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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Detnet South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Sandton, ZA;
Inventor:
Elmar Lennox Muller, Sandton, ZA;
Assignee:
DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD, Sandton, ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06C 5/06 (2006.01); F42D 1/04 (2006.01); C06C 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C06C 5/06 (2013.01); C06C 5/04 (2013.01); F42D 1/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shock tube for propagating and initiating a signal to an explosive charge which includes at least first and second elongate flexible conductors on a body of the detonator to enable two-way communication between the explosive charge and a blasting machine thereby to confirm the status of the detonator prior to sending a fire signal.