The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2011
Bradford E. Bjornson, Lethbridge, CA;
Mario Decrescentis, Fort McMurray, CA;
John Steven Little, Fort McMurray, CA;
Paul Fredrick Macdougall, Fort McMurray, CA;
Bradford E. Bjornson, Lethbridge, CA;
Mario Decrescentis, Fort McMurray, CA;
John Steven Little, Fort McMurray, CA;
Paul Fredrick MacDougall, Fort McMurray, CA;
Suncor Energy, Inc., Calgary, CA;
Abstract
A method of increasing a dwell time of a slurry facility at a given ore processing location by using a mobile oil sands mining system. The method involves coordinating the operation of at least two mining conveyors to facilitate mining at least one arc-shaped sector of ore that otherwise would not be within operational reach of the slurry facility at the ore processing location. The method increases the slurry facility's operational time at the ore processing location before relocation thereof is required to keep the slurry facility within operational reach of at least one receding mine face.