Kevin Saeler 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).
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.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 8, 2023
Publication date:
December 28, 2023
Inventors:
Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou, Greg Broad, Kevin Saeler
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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 1, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 10, 2023
Assignee:
Joy Global Underground Mining LLC
Inventors:
Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou, Greg Broad, Kevin Saeler
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.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 1, 2021
Publication date:
April 7, 2022
Inventors:
Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou, Greg Broad, Kevin Saeler