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US 12,312,957 B2Granted
Cable handling device for cable bolts
AssigneeSandvik Mining and Construction Oy
InventorsBruno Reumuller, Thomas Galler
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Abstract
A cable handling device for an underground mining drill rig, wherein the cable handling device includes a first feeding assembly having a cable bending guide and a first feeding device configured to receive a cable, grip the cable and feed the cable in a first direction into the cable bending guide. The cable bending guide is configured to guide the cable along an arcuate path such that the cable exits the cable bending guide in a second direction offset a predetermined angle to the first direction.
Claims13
A drill rig system comprising:
- a drill rig;
- and
- a cable handling device, the cable handling device comprising a first feeding assembly including a cable bending guide and a first feeding device configured to receive a cable, grip the cable and feed the cable in a first direction into the cable bending guide, wherein the cable bending guide is configured to guide the cable along an arcuate path such that the cable exits the cable bending guide in a second direction offset a predetermined angle to the first direction, and a second feeding assembly which includes a second feeding device movably suspended on a suspension mechanism configured such that the second feeding device is movable back and forth between a first position for receiving the cable exiting the cable bending guide in the second direction and a second position transversal to the first position with respect to the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.