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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Richard John Goodridge, Kurri Kurri, AU;
Rodney Wayne Appleby, Springfield, AU;
David Olaf Johnson, Aurora, CO (US);
Thomas Miller, Evergreen, CO (US);
Inventors:
Richard John Goodridge, Kurri Kurri, AU;
Rodney Wayne Appleby, Springfield, AU;
David Olaf Johnson, Aurora, CO (US);
Thomas Miller, Evergreen, CO (US);
Assignee:
Orica Explosives Technology Pty., Ltd., Melborne, Victoria, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 3/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A detonator free blasting system, which comprises: a bulk explosive; a confined explosive; a fiber optic adapted to deliver laser light to the confined explosive, wherein the confined explosive is provided relative to the bulk explosive such that detonation of the confined explosive causes initiation of the bulk explosive.