Connector for blast initiation system

A connector device for operatively coupling a brisant donor line in signal transfer relation with an acceptor line, the device having an input end and an output end and comprising:

• a body portion comprising cap-retainer means for retaining a detonator cap having an input end from which protrudes an acceptor line comprising an input stub and an opposite signal-emitting end, the cap-retainer means being dimensioned and configured to retain such detonator cap with its input stub disposed at the input end of the device and its signal-emitting end disposed at the output end of the device;
• donor line retainer means carried on the device for retaining such brisant donor line at the input end of the body portion in signal transfer relation to the input stub of such detonator cap seated within the cap-retainer means;
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• output line retainer means carried on the device for retaining at least one output line at the output end of the body portion in signal transfer relationship with the signal-emitting end of such retained detonator cap.

A connector device for operatively coupling a brisant donor line in signal transfer relation with an acceptor line, the device having an input end and an output end and comprising:

• a body portion comprising cap-retainer means comprising an enclosure portion defining a bore for receiving and enclosing at least the output end of a detonator cap having an input stub;
• a donor line retainer means attached to the body portion for retaining such brisant donor line at the input end of the body portion in signal transmission relation to the input stub;
• the detonator cap having an input end from which the input stub protrudes, and an output end, and being retained within the cap-retainer means with at least the output end of the detonator cap disposed in the bore and the input stub disposed towards the input end of the device and proximal to the donor line retainer means, the input stub comprising a length of signal transmission line;
• output line retainer means carried on the connector device for retaining at least one output line in signal transfer relation with the output end of the detonator cap;
• the enclosure portion further comprising a signal transfer aperture extending between the detonator bore and the output line slot;
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• anvil means for positioning the input stub and signal donor line in conforming contact with each other.