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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7686401 | Method for sub-glacial mineral reconnaissance and recovery A method for sub-glacial mineral reconnaissance and recovery comprises analyzing silt and solutes in fluvial sub-glacial streams of a glacier. Boreholes are formed in the glacier and melt-water flow is analyzed to establish concentration gradients of minerals in the... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7367143 | Cutter and method for working the soil A cutter for working the soil includes a cutting frame, at least two cutting wheels that are supported on the cutting frame in a rotatably drivable manner about parallel axes of rotation, and an adjusting device, The adjusting device functions to adjust the center d... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357595 | Pavement removal machine Portland Cement Concrete with steel reinforcement mats or rods used in airport runways, highways, and other objects need to have the cement broken up for recycling or disposal and the steel mat reused or the steel recycled. The pavement removal machine lifts the con... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7308946 | Method of cleaning hole diggers and spot cultivators and hole digger cleaning device A travelling rolling digger (1) for sequential hole drilling or for producing sequential cultivated spots in soil. The travelling rolling digger (1) includes at least one drilling shaft which is rotatable by a drive mechanism about a longitudinal shaft... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7289871 | Drilling apparatus The invention provides a drilling apparatus (1) having a base (2) from which a drilling arm is pivotally mounted. The drilling arm (3) has an inner arm (4) and an outer arm (5). The inner arm (4) has a first end (6) a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7210744 | Manually replaceable protective wear sleeve The wear sleeve in the present invention comprises a rearward split ring portion and an intermediate cylindrical ring portion adjacent a forward shoulder portion. The outer diameter of the wear sleeve intermediate portion and rearward split ring portion is uniform. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195320 | Thermal rock fragmentation application in narrow vein extraction A free-blast method for extracting ore from an ore vein deposit wherein the vein is extracted by causing the ore comprised between the rock walls bordering the vein to spall into fragments. The ore fragments are recuperated as by aspiration and subsequently processe... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192093 | Excavation apparatus and method In one embodiment, an excavation method is provided that includes the steps of: (a) contacting a rotating powered cutting head 440 of an excavator 400 with an excavation face 452, wherein, at any one time, a fi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7153541 | Method for inhibiting oxidation of metal sulfide-containing material The present invention provides means for inhibiting the oxidation of a metal sulfide-containing material, such as ore mine waste rock or metal sulfide taiulings, by coating the metal sulfide-containing material with an oxidation-inhibiting two-tail lipid coating ( | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144192 | Self-propelled road milling machine A self-propelled road milling machine includes a chassis (2) housing a rotatable milling roll (4) between lateral plates (12,13) disposed orthogonal to the axis of the milling roll (4). The milling roll (4) has a base body (14 | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131704 | Shiftable conveyor for road milling machine A material collection device for particles received from a processing device on a road processing machine. The material collection device comprises a guide having a material discard opening and an attachment face. A conveyor support is shiftably fixed to the guide a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7073868 | Optimized kinetic energy machine for excavating underwater rock A machine for improved excavation of underwater rock that eliminates failures due to over-stressed cutting teeth by positioning each hardened tooth for optimized Kinetic Energy. It has a plurality of blades, each with a hub and a plurality of spokes connecting the h... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7040712 | Shield tunneling method and shield tunneling machine An excavating drive (22) movable backward/forward is accommodated in a turnable body (9) which in turn is turnable about an axis perpendicular to an axis of and in a skin plate (7). A cutter device (38) ahead of a rotor (22) in the... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036249 | Tooth adapter having an elastomeric clamp assembly and method for using same A tooth adapter having an elastomeric clamp assembly and a method for using the same are provided. The system includes a tooth adapter having a first end operable to receive a removable tooth point and a second end having an upper blade and a lower blade, the upper ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032978 | Crushing method using large boreholes in underwater rock The present invention relates to a crushing method using large boreholes in an underwater rock in which plural large boreholes are drilled on the rock in a predetermined space, the drilled boreholes form plural free surfaces, and the large drop hammer gives a blow t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032334 | System and method for coupling excavation equipment components In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a system for coupling excavation equipment components includes a pin assembly configured to couple a first tool body to a second tool body. The pin assembly is configured to be received at least pa... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029072 | Modified rumble strip cutter A rumble strip cutting machine having a drum that can be shifted from one side of the machine to the other. The machine includes a piston wheel that imparts an up and down motion to the frame so that rumble strips can be cut at desired intervals as the machine is dr... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7005576 | Permissible controller cover resistant to fastener breakage An assembly includes a structural member or frame that supports a load. The frame has a rectangular opening therein to a cavity within the frame that is adapted to house electrical components therein. There are a plurality of opening screw holes in the frame and spa... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6962209 | Simple, durable and easy-to-use earthworking machine A sod cutter (10) is disclosed including a frame (12) formed by welding the free edges of mount, frame and end plates (46a, 46b 46c) bent relative to one of two side plates (46) to the corresponding edge... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6944977 | Drum for an excavator that can be used in particular for the production of vertical trenches in hard or very hard soils Excavator drum for the production of vertical trenches, including a cylindrical shell (22) mounted so sa to rotate about its axis of revolution and a plurality of excavating tools (28, 30) mounted on the external face of the shell. The tools include a ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6916071 | Mining system A method for extracting mineral deposits is provided. First, a predetermined surface is contour mined to expose a portion of a mineral seam and provide an insertion highwall between a pair of endwalls. Successive mining passes are made through the mineral seam to ex... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6796616 | Mining system A method for extracting mineral deposits. First, a predetermined surface is contour mined in a mineral seam, such as a mountain, to provide an elongate active mining area and a highwall. Next, a sealable intake and return canopy is placed at substantially opposing e... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6764139 | System for and method of demolition A rugged demolition system, and method for its use, for pulling up horizontal structures such as concrete or asphalt and breaking them into pieces, pulling over and breaking up vertical structures such as retaining walls and house/building walls, pulling up vertical... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6672673 | Ore pass inspection system The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for imaging and clearing an ore pass hang-up. The apparatus includes: a platform that is movable along generally a longitudinal direction of an ore pass; a controllable propulsion unit capable of pro... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6607248 | Low elevation coal processing plant The present invention is to an improved method of constructing a coal processing plant and an improved arrangement therefore. The overall cost of constructing a coal processing plant can be significantly reduced by the arrangement of the processing to ter... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6547336 | Open cast mining device and apparatus for testing the cutting minability of critical material A surface mining and testing apparatus and system provides for the adaptation of a surface miner to the specific geological conditions of a new area of use. The special features of the surface miner are the arrangement of the milling roller (5) in front o... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6474745 | Method of mining A method of mining using a pair of continuous mining machines 12 and an auger mining machine 16. The continuous mining machines form spaced longitudinal roads 10, 11, 13 and 14. Further longitudinal roads 17 are formed by the auger mining machine 16 with ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6431654 | Mining machine having an extendable and retractable rotor arm and method of repairing an extendable and retractable rotor arm assembly An extendable rotor arm for a mining machine includes a rotor arm having an end portion, a sleeve removably secured on at least part of the end portion, a rotor arm extension having an internal opening in which the sleeve and the end portion of the rotor ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6155649 | Process for demolishing a bridge structure A process for demolishing a bridge deck by a truck assembly equipped with a a receptacle comprised of a right side and a left side and a first wing rotatably connected to the right side of the receptacle. The process includes the steps of: (a) disposing t... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6139477 | Process for producing slots, grooves, and planar excavations A combination of conventional or superimposed percussive slot-cutting tools for creating slots and grooves, with eccentric, superimposed percussive, counterbalanced planar milling tools for excavating floors, walls, rocks, minerals and the like.... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6109699 | Tow line equipped remote mining machine and method A method and apparatus for advancing cables and hoses to a remotely operated mining machine and retrieval of the machine in case of accident, and for remote haulage of material in a self-propelled vehicle guided within a mine opening, so as to avoid inter... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6007157 | Slidably displaceable duct assembly for a mining machine An apparatus for filtering airborne contaminates that has a frame member and a collection duct attached thereto. A duct assembly is slidably supported on the frame member and selectively movable along a linear path between a first position adjacent the fr... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5553926 | Self-propelled mining apparatus and method for cutting arched opening A mining apparatus includes a frame, a mechanism for cutting an arched opening in a seam and winning the cut mineral, and a propulsion system. The cutting mechanism includes a boom supported mineral cutting drum having a barrel or bulging cylindrical shap... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5421641 | Powered tool for slicing or shearing roofing material An apparatus and method for slicing roofing material includes a prime mover in the form of a powered tractor, and a slicing assembly mounted to the rear end of the tractor. The slicing assembly includes a frame mounted to the tractor, a blade mounted to t... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5421523 | Physio-chemical communication with expansive solidifiers The physio-chemical method to break down raw materials utilizes a pressure- and temperature-controlled vessel to hold the raw materials in an expansive solidifier solution. The pressure and temperature are cycled to create large solution volume increases,... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5407252 | Method and apparatus for scaling mine roofs and ribs A mine scaling tool having a base plate to which a collar is concentrically attached on one side and appropriately supported with gusseted rib plates. A relatively long, heavy walled tube is telescopically fitted within a reenforcing collar. The tube is c... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5390983 | Roadbed profiler and method of profiling A hard surface roadbed profiler designed to perform a repetitive drill hole collaring cycle. By generating a series of interconnected collar holes, an extended flat surface is created. The profiler includes a movable percussive device mounted onto a chass... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5340199 | Method and machine for excavating drifts, tunnels, stopes, caverns or the like To excavate drifts, tunnels, stopes, caverns or the like, tools operating in an undercutting manner are mounted on radially pivotable tool arms, which are located on a rotary working head. With at least one tool (54) on a tool arm (51), a central region (... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5338102 | Method of mining A method of mining includes striking the surface of friable to brittle, essentially homogeneous mineral materials with a plurality of concave-faced cutting tools rotating about a longitudinal axis disposed substantially parallel with the surface of the mi... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5273343 | Non-rotatable sleeve for a cutting tool bit holder and method of making the same A deformed sleeve for mounting a cutting tool in a bit holder has one end shaped as an ellipse. The deformation is done by the application of pressure before heat treating. No further machining is necessary after the heat treatment. The deformed sleeve is... | 12/28/1993 |
