Combination blasting signal transmission tube connector and delay assembly

A combination signal transmission tube connector and delay assembly comprising:

• a housing having first and second members operable between an open and closed position;
• means on said housing for engaging at least one signal transmission tube in an open housing position
• means on said housing for cutting said transmission tube to expose at least two transmission tube interior portions;
• a signal delay assembly mounted in said housing for interposition between exposed transmission tube interior portions, said delay assembly having a delay element containing a shaped composition having a preselected combustion time from one side of said element to another side of said element, and at least two transition elements adjacent to said delay element for transferring a signal between said delay element and exposed transmission tube interior portions, each of said transmission elements containing a shaped transition composition;
• and
• means on said housing for establishing a signal path in a closed housing position permitting signal communication between said delay assembly and exposed transmission tube interior portions.