Patent ID: 8122757

Claim:
A propellant ignition testing apparatus having a compressively sealable chamber, comprising: a support structure; a fixed end plate assembly fixedly mounted on said support structure; a test chamber assembly having a combustion chamber for accommodating propellant; means for initiating ignition of propellant accommodated in said combustion chamber of said test chamber assembly; a moveable end plate disposed adjacent to said test chamber assembly on a side of said test chamber assembly remote from said fixed end plate assembly; a device mounted on said support structure for generating a compressive force, wherein said moveable end plate is operatively connected to a moveable component of said device for moving of said moveable end plate toward said test chamber assembly such that said combustion chamber of said test chamber assembly is adapted to be sandwiched in a compressively sealed manner between said fixed end plate assembly and said moveable end plate; and a cradle assembly for said test chamber assembly.