US 11,781,430 B2
Bolter
Patrick Ross Willaman, Stump Creek, PA (US); Michael Georgiou, Moss Vale (AU); Greg Broad, Mt Pleasant (AU); and Kevin Saeler, Stoneboro, PA (US)
Assigned to Joy Global Underground Mining LLC, Warrendale, PA (US)
Filed by Joy Global Underground Mining LLC, Warrendale, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/492,519.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,392, filed on Oct. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106880 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. E21D 21/00 (2006.01); E21D 20/00 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); E21D 20/02 (2006.01); E21B 7/02 (2006.01); E21B 19/08 (2006.01)
CPC E21D 20/006 (2013.01) [E21D 20/003 (2013.01); G01D 5/142 (2013.01); E21B 7/022 (2013.01); E21B 19/08 (2013.01); E21D 20/02 (2013.01); E21D 20/026 (2013.01); E21D 21/0006 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drilling and bolting rig for performing drilling and bolting operations, the drilling and bolting rig comprising:
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 including a loading arm operable to engage the consumable, the loading arm being supported for both rotational and translational movement, and the loading arm being driven for rotational and translational movement by at least one actuator.