Self-supporting pneumatic hammer positioner with universal joint

• Main Authors: Morissette, Danny, Lalonde, Réjean, Julien, Alain, Chrourou, Youssef, Smith, Erick, Laliberte, Steve, Guimond, Luc, Trudel, Claude, Paquin, Raphael, Manseau, Tommy, Menard, Martin, Tremblay, Guy, Laroche, Anthony, Simard, Maxime, Julien, Guillaume, Blanchet, Ghislain, Magny, Jean-Pierre
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.02.2020
• Subjects: EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GALLERIES; HAND TOOLS; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS; MANIPULATORS; MINING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS; PERCUSSIVE TOOLS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; SHAFTS; TRANSPORTING; TUNNELS

A manually operated pneumatic rock drill positioner for mining shaft wall boring, said positioner comprising: an articulated boom having one end for releasable coupling to a mobile ground platform and another end opposite said one end thereof; a rigid elongated drill turret defining a main body with an exposed outer wall, an inner wall opposite said outer wall, and first side edge wall and second side edge wall opposite said first side edge wall, and first end and second end opposite said first end, a lengthwise rail member integrally mounted to said turret outer wall; a carriage slidingly engaging said rail member, said carriage for slidingly carrying a pneumatic drill head over said turret exposed outer wall for reciprocating motion thereof between said first end and second end thereof; drive means for power actuating said carriage sliding motion along said rail member; a cradle member releasably anchored to said boom another end and defining a well sized and shaped for releasable engagement by an intermediate section of said turret inner wall and said first side edge wall thereof; anchoring means for anchoring said turret to said cradle member; first coupling means for pivotally connecting said turret to said cradle member for relative pivotal movement of said turret about said cradle member along a first axis; second coupling means for pivotally connecting said turret to said cradle member for relative tilting movement of said turret about said cradle member along a second axis transverse to said first axis; all in such a way that the intersection of said first axis and second axis coincides with the center of gravity of said turret positioner and is located within said turret main body, providing a balanced load-free manual operation of the positioner.