Mobile explosives detonator
OwnerHoward G. Buffett, Robert Blackwellinventors
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Abstract
An explosives detonator is configured to be moved across land by a vehicle platform to detonate explosives positioned on or in the land. The explosives detonator includes a frame and a plurality of rollers coupled to the frame. The plurality of rollers are configured to engage and roll along the land relative to the frame about respective roller axes as the vehicle travels along the land. The rollers are weighted to exert pressure on the land and activate any pressure-sensitive explosives, such as mines.
Claims20
An explosives detonator configured to be moved across land by a vehicle platform to detonate explosives positioned on or in the land, the explosives detonator comprising:
- a frame,
- a plurality of rollers coupled to the frame and configured to engage and roll along the land relative to the frame about respective roller axes as the vehicle travels along the land, and
- a roller mount system configured to mount each of the rollers to the frame, the roller mount system including a roller-support pin coupled to the frame to allow pivotable movement of each roller relative to the frame about a vertical roller axis, a roller-support beam coupled to the roller-support pin for movement with the roller about the vertical roller axis, and a plurality of roller-support arms coupled to the roller-support beam and spaced apart from one another between a first end of the roller-support beam and a second end of the roller-support beam.
An explosives-detonation system comprising
- a prime mover including a first contact point with land and a second contact point with the land, the prime mover configured to move over the land by exerting force by the first contact point and the second contact point,
- a front-end detonator mounted to a front end of the prime mover and configured to detonate explosives entrained in the land in front of the prime mover, the front-end detonator including a first weighted roller having a first travel path including a first width greater than or equal to the first contact point and a second weighted roller having a second travel path including a second width greater than or equal to the first contact point, and
- a rear-end detonator mounted to a rear end of the prime mover and configured to detonate explosives entrained in the land behind the prime mover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.