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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. 11, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Simon E Eagar, Beecroft, AU;
Andrew D Hunter, Toronto, AU;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ; F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
86 21 ; 86 2015 ; 102313 ;
Abstract
The application relates to a gas deflecting device for use in the blow loading of emulsion explosives compositions, the gas deflecting device comprising a nozzle which is capable of being removably attached to a blow loading hose, the nozzle comprising at least one vent and at least one vane along its length, the vane being adapted to allow free escape of gas from the nozzle through the vent but inhibit the exit of explosive composition through the vents during blow loading. The application also provides a process for blow loading a blasthole with explosives compositions the process comprising the steps of,