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Method and arrangement for positioning a working tool to a predetermined direction and/or predetermined point

CA 1049491 A · Owner: Atlas Copco Aktiebolag · Inventors: Lindblad, Lars A.

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A working implement such as a rock drilling apparatus is automatically positioned to predetermined positions and/or directions. Particularly a drill bit is moved to an imaginary plane spaced from the surface to be worked upon completion of a drill hole by programming the predetermined positions such that they are in said imaginary plane to advantage the actual values of the position and/or direction of the working implement may be adjusted simultaneously toward set values corresponding to the predetermined position and/or direction.

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  • Granted February 27, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 27, 1996.
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GrantedFebruary 27, 1979
Term endedFebruary 27, 1996
Patent numberCA 1049491 A
Classification (IPC)E21B15/04

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedFeb 27, 1979Term endedFeb 27, 1996

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