: 6470806
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: F42B,F42C

Abstract:
A noise-making training device comprising:(1) a body for containing a delay cartridge to produce a pyrotechnic demonstration; (2) a conversion fitting mounted on said body, said conversion fitting being provided with a chamber for slideably receiving and removeably containing said delay cartridge; (3) a delay-cartridge contained within said chamber, said cartridge comprising: (a) a casing with a cap end; (b) a percussion-sensitive primer mounted at the cap end of the casing; (c) an internal passageway within the casing containing a delay-burning composition and communicating with the primer; and (d) a pyrotechnic composition contained within the casing at the end of the internal passageway remote from the primer and positioned to be ignited by the delay burning composition and release pyrotechnic gases, and (4) a firing assembly including a releaseable hammer actuated by a spring means carried on said conversion fitting for actuating the primer of the cartridge for firing; said firing assembly being removeably connected to said conversion fitting to permit:(i) insertion of said cartridge into said chamber prior to the firing of said cartridge, (ii) containment of said cartridge during firing, and (iii) extraction of the spent delay cartridge by removal of the firing assembly from the conversion fitting after firing, thereby permitting reuse of the training device by insertion of a fresh delay cartridge into the chamber within the conversion fitting with the firing assembly removed, and re-connection of the firing assembly to the conversion fitting thereafter to reminder the training device ready for use.