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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:
Sep. 08, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
James E Ingle, Edmond, OK (US);
Assignee:
Kerr-McGee Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
299 30 ; 403353 ;
Abstract
A mining apparatus for excavating material from an earth formation having a miner which is removably connectable to a carrier by a coupling assembly, the mining apparatus including other carriers which are interconnected by the coupling assembly of the present invention. The coupling assembly includes a male connector and a female connector, the male connector being disposable in a portion of the female connector in an insert position and the male connector being movable from the insert position to a connected position for interconnecting the male and the female connectors.