Patents by Inventor Derik Strydom

Derik Strydom 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).

  • Patent number: 6557448
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of delivering a water-based explosive by feeding a water-based explosive and a fluid non-explosive carrier into a tubular delivery member in order that the water-based explosive defines a plurality of bodies separated from each other by the carrier. The method further includes the step of feeding the bodies of water-based explosive separated by the carrier through the tubular delivery member to a point of delivery. The invention also relates to a system for delivering a water-based explosive especially to a system for carrying out the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Sasol Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Mark Owen Delagey, Gary Ashley Austen, Derik Strydom
  • Publication number: 20020035917
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of delivering a water-based explosive by feeding a water-based explosive and a fluid non-explosive carrier into a tubular delivery member in order that the water-based explosive defines a plurality of bodies separated from each other by the carrier. The method further includes the step of feeding the bodies of water-based explosive separated by the carrier through the tubular delivery member to a point of delivery. The invention also relates to a system for delivering a water-based explosive especially to a system for carrying out the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Owen Delagey, Gary Ashley Austen, Derik Strydom