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Apparatus for severing tubular members

US4787315A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 1987
Grant dateNov 29, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 31, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE02B2017/0052
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for explosively severing tubular members at a pre-designated severance level. The apparatus is designed to deliver a detonation signal to a ring-shaped explosive charge, to an annularly formed detonation signal receiving locations, so that explosion takes place substantially simultaneously about the circumference of the explosive charge about internal periphery of the tubular member at the severance level.

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