Detonator

Claim 1

A DETONATOR DEVICE, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL DETONATOR HOUSING HAVING AN EXTERIOR THREAD ON ONE END FOR INSERTION INTO AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE AND ALSO HAVING AN INTERIOR THREAD FOR THREADEDLY MOUNTING A DELAYED ACTION TUBE EXTENDING INTO AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE, AND THE OTHER END OF SAID HOUSING HAVING AN EXTERIOR THREAD; A FIRING PIN IN SAID HOUSING AND MOUNTING FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT THERIN, SAID FIRING PIN HAVING A FLANGE THEREON, AND A REDUCED PORTION NEAR ONE END THEREOF HAVING INCLINED SURFACES DIRECTED OUTWARDLY FROM SAID REDUCED PORTION TOWARD SAID ONE END OF SAID FIRING PIN; A FIRING PIN SPRING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRING PIN FLANGE AND A PORTION OF SAID DETONATOR HOUSING; A FIRING PIN SUPPRESSING MEMBER DISPOSED IN AN ENLARGED CAVITY IN SAID DETONATOR HOUSING, WHICH CAVITY OPENS TO THE ATMOSPHERE, SAID ONE END OF SAID FIRING PIN NORMALLY PROJECTING INTO SAID CAVITY, SAID SUPPRESSING MEMBER INCLUDING AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY DIVIDED DEFORMABLE STOPPER MEMBER ENGAGING THE REDUCED END PORTION OF SAID FIRING PIN AND SEATED IN SAID CAVITY IN A SEALING MANNER FOR NORMALLY RETAINING THE FIRING PIN WHICH ITS SAID REDUCED PORTION WITHIN SAID CAVITY; A PRIMER IN SAID DETONATOR HOUSING, SAID PRIMER BEING SPACED ADJACENT TO THE OTHER END OF SAID FIRING PIN; AND A FIRING MECHANISM AT SAID OTHER END OF SAID HOUSING AND INCLUDING A WING NUT AND CAP THREADED TO SAID OTHER HOUSING END FOR SLIDING SAID SUPPRESSING MEMBER OUT OF SAID CAVITY, WHEN ACTUATED WHEREBY SAID SUPPRESSING MEMBER SLIDES ALONG THE INCLINED SURFACES OF SAID REDUCED PORTION AND THEREBY TENSION THE FIRING PIN SPRING BY RETRACTING THE FIRING PIN UNTIL SAID SUPPRESSING MEMBER COMES OUT OF THE CAVITY AND RELEASES THE FIRING PIN WHEREBY SAID FIRING PIN SPRING URGES AND FIRING PIN TO STRIKE SAID PRIMER.