公开(公告)号：US11280192B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-22

申请号：US16465254

申请日：2017-12-01

申请人： 1854081 ONTARIO LTD.

发明人： Roderick Mark Steele ,  Colin Roos

IPC分类号： E21B19/08 ,  E21C37/00 ,  F42D1/08 ,  F42D3/04 ,  E21D9/00 ,  E21B7/02

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US11773719B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US17671062

申请日：2022-02-14

申请人： 1854081 Ontario Ltd.

发明人： Roderick Mark Steele ,  Colin Roos

IPC分类号： E21B19/08 ,  E21C37/00 ,  F42D1/08 ,  F42D3/04 ,  E21D9/00 ,  E21B7/02

CPC分类号： E21C37/00 ,  E21B19/08 ,  F42D1/08 ,  E21B7/025 ,  E21D9/006 ,  F42D3/04

摘要： 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.