Patents by Inventor Dane Peter Blair

Dane Peter Blair has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of blasting
    Patent number: 7406918
    Abstract: A method of blasting in which rock pile profile associated with a blast field is controlled by precise control of the detonation delay times between and/or within individual blastholes in the blast field, in combination with the control of one or more other blast parameters. One or more of the blast parameters may by blasthole geometry, explosive charge or blast initiation location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Orica Explosives Technology Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Frederick Brent, Michael John Noy, Dane Peter Blair
  • Method of blasting
    Publication number: 20040159258
    Abstract: A method of blasting in which rock pile profile associated with a blast field is controlled by precise control of the detonation delay times between and/or within individual blastholes in the blast field, in combination with the control of one or more other blast parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Geoffrey Frederick Brent, Michael John Noy, Dane Peter Blair