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Explosive safe/arm system for oil well perforating guns

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6415082
An explosive safe/arm system for use in a perforating gun includes a selectively rotatable member mounted intermediate a detonator and a length of detonator cord. The rotatable member includes a transversely oriented bore which is selectively rotatable into and out of axial alignment with the detonator and the detonator cord. Mounted within the bore is an explosive element for transferring an explosive detonation wave from the detonator to the detonator cord when the bore is in axial alignment.
Assignee:
Dresser Industries Inc.
Patent Number(s):
US 4523650
OSTI ID:
6415082
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English