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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Orica International Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Steven Kotsonis, Brunswick, AU;
Byron Wicks, Alumy Creek, AU;
Assignee:
Orica International Pte Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 1/055 (2006.01); F42D 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 1/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
An initiator apparatus (IA) for blasting, the IA including: a magnetic receiver configured to receive a through the earth (TTE) magnetic communication signal representing a command from a base station; a blasting controller, in electrical communication with the magnetic receiver, configured to generate response data in response to the command; and an electromagnetic (EM) transmitter system (ETS), in electrical communication with the blasting controller, configured to transmit the response data for the base station using a TTE electromagnetic (EM) signal.