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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2011
Glen Robert Jones, Milton, AU;
Antony Eliot Inglis, Milton, AU;
Anthony Paul O'sullivan, Milton, AU;
Michael Howitt, Milton, AU;
Glen Smith, Milton, AU;
Roland Gunter Berndt, Milton, AU;
Daal Hallam Jaffers, Milton, AU;
Nicholas William Ridley, Wallsend, GB;
Ian Maskell, Wallsend, GB;
Glen Robert Jones, Milton, AU;
Antony Eliot Inglis, Milton, AU;
Anthony Paul O'Sullivan, Milton, AU;
Michael Howitt, Milton, AU;
Glen Smith, Milton, AU;
Roland Gunter Berndt, Milton, AU;
Daal Hallam Jaffers, Milton, AU;
Nicholas William Ridley, Wallsend, GB;
Ian Maskell, Wallsend, GB;
Nautilus Minerals Pacific Pty Ltd, Milton, AU;
Abstract
A seafloor bulk mining tool for production cutting of a seafloor bench. The tool uses a tracked locomotion system to travel across a seafloor bench. Power and control interfaces receive power and control signals from a surface source. The tool has a drum cutter for cutting the bench, and a sizing grill adjacent the drum cutter for sizing cuttings as they are produced by the drum cutter. A drum shroud may also be provided to help contain cuttings. A suction inlet can be used to capture cuttings as they are produced, for example in conjunction with a spade and augers.