Patents by Inventor Colin ROOS

Colin ROOS 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
    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
    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