| US 7,516,700 B1 | ||
| Infra-red emitting decoy flare | ||
| James Callaway, Farnborough (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to The Secretaryof State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingsom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Farnborough, Hants (United Kingdom) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 10, 1996, as Appl. No. 8/628,053. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 9507920.8 (GB), filed on Apr. 18, 1995. | ||
| Int. Cl. F42B 12/70 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 102—334 [102/505; 428/113; 250/504 R] | 24 Claims |
| 1. An infra-red emitting decoy flare comprising:
(a) a rupturable container;
(b) combustible flakes disposed within the rupturable container, wherein each of the combustible flakes comprises a fibrous,
carbon containing substrate and a combustible material layer deposited on substantially all of the surface of one or both
faces of the substrate with intimate interfacial contact between said combustible material and said fibrous carbon containing
substrate; and
(c) ignition means for igniting the combustible flakes.
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