US 12,110,793 B2
Automated system for face drill machines
Sean Joseph McQuerrey, Hurricane, WV (US); Muhammad Usama, Fort Collins, CO (US); and Adam Richard Teator, Milton, WV (US)
Assigned to J.H. FLETCHER & CO., Huntington, WV (US)
Filed by J.H. FLETCHER & CO., Huntington, WV (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/113,667.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/313,814, filed on Feb. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0272671 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 7/025 (2013.01) [E21B 7/022 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for use in drilling one or more boreholes in a face of a mine, the system comprising:
a drilling machine including
a drill for drilling the borehole;
a boom for manipulating a position of the drill; and
a plurality of actuators adapted to move the drill or the boom;
at least one sensor adapted to scan at least a portion of the mine for the creation of a topological image of the mine; and
a computer configured to automatically move the drill and boom from a first position to a second position according to an algorithm based on the topological image of the mine, wherein the algorithm comprises determining a kinematic redundancy of the plurality of actuators prior to moving the drill and boom.