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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1987
Ernest L Gladden, Granby, CT (US);
Sanford B Tavelli, Simsbury, CT (US);
The Ensign-Bickford Company, Simsbury, CT (US);
Abstract
Blasting signal transmission tube comprising a length of elongated flexible hollow tube and a self-oxidizing combustible substance disposed within the tube for transmitting a blasting signal along the interior of the tube length, the hollow tube having a varying interior axial cross-sectional area at longitudinally spaced intervals along the tube length for reducing and controlling the velocity of the blasting signal. Also, a process for producing signal transmission tube comprising forming a length of elongated flexible hollow tube of predetermined interior cross section area; depositing a self-oxidizing combustible substance within the tube for transmitting a blasting signal along the interior of the tube length without destroying the tube; and introducing a plurality of discrete restrictions reducing the predetermined hollow tube interior cross-sectional area at longitudinally spaced intervals along the tube length for reducing and controlling the velocity of the blasting signal.