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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Detnet South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg, ZA;
Inventors:
Marius Christo Botha, Johannesburg, ZA;
Abraham Johannes Liebenberg, Johannesburg, ZA;
Assignee:
DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD, Johannesburg, ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 1/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device which is used to position a detonator assembly in a borehole. The device has a housing with an open mouth into which one end of the detonator assembly is inserted, formations on the housing which then engage with the detonator assembly, and flexible elements which extend from the housing and which are configured, in use, to engage with a wall of a borehole into which the device and the detonator assembly are inserted.