IPC 6 English version  Class F42
SECTION F– MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

F 42

AMMUNITION; BLASTING

Notes

(1)

This class covers also means for practice or training which may have aspects of simulation, although simulators are generally covered by class G 09.

(2)

In this class, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated:

"primer" effects the first explosive step in the sequence of explosion; [2]

"percussion cap" means a primer which is struck to explode; [2]

"igniter" effects the first spark-producing or heat-producing step but may not be explosive; [2]

"firing-means" or "initiator" (used respectively in the arts of weaponry and blasting) means a device acting directly on the primer, which device may or may not form part of the fuze; [2]

"detonator" or "detonator charge" means a charge used to amplify the explosion of the primer; [2]

"fuze" means an assembly or mechanism which incorporates safety and arming means in order that the explosion can only take place under certain conditions; this assembly or mechanism determines also the moment (instantaneous or delayed) or the manner, e.g. impact, proximity, hydrostatic pressure, of the firing; [2]

"ammunition" covers propulsive charge and projectile whether or not forming a single body, unless otherwise made clear; [2]

"projectile", "missile" or "projectile or missile" means any body which is projected or propelled; [4]

"guided missile" means projectile or missile which is guided during at least part of its trajectory; [4]

"rocket" means projectile or missile which is self-propelled, during at least part of its trajectory, by a rocket engine, i.e. by a jet-propulsion engine carrying both fuel and oxidant therefor; [4]

"fuse" or "fuse cord" means a continuous train of explosive enclosed in a usually flexible cord or cable for setting-off an explosive charge in the art of blasting. [5]

F 42 B

EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING; FIREWORKS; AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C 06 B; fuzes F 42 C; blasting F 42 D) [2,5]

F 42 C

AMMUNITION FUZES (blasting cartridge initiators F 42 B 3/10; chemical aspects C 06 C); ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR (filling fuzes F 42 B 33/02; fitting or extracting primers in or from fuzes F 42 B 33/04; containers for fuzes F 42 B 39/30) [5]

F 42 D

BLASTING (fuses, e.g. fuse cords, C 06 C 5/00; blasting cartridges F 42 B 3/00)

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