Noranda Inc.

Alain Gendron

Pierre Senecal

Douglas Milne

Guy Chevrette

A gravity orientation device comprises a cylindrical casing, a shaft rotatably mounted in the casing along the longitudinal axis thereof and having pointed ends contacting bearing surfaces located in the ends of the casing, an encoder mounted within the casing and having a fixed portion secured to the casing and a rotary portion secured to the shaft, and a weight pendulum mounted on the shaft for rotation around the shaft under the influence of gravity.

Gravity orientation device having an encoder and a rotatable shaft

A cable grip for improving the performance of cable bolts for ground support comprises a segmented wedge defining a cone, each segment having an inside cavity adapted to conform to a circumference of a cable and serrated grooves cut into said inside cavity to grip the cable, and a sleeve consisting of a plastic cone conforming to the conical shape of the wedge.

Cable grip

A borehole camera monitoring system comprises a camera head assembly adapted to be lowered into a borehole by means of a cable and control unit located above ground for generating a control signal for the operation of the camera. The camera head assembly comprises a fixed portion and a rotary portion containing the camera and associated equipment for examining the wall of the borehole. The fixed portion of the camera head assembly comprises a micro-controller for controlling the operation of the camera, a position encoder for detecting the angular rotation of the camera with respect to the fixed portion of the camera head assembly and a communication interface including means for multiplexing the video signal generated by the camera with an information signal generated by the micro-controller for transmission over the cable and means for extracting the control signal generated by the computer and transmitted over the cable. The control unit comprises, in addition to the above mentioned computer, a video monitor and a communication interface including means for extracting from the signal transmitted over the cable the video signal for the video monitor and the information signal for the computer and means for multiplexing the control signal of the computer for transmission over the cable. A depth counter is connected to the computer for detecting the depth of the camera head assembly from the upper edge of the borehole.

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Ste-Catherine, Canada

Alain Gendron