Patent ID: 9284839
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B23Q,E21D

Claim Text:
1. A rock drilling and bolting system comprising: a frame supporting a movable drill feed rail and a movable bolter feed rail; a drill feed slidable on the drill feed rail for drilling a hole; a bolter feed slidable on the bolter feed rail, the bolter feed having a main bolt driver for driving a rock bolt; a side-mounted bolt driver mounted to the bolter feed, the side-mounted bolt driver being disposed rearwardly of the main bolt driver to receive the rock bolt when there is insufficient space to load the rock bolt in the main bolt driver and to drive the rock bolt partially into the hole; and wherein the main bolt driver is rotatable into alignment with the rock bolt that is partially driven into the hole, wherein the main bolt driver drives the rock bolt fully into the hole.