Method for packaging explosives

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PACKAGING EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS, WHICH COMPRISES PRESSURE-EXTRUDING THE COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF AN ELONGATED CONTINUOUS COLUMN WITH A MOTIVE FORCE DUE TO THE PRESSURE OF EXTRUSION, MOVING THE COLUMN FORWARD UNDER THE PRESSURE OF EXTRUSION INTO CLOSE CONTACT WITH A SHEET OF FLEXIBLE WRAPPING MATERIAL, DRAWING THE SHEET FORWARD IN CONTACT WITH THE COLUMN BY THE SAID MOTIVE FORCE, AND BY THE SAID MOTIVE FORCE HOLDING THE SHEET THEREOVER INTO CLOSE CONTACT THEREWITH IN A MANNER TO COMPLETELY ENCLOSE AND THEREBY PACKAGE THE COLUMN WITHIN THE FOLDED SHEET, WITH THE FOLDED-OVER EDGES THEREOF ADJACENT EACH OTHER IN A GENERALLY LONGITUDINAL SEAM, APPLYING SUFFICIENT EXTERNAL PRESSURE TO THE PACKAGE TO HOLD THE SEAM CLOSED AND RETAIN THE EXPLOSIVE COLUMN WITHIN THE PACKAGE UNDER THE PRESSURE OF EXTRUSION REQUIRED TO CAUSE THE COLUMN TO DRAW THE SHEET FORWARD AND FORM THE SAID PACKAGE, CONSOLIDATING THE COLUMN UNDER THE PRESSURE OF EXTRUSION TO FILL SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE VOLUME OF SPACE WITHIN THE PACKAGE PERMITTING GASES TO ESCAPE AND THEREBY ELIMINATING GAS-FILLED VOIDS THEREIN, AND THEREBY FORMING AN ELONGATED CONTINUOUS EXPLOSIVE PACKAGE OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DENSITY.