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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Detnet South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg, ZA;
Inventors:
Elmar Lennox Muller, Johannesburg, ZA;
Abraham Johannes Liebenberg, Johannesburg, ZA;
Assignee:
DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD, Johannesburg, ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 1/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
A detonator assembly which includes a detonator arrangement comprising a detonator, a receiver which is responsive to a magnetic signal from a control centre and a control circuit which, in response to a signal from the receiver, regulates firing of the detonator, and which is characterised in that a fibre optic cable is connected to and extends from the detonator arrangement, and in that the detonator arrangement includes a transmitter/receiver module which is in signal communication with the fibre optic cable and the control circuit.