Multiple sting ball grenade dispenser

Abstract

A stingball delivery system, having a housing, a plurality of submunitions, and a plurality of stingballs contained within the housing. The housing has a cylindrical tube and a plurality of curved segments fitted to the cylindrical tube. The cylindrical tube has a fixed end cap and a removable end cap. The submunitions are stacked within the channel defined by cylindrical tube. When the removable end cap is ejected by a pyrotechnic fuze, a plurality of pyrotechnic charges eject the submunitions from the housing individually and sequentially. The ejection of each submunition exerts a force to raise the housing several feet into the air. Each of the submunitions includes a plurality of radially distributed barrels for packaging the stingballs therein. After the submunitions are ejected from the housing, the stingballs are pyrotechnically expelled from the submunitions along predetermined trajectories.

1 . A stingball delivery system, comprising: 
 a housing having a spherical rolling surface;    at least one submunition contained within the housing, the submunition being operative to exert a force to raise the system into air while being ejected from the housing, the submunition including a plurality of barrels arrayed about a central axis of the housing; and    a plurality of stingballs contained in the barrels and to be expelled from the barrels after the submunition being ejected from the housing.    
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a cylindrical tube for containing the submunition therein.  
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the cylindrical tube includes one fixed end cap and one removable end cap.  
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the cylindrical tube further comprises a pyrotechnic fuze to eject the removable end cap.  
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the cylindrical tube further comprises an electronic device for ejecting the removable end cap.  
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the cylindrical tube further comprises a compression structure for ejecting the removable end cap.  
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the housing further includes a plurality of curve segments fitted to the cylindrical tube to provide the spherical rolling surface.  
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein stingballs have multiple calibers.  
   
   
       9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the stingballs are fabricated from n-butyl, rubber, polycarbonate or plastic.  
   
   
       10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the stingballs contains pepper powder, powder, a malodrant, a laychramator, paint, dye, liquid, a boi-flurescent material, a fluorescent material or a marking material.  
   
   
       11 . A stingball delivery system, comprising: 
 a housing; and    a stack of submunition extending along a central axis of the housing, wherein each of the submunition includes a plurality of barrels arrayed about the central axis.    
   
   
       12 . The stingball delivery system of  claim 11 , wherein the submunitions are in the form of wheels extending within the housing and the barrels are in the form of spokes on the wheels.  
   
   
       13 . The stingball delivery system of  claim 11 , wherein the housing comprises a removable end cap.  
   
   
       14 . The stingball delivery system of  claim 12 , further comprising a mechanism to eject the removable end cap, so as to force the submunitions individually and sequentially ejected from the housing at predetermined intervals.  
   
   
       15 . The stingball delivery system of  claim 14 , wherein the submunitions, while being ejected from the housing, exerts a force to raise the housing into air.  
   
   
       16 . The stingball delivery system of  claim 15 , wherein the housing is raised into air for several feet.  
   
   
       17 . The stingball delivery system of  claim 15 , further comprising a structure fitted to the housing for keeping the system upright while the submunitions are ejected from the housing.  
   
   
       18 . The stingball delivery system of  claim 14 , further comprising a plurality of stingballs packaged within the barrels.  
   
   
       19 . The stingball delivery system of  claim 18 , wherein the stingballs are expelled from the submunitions at different timings from the ejection of the submunitions.  
   
   
       20 . The stingball delivery system of  claim 11 , wherein the barrels are tilted with a predetermined angle above a horizontal plane.  
   
   
       21 . The stingball delivery system of  claim 11 , wherein the barrels are tilted to control trajectories of the stingballs.