Explosive Deployment Bag Segmentation Prevents Entanglement

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing explosives deployment bags lack convenience, speed, and stealth in deploying explosives materials, often resulting in entanglement issues with components.

Innovation Solution

The design of an explosives deployment bag with a main body chamber, an adjustable elastic enclosing mechanism, and secure fastening systems to control the passage of flexible materials, preventing entanglement and ensuring controlled access and deployment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional explosives deployment bags are used, then components can be carried, but components become entangled and access is uncontrolled

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontrolled access to explosives materialsVSAvoidbag structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The bag is divided into multiple separate compartments (first compartment, second compartment, third compartment) to organize different explosives components. This segmentation prevents components from becoming entangled while providing controlled access to each material type through individual compartments with specific access mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Components are pre-organized within specific compartments before deployment. The flexible elongate material is stored in a controlled manner within the first compartment, and initiators are placed in the third compartment, so that when deployment begins, components are already positioned for controlled extraction without entanglement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If components are stored together in a single bag, then carrying is simplified, but deployment speed decreases due to entanglement

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveexplosives deployment speedVSAvoidcomponent organization

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The bag is divided into multiple separate compartments (first compartment, second compartment, third compartment) to organize different explosives components. This segmentation prevents components from becoming entangled while providing controlled access to each material type through individual compartments with specific access mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Components are pre-organized within specific compartments before deployment. The flexible elongate material is stored in a controlled manner within the first compartment, and initiators are placed in the third compartment, so that when deployment begins, components are already positioned for controlled extraction without entanglement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If traditional bag designs are used, then manufacturing is simple, but convenience and stealth during deployment are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvenience during deploymentVSAvoidbag manufacturing complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The bag is divided into multiple separate compartments (first compartment, second compartment, third compartment) to organize different explosives components. This segmentation prevents components from becoming entangled while providing controlled access to each material type through individual compartments with specific access mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The bag incorporates dynamic features including a drawstring closure system with a pull tab that allows quick opening, and flexible elongate material that can be controllably extracted. These dynamic elements enable rapid deployment while the overall bag structure remains relatively simple to manufacture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enhances the convenience, speed, and stealth of explosives deployment by organizing components, reducing entanglement, and facilitating controlled access and extraction of materials.

Implementation Method 1

The enclosing means may include an enclosing material that is attached to the sidewall of the main body portion, and that includes an elastic cord that is securely attached or threaded through the enclosing material. In operation, as the elastic cord is tightened, the enclosing material is drawn with the cord, covering the top of the chamber.

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Data Source

PatentUS8123027B2Explosive deployment bag

Publication Date: 2012.02.28 KIRKHAM JEFFREY B

AI summary

An explosives deployment bag includes a main body portion having a chamber for containing and carrying at least one flexible material. The bag further includes a hole disposed through the main body portion through which a flexible elongate material can be controllably pushed or pulled into or out of and attached to one or more initiator(s). The bag also includes enclosing means disposed at the top of the main body portion for selectively covering the top of the main body portion through which another end of the flexible elongate material can be attached to a blasting material. A cap covers the blasting material and the top of the main body portion. Protective siding selectively covers the initiator(s). A handle and label means are also provided with the bag.