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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:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis Mraz, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
299 60 ; 299 801 ; 299 75 ;
Abstract
A method of rock cutting where, as a first step of each excavation cycle, a second open surface is created utilizing boring method and, as a second step, the excavation cycle is completed utilizing a shearing method; and a cutting element for excavation of rocks comprising both a boring tool and a shearing tool, wherein the cutting element can be remotely adapted either for boring or for shearing.