Patents by Inventor Martin KUPPPER

Martin KUPPPER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Expendable supply system for underground drilling
    Patent number: 10513925
    Abstract: A manipulator for providing drilling expendables to a drill head of an underground drill rig includes a gripper that is arranged to selectively grip and release the drilling expendables and to move the gripper between a first position facing a supply magazine and a second position facing the drill head. The manipulator is also arranged to automatically take and return expendables to and from the magazine and drill head. A supply device provides the expendables to a drill head of an underground drill rig having the supply magazine, and to an underground drill rig, as well as an underground mining vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Thomas Galler, Martin Kuppper, Andreas Bischof
  • EXPENDABLE SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR UNDERGROUND DRILLING
    Publication number: 20180016899
    Abstract: A manipulator for providing drilling expendables to a drill head of an underground drill rig includes a gripper that is arranged to selectively grip and release the drilling expendables and to move the gripper between a first position facing a supply magazine and a second position facing the drill head. The manipulator is also arranged to automatically take and return expendables to and from the magazine and drill head. A supply device provides the expendables to a drill head of an underground drill rig having the supply magazine, and to an underground drill rig, as well as an underground mining vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas GALLER, Martin KUPPPER, Andreas BISCHOF