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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2019
Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment Llc, Denison, TX (US);
Sudhagar Selvam, Chennai, IN;
Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC, Denison, TX (US);
Abstract
A swivel assembly for a drilling machine is provided. The swivel assembly includes a positioning member pivotally coupled to a boom member associated with the drilling machine. The swivel assembly also includes a bearing assembly coupled to each of the positioning member and a feed table associated with the drilling machine. The bearing assembly is adapted to rotate about a rotational axis. The swivel assembly further includes at least one actuator operably coupled to the bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is adapted to selectively rotate the feed table relative to the positioning member about the rotational axis based, at least in part, on an actuation of the at least one actuator.