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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2021
Applicant:
Aeci Mining Limited, Sandton, ZA;
Inventors:
Ellina Kharatyan, Gauteng, ZA;
Philliphus Rudolf Kotze, Gauteng, ZA;
Assignee:
AECI Mining Limited, Sandton, ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 1/10 (2006.01); B65G 53/30 (2006.01); E21B 43/263 (2006.01); E21C 37/12 (2006.01); F04F 1/02 (2006.01); F04F 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 1/10 (2013.01); B65G 53/30 (2013.01); E21B 43/263 (2013.01); E21C 37/12 (2013.01); F04F 1/02 (2013.01); F04F 10/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of vertically transporting emulsion explosive includes, using a pump, pumping a predetermined volume of emulsion explosive, from an emulsion explosive reservoir, into a vertically extending pipe, wherein pumping is effected airtightly at least between the pump and a downstream end of a volume of emulsion explosive that has been pumped into the vertically extending pipe for at least a part of the travel of emulsion explosive of the predetermined volume of emulsion explosive down the vertical pipe.