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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2011
Vincent Gonsalves, Nazareth, PA (US);
Bekim Isovski, Clifton, NJ (US);
Larry Sotsky, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Stojan Kotefski, Bloomingdale, NJ (US);
Lidija Kotevska, Bloomingdale, NJ (US);
Vincent Gonsalves, Nazareth, PA (US);
Bekim Isovski, Clifton, NJ (US);
Larry Sotsky, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Stojan Kotefski, Bloomingdale, NJ (US);
Lidija Kotevska, Bloomingdale, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A detonator formed entirely from a plurality of discrete segments of an insensitive energetic composition, each of the segments employed in the detonator being compacted at different pressures from powder and/or granules of insensitive energetic composition so as to form an energetic train which sequences detonation of the individual segments. Initiation of a main charge can only be effected when a last segment in the detonation train is initiated. Detonation starts with a first segment in the detonation train which is produced under the lowest compaction pressure, and then detonation progresses to a last segment compacted under a higher compaction pressure. The first segment can be detonated by a safety fuse or detonating cord, and the last segment can only be detonated by the next to the last segment in the detonation train.