Explosively releasable bolt

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR FASTENING COMPONENTS IN CONTIGUOUS RELATION AND RELEASABLE UPON DETONATION OF A HIGH EXPLOSIVE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION AN ELONGATED ROD BODY HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE MEANS FOR SECURING SAID COMPONENTS IN LOOSE FITTING RELATION ALONG A CENTRAL BODY AREA BETWEEN SAID ENDS, SAID BODY AREA INCLUDING A FIRST GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SHOCK WAVE REFLECING SURFACE LONGITUDINALLY INWARDS OF SAID FIRST BODY END, A SECOND SHOCK WAVE REFLECTING SURFACE DEFINING A SUBSTANTIALLY FRUSTO-CONICAL SURFACE CONVERGING RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL SURFACE TOWARD SAID SECOND BODY END WITH THE JUNCTION OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND REFLECTING SURFACES FORMING AN INTERIOR ANGLE THEREBETWEEN OF SUBSTANTIALLY 120* TO DEFINE A SHARP-EDGED PERIPHERAL CORNER, SAID SECOND REFLECTING SURFACE JOINING SID FIRST REFLECTING SURFACE AND A SECOND GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF REDUCED DIAMETER, AND SAID BODY DEFINING A GENERALLY AXIAL CAVITY EXTENDING FROM AN OPENING AT THE FIRST END OF SAID BODY AND EXTENDING IN GENERALLY CONCENTRIC SYMMETRICAL RELATION TO SAID CENTRAL BODY PORTION TO TERMINATE SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE SECOND END TERMINUS OF SAID SECOND CONVERGING REFLECTING SURFACE, HIGH EXPLOSIVE MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID CENTRAL CAVITY COMPRISING A DETONATION INITIATING MEANS, A PLANAR DETONATION WAVE GENERATING MEANS AND A SYMMETRICAL SHOCK WAVE GENERATING MEANS INCLUDING A HIGH EXPLOSIVE COUPLED FOR IGNITION BY SAID PLANAR DETONATION WAVE GENERATING MEANS, SAID HIGH EXPLOSIVE MEANS ADAPTED UPON INITIATION TO PROVIDE A TRANSVERSE DETONATION WAVE FRONT WHICH PROGRESSES LONGITUDINALLY THEREALONG TO GENERATE A SYMMETRICAL COMPRESSIVE SHOCK WAVE PROPAGATING AND DIVERGING OUTWARDLY FROM THE SURFACE DEFINING SAID CAVITY IN SAID BODY, TO BE REFLECTED INWARDLY BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND SURFACE AREAS OF SAID BODY AS TENSIONAL SHOCK WAVES COLLIDING ALONG A SURFACE CONVERGING INWARDLY TOWARD SAID FIRST BODY END FROM SAID CORNER, WHEREAT SAID BODY IS FRACTURED TO RELEASE SAID FASTENING DEVICE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR FASTENING COMPONENTS IN CONTIGUOUS RELATION AND RELEASABLE UPON DETONATION OF A HIGH EXPLOSIVE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION AN ELONGATED ROD BODY HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE MEANS FOR SECURING SAID COMPONENTS IN LOOSE FITTING RELATION ALONG A CENTRAL BODY AREA BETWEEN SAID ENDS, SAID BODY AREA INCLUDING A FIRST GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SHOCK WAVE REFLECING SURFACE LONGITUDINALLY INWARDS OF SAID FIRST BODY END, A SECOND SHOCK WAVE REFLECTING SURFACE DEFINING A SUBSTANTIALLY FRUSTO-CONICAL SURFACE CONVERGING RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL SURFACE TOWARD SAID SECOND BODY END WITH THE JUNCTION OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND REFLECTING SURFACES FORMING AN INTERIOR ANGLE THEREBETWEEN OF SUBSTANTIALLY 120* TO DEFINE A SHARP-EDGED PERIPHERAL CORNER, SAID SECOND REFLECTING SURFACE JOINING SID FIRST REFLECTING SURFACE AND A SECOND GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF REDUCED DIAMETER, AND SAID BODY DEFINING A GENERALLY AXIAL CAVITY EXTENDING FROM AN OPENING AT THE FIRST END OF SAID BODY AND EXTENDING IN GENERALLY CONCENTRIC SYMMETRICAL RELATION TO SAID CENTRAL BODY PORTION TO TERMINATE SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE SECOND END TERMINUS OF SAID SECOND CONVERGING REFLECTING SURFACE, HIGH EXPLOSIVE MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID CENTRAL CAVITY COMPRISING A DETONATION INITIATING MEANS, A PLANAR DETONATION WAVE GENERATING MEANS AND A SYMMETRICAL SHOCK WAVE GENERATING MEANS INCLUDING A HIGH EXPLOSIVE COUPLED FOR IGNITION BY SAID PLANAR DETONATION WAVE GENERATING MEANS, SAID HIGH EXPLOSIVE MEANS ADAPTED UPON INITIATION TO PROVIDE A TRANSVERSE DETONATION WAVE FRONT WHICH PROGRESSES LONGITUDINALLY THEREALONG TO GENERATE A SYMMETRICAL COMPRESSIVE SHOCK WAVE PROPAGATING AND DIVERGING OUTWARDLY FROM THE SURFACE DEFINING SAID CAVITY IN SAID BODY, TO BE REFLECTED INWARDLY BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND SURFACE AREAS OF SAID BODY AS TENSIONAL SHOCK WAVES COLLIDING ALONG A SURFACE CONVERGING INWARDLY TOWARD SAID FIRST BODY END FROM SAID CORNER, WHEREAT SAID BODY IS FRACTURED TO RELEASE SAID FASTENING DEVICE.