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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Cooper, Alloway, GB;
Ian J Kirby, Alloway, GB;
Assignee:
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1491096 ; 149-2 ; 324450 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for improving the quality of an emulsion explosive composition by selecting an electrical characteristic of the composition, establishing a predetermined range of values therefor, measuring the selected characteristic of the composition and, in response to a measured characteristic outwith the predetermined range, diverting, or treating the composition to restore the selected characteristic to within the predetermined range. Suitable characteristics include conductivity and capacitance, and the technique may be employed in a static location or on a mobile carrier.