Patent ID: 9714817
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: F42B,F42C

Claim:
1. A firing train having a central initiating charge configured for centering a detonation wave on an explosive fill by advantageously using the channeling effect, comprising: a cylindrically-shaped explosive pellet having a proximal end, a distal end, and a central longitudinal axis spanning from said proximal end to said distal end; wherein said proximal end is in intimate adjacent contact with an initiator; wherein said distal end is in intimate adjacent contact with an explosive fill; and a void centered about said central longitudinal axis and spanning longitudinally from said proximal end to said distal end, said void having a constant width measured perpendicularly to said central longitudinal axis, wherein said void perforates said proximal end and said distal end; wherein when said cylindrically-shaped explosive pellet is initiated by said initiator, said initiation centering a detonation wave and increasing the detonation velocity of said detonation wave in said void by driving a detonation wave longitudinally through said void along said central longitudinal axis from said proximal end to said distal end.