EP3724595B1 - Irritationskörper - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP3724595B1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: housing; stun grenade; grenade according; actuating element; irritation
Prior art date: 2017-12-12
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EP18795462.3A

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English (en)

French (fr)

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Martin WUSTICH

Frank Habel

Kai LÜBBERS

Julia Heering

Philip Weber

Kolja Garber

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Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH

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Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH

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2017-12-12

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2018-10-24

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2024-02-14

2018-10-24 Application filed by Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH filed Critical Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH

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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
- F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
- F42B12/36—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information
- F42B12/42—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information of illuminating type, e.g. carrying flares
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
- F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
- F42B12/36—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
- F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
- F42B12/36—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information
- F42B12/46—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information for dispensing gases, vapours, powders or chemically-reactive substances
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- F42B27/00—Hand grenades

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the present invention relates to an irritant body as used by security forces and the military. Irritation bodies create visual or acoustic effects by releasing active components and thereby cause irritation in the event of corresponding threats.
the active sets released by the irritating bodies activate the corresponding effects by burning off or decomposing the active sets. If an effective set can produce the corresponding acoustic and/or optical effects, the effective set is also described as an effects set.
Corresponding irritants are known from the prior art. For example, this shows DE 10 2010 052 210 A1 a corresponding irritation body with an igniter head, an actuating element and blow-out openings from which the effect of the irritation body can be exerted.
Corresponding irritation bodies are often designed as hand-operated devices, for example as hand-held throwing bodies.
the object of the present invention is therefore to create an irritant which does not give the external appearance of a grenade or a thrown irritant.
Another task is to design the irritation body in such a way that it is as easy to store and easy to handle as possible.
the present invention therefore proposes an irritation body which has a housing, the housing having a front and a back as well as side surfaces which connect the front and back.
This is intended to create a flat irritation body whose dimensions are designed in such a way that it is easy to handle. Due to its design as a flat body, the irritation body is easy to use and, due to this atypical design, is not recognizable as an irritation body at first glance.
the irritation body is cuboid.
this irritation body also has at least one blow-out opening. These blow-out openings are arranged on the side surfaces. This allows the effect of the irritant body to be applied upwards, downwards and to the sides.
the irritation body has at least one set of effects, which can produce acoustic and/or optical effects through burning or decomposition.
the irritation body according to the invention is preferably designed as a so-called sound & flash irritation body.
the irritation body To activate the irritation body, it has an actuating element and at least one detonator head.
the igniter head ensures that a primer cap is struck or activated and the effect set can be burned off.
the percussion cap can cause a delay set to burn up, with subsequent overignition to the effect set and thus the implementation of the effect set.
a decomposition set can be ignited, which causes the effect set to be decomposed. This burning or decomposition creates the aforementioned optical and acoustic effects, which are emitted through the exhaust openings.
the actuating element can be a manual actuation, but electrical or remotely operated controls are also conceivable.
the actuating element can also bring about the effects via an electrical pulse or with a time delay.
the irritation body must have appropriate means for radio transmission.
a recess is provided in the housing which can accommodate the actuating element.
the lever is at least partially accommodated in the receptacle in the non-actuated state. In a preferred embodiment, this recording occurs completely. This ensures that the external dimensions of the housing are not increased by the actuating element. This also serves for a compact design and does not change the cuboid appearance of the irritating body.
At least one cylindrical chamber be provided in the housing, which can accommodate at least one set of effects.
the irritation body is then designed in such a way that when several effect sets are used, they are introduced into a cylindrical chamber and thus when the effect sets burn down or are dismantled, they are released one after the other.
a separate cylindrical chamber can also be provided in the housing for each effect set.
the discharge can take place simultaneously if a separate blow-out opening is provided for each set of effects.
blow-out openings be closed using a bursting membrane.
bursting membranes are known from the prior art and can tightly close openings. This means that the irritant bodies can be stored until use without affecting their function.
a pressure forms in the corresponding cylindrical chambers, which causes the bursting membrane to break and releases the blow-out openings for the effects to be delivered.
At least one delay set is arranged in the housing.
the delay set ensures that the burning or decomposition of the effect sets occurs with a time delay after the actuating element is actuated.
the detonator head first ignites the delay set, which also offers a certain time delay through combustion until the effect sets are then ignited by the delay set.
the aforementioned delay set is provided in a transverse chamber in the housing, which is connected to at least one cylindrical chamber. This transverse chamber then runs transversely to the cylindrical chambers. This allows the delay set to cause overignition on the effect.
multiple transverse chambers may be provided to accommodate multiple sets of delays. This allows time control of the individual effect sets in the irritation body to be achieved. The deployment of the individual effects sets can therefore be delayed in several stages.
the detonator head has a percussion cap.
the primer cap in turn is activated by the actuating element. In the embodiment of the lever, this activates the primer cap, which in turn ensures the ignition of the effect sets, the dismantling charge or the delay sets.
the detonator head itself is integrated into the housing, so that the dimensions of the housing are not changed.
the detonator head can also be arranged on a side surface, for which purpose it is proposed that the detonator head has the same depth of the housing. As a result, the detonator head protrudes from the side or upwards or downwards from the housing. However, the depth of the housing is not changed.
a safety pin is provided to secure the irritation body, which is inserted at least partially into the housing and/or the detonator head.
the safety pin prevents the function of the actuating element and thus the unintentional ignition and application of the effects.
attach a locking ring to the safety pin in order to make the safety pin removable from its safety position in a conventional manner. The removal enables the function of the actuating element. After pulling out the safety pin through the locking ring you can the actuating element can be used functionally to bring about the effects.
the aim is to ensure that the irritation body does not look like one and is therefore not recognized as an irritation body before activation and before the effects are applied.
the irritation body actually looks like a cell phone.
the invention proposes that the depth of the housing corresponds to less than half the width of the housing. It is also suggested that the width of the case be less than half the height of the case.
Figure 1 shows a perspective view of an irritation body according to the invention with a housing 1, the housing 1 having a front and a back.
the front and back are each connected to each other via side surfaces in all four directions, with the side surfaces being much smaller than the front and back.
the front and back are made larger than the side surfaces.
the irritation body according to the invention also has at least one blow-out opening 2, which are arranged on the side surfaces. This means that the blow-out openings 2 can be arranged in all four directions of the side surfaces.
the irritation body also has an actuating element, which is designed here as a lever 4.
the irritation body has a recess in the housing 1, in which the actuating element can be received.
the actuating element is accommodated in the idle state, i.e. when not actuated, in the exception, so that the lever 4 does not protrude beyond the outer dimensions of the housing and thus does not increase the dimensions.
the lever 4 is not recognizable as an actuating element at first glance and the contour of the irritation body is not changed by the actuating element.
lever 4 When lever 4 is actuated, it is raised laterally from the side surface.
the irritation body also has an igniter head 6, which is in the Figure 1 is integrated into the housing 1.
an igniter head 6 which is in the Figure 1 is integrated into the housing 1.
a safety pin is provided, which can also be inserted into the housing 1 because the detonator head 6 is arranged in the housing 1. The safety pin can be pulled out through a locking ring 3 and thus make the actuating element actuable.
a labeling field 5 to the irritation body according to the invention, preferably on the front and/or back of the irritation body.
Function-specific data can be applied through the labeling field 5 in order to make this information available to the user of the irritating body as quickly as possible.
the Figure 2 shows a similar irritation body according to the invention, but this time the detonator head 6 is attached to a side surface of the irritation body. This changes the height 7 of the housing 1, but not the other dimensions such as width 8 or depth.
the irritation body has a height 7, a width 8 and, due to the design, a depth.
the height 7 represents the longest side of the cuboid housing 1 and the width 8 represents the side running transversely to the height 7.
the width 8 is dimensioned so that it is smaller than half of the height 7.
the depth is again dimensioned so that it is smaller than half of the width 8.
the igniter head 6 When using an igniter head 6 attached to the side surface, it is proposed to also equip the igniter head 6 with the same depth as the housing 1, but in any case to use a depth that is not greater than the depth of the housing 1. This should achieve ensure that the depth is not increased and thus a different visual impression arises from the irritating body.
the proposed irritation body is not immediately recognizable as such and its shape makes it easy to handle and has a compact design.
the invention is not limited to the aforementioned features. Rather, further embodiments are conceivable.
a modular design could be possible, in which the igniter head is only placed on the housing during applications. A corresponding interface from the igniter head to the housing must then be provided. It is also conceivable to use an electric ignition instead of the percussion cap in the detonator head.

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DE102017129643.3A DE102017129643A1 (de)	2017-12-12	2017-12-12	Irritationskörper
PCT/EP2018/079143 WO2019115073A1 (de)	2017-12-12	2018-10-24	Irritationskörper

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EP3724595B1 true EP3724595B1 (de)	2024-02-14

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