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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Royal Ihc Limited, Stocksfield, GB;
Inventor:
Jonathan Ralph Manchester, Stocksfield, GB;
Assignee:
ROYAL IHC LIMITED, Northumderland, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 5/10 (2006.01); E02F 3/08 (2006.01); E02F 3/92 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 5/109 (2013.01); E02F 3/08 (2013.01); E02F 3/9218 (2013.01); E02F 3/9225 (2013.01); E02F 5/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A trench cutting apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising a central support element comprising at least one jetting outlet and a cutting element configured to be driven around the central support element. The trench cutting apparatus is configured to be operable in a mechanical cutting mode in which the cutting element is driven around the central support element to cut material forward of the trench cutting apparatus, and a jet cutting mode in which a pump is activated to eject fluid from the at least one jetting outlet to fluidize or cut material forward of the trench cutting apparatus.