Patents by Inventor Roderick Mark Steele

Roderick Mark Steele 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).

  • Apparatus and method for preparing a blast hole in a rock face during a mining operation
    Patent number: 11773719
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for preparing a blast hole in a rock face during a mining operation are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: deploying a first tool toward the blast hole in the rock face via a common tool outlet of a feed unit using a first tool station of the feed unit; retracting the first tool from the common tool outlet using the first tool station of the feed unit and retaining the first tool in the first tool station; and while the first tool is retained in the first tool station, deploying a second tool toward the blast hole in the rock face through the common tool outlet of the feed unit using a second tool station of the feed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: 1854081 Ontario Ltd.
    Inventors: Roderick Mark Steele, Colin Roos
  • Apparatus and Method for Preparing a Blast Hole in a Rock Face During a Mining Operation
    Publication number: 20220170368
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for preparing a blast hole in a rock face during a mining operation are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: deploying a first tool toward the blast hole in the rock face via a common tool outlet of a feed unit using a first tool station of the feed unit; retracting the first tool from the common tool outlet using the first tool station of the feed unit and retaining the first tool in the first tool station; and while the first tool is retained in the first tool station, deploying a second tool toward the blast hole in the rock face through the common tool outlet of the feed unit using a second tool station of the feed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Roderick Mark STEELE, Colin ROOS
  • Apparatus and method for preparing a blast hole in a rock face during a mining operation
    Patent number: 11280192
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for preparing a blast hole in a rock face during a mining operation are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: deploying a first tool toward the blast hole in the rock face via a common tool outlet of a feed unit using a first tool station of the feed unit; retracting the first tool from the common tool outlet using the first tool station of the feed unit and retaining the first tool in the first tool station; and while the first tool is retained in the first tool station, deploying a second tool toward the blast hole in the rock face through the common tool outlet of the feed unit using a second tool station of the feed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: 1854081 Ontario Ltd.
    Inventors: Roderick Mark Steele, Colin Roos
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A BLAST HOLE IN A ROCK FACE DURING A MINING OPERATION
    Publication number: 20190323811
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for preparing a blast hole in a rock face during a mining operation are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: deploying a first tool toward the blast hole in the rock face via a common tool outlet of a feed unit using a first tool station of the feed unit; retracting the first tool from the common tool outlet using the first tool station of the feed unit and retaining the first tool in the first tool station; and while the first tool is retained in the first tool station, deploying a second tool toward the blast hole in the rock face through the common tool outlet of the feed unit using a second tool station of the feed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Roderick Mark STEELE, Colin ROOS
  • Systems and methods for motion capture in an underground environment
    Patent number: 9574444
    Abstract: Systems and methods for motion capture of a subject, suitable for use in an underground mining environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: TESMAN INC.
    Inventors: Roderick Mark Steele, Duncan Paul Steele, Christopher Keith Steele
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOTION CAPTURE IN AN UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140313502
    Abstract: Systems and methods for motion capture of a subject, suitable for use in an underground mining environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: TESMAN INC.
    Inventors: Roderick Mark Steele, Duncan Paul Steele, Christopher Keith Steele