Blasting cap adapter for severing blasting circuit leads
AssigneeAtlas Powder Company
InventorFlorian B. Janoski
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Abstract
An adapter, for attachment to electric blasting circuit leads to an explosive charge, houses an electric blasting cap connected with the blasting circuit for severing the leads immediately after the blast is fired. The adapter comprises a tube which supports the cap and which has a slot cut into and through the tube wall adjacent the explosion end of the supported cap by which the tube is attached to the blasting circuit leads.
Claims7
An assembly for attachment to the circuit leads for a primary explosive charge for severing the circuit leads immediately after the primary charge circuit has been energized comprising a tube, a millisecond delay blasting cap inserted in said tube, said cap having its own leg wires connected to the primary charge circuit, means cooperating with the tube wall and the cap for retaining the cap firmly in place within the tube, a slot extending through the tube wall transversely of the longitudinal axis of the tube, which slot receives the primary explosive charge circuit leads for attaching the assembly to said leads.
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