Patents by Inventor Ron Vasey

Ron Vasey 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).

  • Linepan and longwall mining machine
    Patent number: 8820849
    Abstract: A longwall mining machine and a linepan section, the linepan section may include a face-side rail, a gob-side rail opposite the face-side rail, and a conveyor pan between the face-side rail and the gob-side rail. The face-side rail may have a generally horizontal top surface at a top surface height and with a top surface width, an angled loading surface extending toward the mining face and the ground surface and arranged at an oblique angle relative to the top surface, the loading surface being at a loading height and with a loading surface width, the loading surface width being at least about 25 percent of the total width, and a material cavity defined in the face surface below the loading surface and recessed toward a gob-side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Joy MM Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Vasey, Adrian Jones
  • LINEPAN AND LONGWALL MINING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20130313887
    Abstract: A longwall mining machine and a linepan section, the linepan section may include a face-side rail, a gob-side rail opposite the face-side rail, and a conveyor pan between the face-side rail and the gob-side rail. The face-side rail may have a generally horizontal top surface at a top surface height and with a top surface width, an angled loading surface extending toward the mining face and the ground surface and arranged at an oblique angle relative to the top surface, the loading surface being at a loading height and with a loading surface width, the loading surface width being at least about 25 percent of the total width, and a material cavity defined in the face surface below the loading surface and recessed toward a gob-side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Ron Vasey, Adrian Jones