Bolter
AssigneeJoy Global Underground Mining LLC
InventorsPatrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou, Greg Broad, Kevin Saeler
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Abstract
A drilling and bolting rig for performing drilling and bolting operations. The drilling and bolting rig includes a magazine for storing a consumable, a feed supporting a drill head for movement relative to a work surface, and a loader configured to retrieve the consumable from the magazine and load the consumable into the drill head. The loader includes an arm operable to engage the consumable. The arm is supported for both rotational and translational movement.
Claims32
A drilling and bolting rig for performing drilling and bolting operations, the drilling and bolting rig comprising:
- a magazine for storing a consumable;
- a feed supporting a drill head for movement relative to a work surface;
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- a loader configured to retrieve the consumable from the magazine and load the consumable into the drill head, the loader including a loading arm operable to engage the consumable, the loading arm being supported for both rotational and translational movement, and the loading arm being driven for rotational and translational movement by at least one actuator.
A drilling and bolting rig for performing automated drilling and bolting operations, the drilling and bolting rig comprising:
- a magazine supporting a consumable;
- a feed moveably supporting a driver relative to a work surface;
- a loader including an arm configured to transfer the consumable from the magazine to the driver, the arm being driven for rotational and translational movement by at least one actuator;
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- a washer loader configured to transfer a washer from a washer store to be positioned adjacent the consumable, the washer including an aperture configured to receive the consumable therethrough.
A drilling and bolting rig for performing automated drilling and bolting operations, the drilling and bolting rig comprising:
- a magazine including
- a mast,
- a carousel rotatable relative the mast about a carousel axis and including a plurality of stations, at least some of the stations configured to support a consumable, the plurality of stations being positioned around the mast, and
- an actuator positioned within the mast, the actuator configured to rotate the carousel about the carousel axis;
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- a loader configured to retrieve at least one of the consumables from the magazine and transfer the consumable into a drive unit, the loader including a loading arm operable to engage the consumable and supported for both rotational and translational movement, the loading arm being driven for rotational and translational movement by at least one actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.