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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2002
Ernest L. Gladden, Granby, CT (US);
Ernest L. Gladden, Granby, CT (US);
Dyno Nobel Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A detonator () has a constant-diameter shell () which has a significantly higher shell length-to-diameter (outside diameter) ratio than prior art detonators. The shell () is configured to hold an explosive output charge () which is cylindrical in configuration and has a charge L:D ratio which is greater than that of prior art constant diameter detonators. As a result, a significant portion of the output signal of the detonator is directed laterally and it is feasible to transfer signals to a plurality of receptor lines disposed along that portion of the length of the detonator which is co-extensive with the length of the explosive output charge (). A connector block () is configured to hold at least one array of receptor lines in side-by-side arrangement along the side of the detonator (), and transversely to the longitudinal axis of the detonator ().