Assertion: chaff | /r/CapableOf | disperse in radial direction
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text: cylindrical rocket dispensing head adapted to be fired from an aircraft, the improvement in said dispensing head comprising a main body portion, a nose cone mounted on the forward end of said main body portion and variable firing means mounted at the rearward end thereof, a plurality of sections in said rocket head located intermediate said nose cone and said fir ing means, a plurality of equally spaced partitions mounted perpendicularly on said main body portion forming said sections, a frangible container enclosing each section, chaff stacked in orderly rows within said containers, an explosive charge within each container mounted on the axis of said main body portion to insure that the forces of the explosive are applied to the chaff in a radial direction and said variable firing means progressively exploding said charges after said rocket head has been fired from the aircraft whereby said frangible containers are destroyed, the chaff dispersed in a radial direction and the rocket head is left intact after each explosion to continue its flight.
text: A chaff dispersion apparatus having a substantially cylindrical rocket dispensing head adapted to be fired from an aircraft, the improvement in said dispensing head comprising a main body portion, a nose cone mounted on the forward end of said main body portion and variable firing means mounted at the rearward end thereof, a plurality of sections in said rocket head located intermediate said nose cone and said firing means, a plurality of equally spaced partitions mounted perpendicularly on said main body portion forming said sections, a frangible container enclosing each section, chaff stacked in orderly rows within said containers, an explosive charge within each container mounted on the axis of said main body portion to insure that the forces of the explosive are applied to the chaff in a radial direction and said variable firing means progressively exploding said charges after said rocket head has been fired from the aircraft whereby said frangible containers are destroyed, the chaff dispersed in a radial direction and the rocket head is left intact after each explosion to continue its flight.