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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 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;
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;
Nautilus Minerals Pacific Pty Ltd, Milton, AU;
Abstract
A seafloor auxiliary mining tool for use in a seafloor mining system. The seafloor auxiliary mining tool has a seafloor locomotion system enabling traversal of the seafloor. Umbilical connections receive power and control signals from a surface source. A boom mounted auxiliary cutting tool is configured to cut extremities of a seafloor deposit. Cuttings produced by the auxiliary cutting tool are sized by sizing means, to ensure such cuttings are no greater than a desired size.