Arrangement and method for positioning cartridges for a rock grouting equipment
AssigneeEpiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag
InventorSven-Olov Nystrom
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Abstract
Arrangement (10) for a rock grouting equipment for positioning at least one cartridge (11) is described. The arrangement incorporates at least one magazine (12), arranged around an axis (15). The magazine (12) incorporates at least one space (13), in which space (13) a plurality of said cartridges (11) is stored. The arrangement further incorporates at least one, radially extending, catching device (3, 14), arranged and formed such that it catches at least one cartridge (11) between itself and the inner surface (4) of the magazine body (12), when it performs a rotating movement around the axis (15). The invention also relates to a method.
Claims19
An arrangement (10) for a rock grouting equipment for positioning at least one cartridge (11), wherein the arrangement comprises:
- at least one storehouse (12) arranged around a substantially horizontally arranged axis (15) for holding a plurality of said cartridges (11), said storehouse (12) comprising at least one compartment (13), wherein said at least one compartment is adapted to receive a plurality of said cartridges (11) placed therein,
- at least one catching organ (3, 14) extending in a radial direction relative to the horizontally arranged axis (15), wherein said catching organ (3, 14) is arranged to perform a rotating movement around the horizontally arranged axis (15), and wherein said catching organ (3,14) is arranged and formed such that the catching organ, during said rotating movement, catches at least one of said cartridges between the catching organ (3,14) and an inner surface (4) of the storehouse body (12).
A method in an arrangement (10) for a rock grouting equipment, wherein said arrangement comprises at least one storehouse (12) arranged around a substantially horizontally arranged axis (15) for holding a plurality of cartridges (11), said storehouse (12) comprising at least one compartment (13), wherein said at least one compartment is adapted to receive a plurality of said cartridges (11) placed therein, and at least one catching organ (3, 14) extending in a radial direction relative to the horizontally arranged axis (15), wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- rotating (101) said catching organ (3, 14) around the substantially horizontally arranged axis (15), and
- catching (102) at least one of said cartridges (11) during said rotating movement by the at least one catching organs (3,14) between the catching organ and the inner surface (4) of the storehouse body (12).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.