US 11,808,559 B2
Tamp for explosive material
Anthony Miles Brown, Sneads Ferry, NC (US); and Donald Ray Brown, Oakton, VA (US)
Assigned to RIVER FRONT SERVICES, INC., Chantilly, VA (US)
Filed by River Front Services, Inc., Chantilly, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/190,321.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/984,104, filed on Mar. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0270589 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. F42D 1/08 (2006.01); F42D 1/20 (2006.01); F42D 1/24 (2006.01); F42B 3/087 (2006.01)
CPC F42D 1/20 (2013.01) [F42D 1/08 (2013.01); F42D 1/24 (2013.01); F42B 3/087 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to tamp an explosive, comprising:
providing a tubular length of heat-shrink material, the heat-shrink material comprising an elongated shape having a first end and a second end, the heat-shrink material encompassing a volume within the elongated shape between the first and second ends;
heating the first end of the heat-shrink material to close the first end of the heat-shrink material without heat-shrinking at least a portion of the heat-shrink material between the first and second ends;
inserting, via the second end of the heat-shrink material, a tamp substance into at least a portion of the volume encompassed by the heat-shrink material;
heating the second end of the heat-shrink material to close the second end of the heat-shrink material, without heat-shrinking the at least a portion of the heat-shrink material between the first and second ends, to thereby create a tamp; and
placing the tamp adjacent to an explosive.