Hydrogen-propelled bullet and a method of making thereof
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F42B-033/02
C01B-003/04
출원번호
US-0424521
(2017-02-03)
등록번호
US-9982983
(2018-05-29)
발명자
/ 주소
Householder, Melvin E.
출원인 / 주소
Householder, Melvin E.
대리인 / 주소
Plager Schack LLP
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초록▼
A hydrogen-propelled projectile for using with a firearm eliminates cleaning the firearm and a method of making the projectile eliminates storing explosive propellant. The projectile has a cylindrical brass body closed at top and sealed at bottom with a primer and a brass seal. When the projectile i
A hydrogen-propelled projectile for using with a firearm eliminates cleaning the firearm and a method of making the projectile eliminates storing explosive propellant. The projectile has a cylindrical brass body closed at top and sealed at bottom with a primer and a brass seal. When the projectile is used with the firearm, the primer ignites hydrogen in the presence of oxygen, producing water vapor and energy that propels projectile toward a target. To make the projectile a salt water solution is electrolyzed to produce hydrogen and oxygen. A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen is then fed to a loader. The loader fills up the projectile, attached at a gas outlet, with gas by exerting pressure on gas using a load piston and channeling gas to the projectile. Finally, the loader seals the projectile with the primer by pressing a primer ram and affixing the primer at bottom of the projectile.
대표청구항▼
1. A projectile loading machine, configured to load a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen into a hydrogen-propelled projectile; the projectile loading machine comprising: a loader, mechanically coupled to a source of the mixture of hydrogen and oxygen with a hydrogen gas valve;an input chamber, connected
1. A projectile loading machine, configured to load a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen into a hydrogen-propelled projectile; the projectile loading machine comprising: a loader, mechanically coupled to a source of the mixture of hydrogen and oxygen with a hydrogen gas valve;an input chamber, connected to the hydrogen gas valve and a load piston with a plurality of piston seals;a transition chamber, connected to the input chamber,a load valve, connected to the transition chamber and to a loading chamber;a primer ram, arranged within the loading chamber with a plurality of O-ring seals;a primer, connected to the primer ram;a projectile having a cylindrical body closed at top while bottom sealed with the primer in center and with a brass seal surrounding the primer, wherein the projectile is filled with a propellant that is a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen under pressure from the loading chamber. 2. The projectile loading machine of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of extractor clips connected to the cylindrical body and mated to the loader with threads. 3. The projectile loading machine of claim 2, further comprising an ambient air release, connected to the transition chamber with an air dump valve. 4. The projectile loading machine of claim 3, wherein the mixture of hydrogen and oxygen has a molar ratio of 4:1 hydrogen to oxygen. 5. The projectile loading machine of claim 4, wherein the mixture of hydrogen and oxygen is pressurized at 14.7 psig. 6. A method of making a hydrogen-propelled projectile filled with hydrogen as a propellant that eliminates storing explosive propellant, comprising the steps of: electrolyzing a salt water solution to produce hydrogen and oxygen at a hydrogen-oxygen output to loader using a hydrogen generator;connecting the hydrogen-oxygen output to a gas inlet on a loader, having a loader side with the gas inlet and a gas outlet and a piston side with a load piston and a primer ram functionally coupled to the gas inlet and the gas outlet, respectively,wherein flow of gas within the loader is regulated by a plurality of valves to regulate flow from the gas inlet towards a chamber, flow towards the gas outlet from the gas inlet and flow away from the gas outlet while flow of gas is prevented towards the load piston and the primer ram by a plurality of seals;attaching a casing to the gas outlet and securely holding the brass cylindrical body and the brass seal of the projectile by a plurality of extractor clips and;attaching the projectile to the gas outlet within the casing,wherein to fill the projectile by gas, first gas is channeled towards the gas outlet from the gas inlet by opening the valve towards the gas outlet and closing the valves away from the outlet, then attaching the casing and the projectile to the gas outlet, then pressing the load piston followed by the primer ram that exerts force on gas to fill up the projectile and seal said projectile with a primer. 7. The method of making the hydrogen-propelled projectile of claim 6, wherein the hydrogen generator electrolyzes the salt water solution by supplying electricity using a circuit with a transformer, a diode rectifier, a capacitor and a step voltage. 8. The method of making the hydrogen-propelled projectile of claim 6, wherein the hydrogen generator produces mixture of hydrogen and oxygen with higher molar ratio between hydrogen and oxygen and with hydrogen gas having concentration between 4 and 75%. 9. The method of making the hydrogen-propelled projectile of claim 6, wherein the hydrogen generator is equipped with a gas separator tubing embedded in a water column for carrying hydrogen and oxygen to the loader through the hydrogen-oxygen output to loader. 10. The method of making the hydrogen-propelled projectile of claim 6, wherein the valves in the loader, regulating flow of gas, are ball valves. 11. The method of making the hydrogen-propelled projectile of claim 6, wherein the seals in the primer ram comprise a plurality of O-ring seals that also hold the primer, facing the gas outlet.
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