Patents by Inventor Michael Georgiou
Michael Georgiou 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).
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Publication number: 20230417141Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou, Greg Broad, Kevin Saeler
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Publication number: 20230340879Abstract: A drilling and bolting rig includes a carousel rotatable about a carousel axis and including a plurality of stations configured to support a plurality of consumables, one or more actuators, and a position sensor coupled to the carousel. The one or more actuators are configured to rotate the carousel about the carousel axis. The drilling and bolting rig further includes an electronic processor coupled to the one or more actuators and the position sensor. The electronic processor is configured to detect, using the position sensor, a rotational position of the carousel, and rotate, using the one or more actuators, the carousel based on the rotational position of the carousel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Willem Fourie, Xuanwen Luo, Vijayanath Subaschandran, Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou
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Patent number: 11781430Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Joy Global Underground Mining LLCInventors: Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou, Greg Broad, Kevin Saeler
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Patent number: 11725514Abstract: A drilling and bolting rig includes a carousel rotatable about a carousel axis and including a plurality of stations configured to support a plurality of consumables, one or more actuators, and a position sensor coupled to the carousel. The one or more actuators are configured to rotate the carousel about the carousel axis. The drilling and bolting rig further includes an electronic processor coupled to the one or more actuators and the position sensor. The electronic processor is configured to detect, using the position sensor, a rotational position of the carousel, and rotate, using the one or more actuators, the carousel based on the rotational position of the carousel.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Joy Global Underground Mining LLCInventors: Willem Fourie, Xuanwen Luo, Vijayanath Subaschandran, Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou
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Publication number: 20220106880Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou, Greg Broad, Kevin Saeler
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Publication number: 20220106838Abstract: A drilling and bolting rig includes a carousel rotatable about a carousel axis and including a plurality of stations configured to support a plurality of consumables, one or more actuators, and a position sensor coupled to the carousel. The one or more actuators are configured to rotate the carousel about the carousel axis. The drilling and bolting rig further includes an electronic processor coupled to the one or more actuators and the position sensor. The electronic processor is configured to detect, using the position sensor, a rotational position of the carousel, and rotate, using the one or more actuators, the carousel based on the rotational position of the carousel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Willem Fourie, Xuanwen Luo, Vijayanath Subaschandran, Patrick Ross Willaman, Michael Georgiou
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Patent number: 11286730Abstract: A cable feed tool includes a first support, a second support coupled to the first support, a first roller supported on the first support for rotation and configured to drive a cable, and a second roller supported on the second support for rotation and configured to drive the cable. The first roller is also supported for pivoting movement relative to the second support about a pivot axis. The second roller is also supported for translational movement relative to the first support.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Joy Global Underground Mining LLCInventor: Michael Georgiou
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Publication number: 20200232288Abstract: A cable feed tool includes a first support, a second support coupled to the first support, a first roller supported on the first support for rotation and configured to drive a cable, and a second roller supported on the second support for rotation and configured to drive the cable. The first roller is also supported for pivoting movement relative to the second support about a pivot axis. The second roller is also supported for translational movement relative to the first support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventor: Michael Georgiou
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Patent number: 9815660Abstract: A drilling rig includes a base and a rotation unit for drilling a hole in a mine surface. The rotation unit is moveably coupled to the base. The drilling rig further includes a cable feed device for feeding a cable bolt into the hole created by the rotation unit. The cable feed device is moveably coupled to the base and includes a pair of wheels and a transmission. The cable bolt is received between the pair of wheels. The transmission is coupled between the rotation unit and at least one of the wheels to transmit power from the rotation unit to at least one of the wheels.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Joy MM Delaware, Inc.Inventors: Will Eddowes, Brant Wright, Michael Georgiou
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Publication number: 20140238715Abstract: A drilling rig includes a base and a rotation unit for drilling a hole in a mine surface. The rotation unit is moveably coupled to the base. The drilling rig further includes a cable feed device for feeding a cable bolt into the hole created by the rotation unit. The cable feed device is moveably coupled to the base and includes a pair of wheels and a transmission. The cable bolt is received between the pair of wheels. The transmission is coupled between the rotation unit and at least one of the wheels to transmit power from the rotation unit to at least one of the wheels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Joy MM Delaware, Inc.Inventors: Will Eddowes, Brant Wright, Michael Georgiou
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Patent number: 8727669Abstract: A cable bolt lifting and feeding device that is a lightweight unit that mounts into a drill rig rotation unit. The device uses the mechanical power provided in the rotation unit to drive a set of wheels that engage with the cable bolt, causing the cable bolt to be pushed through the device and into a pre-drilled hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Joy MM Delaware, Inc.Inventors: Will Eddowes, Brant Wright, Michael Georgiou
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Publication number: 20100266346Abstract: A cable bolt lifting and feeding device that is a lightweight unit that mounts into a drill rig rotation unit. The device uses the mechanical power provided in the rotation unit to drive a set of wheels that engage with the cable bolt, causing the cable bolt to be pushed through the device and into a pre-drilled hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: JOY MM DELAWARE, INC.Inventors: Will Eddowes, Brant Wright, Michael Georgiou