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Does anyone know anything or anyone in coal mining?

fuzzybabybunny

fuzzybabybunny

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I've got a friend who has a machine that he wants to see if mining companies would purchase. It would drastically reduce harmful airborne particles such as carcinogenic dust particles that are constantly floating in the air. It may even eliminate the necessity of masks, and for those guys who don't use masks because they're uncomfortable, it would greatly reduce the occurance of black lung.

So, does anyone here know anyone in the mining industry? Occupational safety?
 
If it's something that could, in any possible way, slow down productivity they'll never buy one unless it's forced on them by gov't safety regulations. And even then, they'll just ignore it when it breaks, and then claim it was properly serviced after a coal dust explosion kills dozens of their workers.
 
Gooberlx2 said:
If it's something that could, in any possible way, slow down productivity they'll never buy one unless it's forced on them by gov't safety regulations. And even then, they'll just ignore it when it breaks, and then claim it was properly serviced after a coal dust explosion kills dozens of their workers.
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I don't think it would slow down production. If anything, it could speed it up in addition to lowering maintenance costs when all that dust would otherwise gunk up other machinery.
 
fuzzybabybunny said:
I don't think it would slow down production. If anything, it could speed it up in addition to lowering maintenance costs when all that dust would otherwise gunk up other machinery.
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Well, I certainly don't know anyone in coal mining, but I'd guess your friend should be cruising around Wyoming or West Virginia.
 
deadlyapp said:
You basically sound like you're proposing a gigantic vacuum.
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This machine is getting pretty popular in China, the largest coal producing country in the world, so I think there's possibility in the US. I just need some contacts, a place to start. Someone to get on the phone. Someone to interview.

I cannot disclose the premise of the machine. Not until we have a patent, a provisional patent at the minimum.
 
Mine companies don't give a flying fuck about their workers or their safety. Normally the government must force such safety products on them
 
China cares about air quality in coal mines? And if it's in use there how would US companies not know about it?
 
Saint Nick said:
Another pipe dream thread brought to you by fbb.





Doesn't make sense.
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*sigh*

Do you know anything about patents? It's patented in *China*. There is yet to be a patent in the US, and until he gets at least a provisional application and the Chinese patent translated, I cannot disclose anything about the machine.

This is so typical. All I ask is a simple question - does anyone know anyone in the coal mining industry, and all I get are armchair commander naysayers flaming the premise.
 
fuzzybabybunny said:
*sigh*

Do you know anything about patents? It's patented in *China*. There is yet to be a patent in the US, and until he gets at least a provisional application and the Chinese patent translated, I cannot disclose anything about the machine.

This is so typical. All I ask is a simple question - does anyone know anyone in the coal mining industry, and all I get are armchair commander naysayers flaming the premise.
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Dude, what do you expect? First of all, you never specified in your posts whether it was in China or the US or Afghanistan. Second, look at your past posts to see what you've done to your own credibility.
 
Saint Nick said:
Dude, what do you expect? First of all, you never specified in your posts whether it was in China or the US or Afghanistan. Second, look at your past posts to see what you've done to your own credibility.
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Dude, how about you learn how to read properly (location was already specified and referenced by other posters in the thread) and/or GTFO of *my* thread if you're only going to thread crap it.
 
Saint Nick said:
Dude, what do you expect? First of all, you never specified in your posts whether it was in China or the US or Afghanistan. Second, look at your past posts to see what you've done to your own credibility.
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I'm surprised in his other thread that he's thinking of putting $50k into his business when he has a baby coming from his pregnant jet fighter girlfriend. You'd think he would be using the money for the wedding and baby.
 
fuzzybabybunny said:
*sigh*

Do you know anything about patents? It's patented in *China*. There is yet to be a patent in the US, and until he gets at least a provisional application and the Chinese patent translated, I cannot disclose anything about the machine.

This is so typical. All I ask is a simple question - does anyone know anyone in the coal mining industry, and all I get are armchair commander naysayers flaming the premise.
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This is a significant issue for those people aware of U.S. Patent laws. And your previous statements disagreed with themselves. Without a provisional patent for even that minimal protection, you and your friend should not be talking to anybody for selling or public awareness purposes.

The U.S. is lenient with a one-year rule, meaning an invention publicly disclosed within the past year may be applied for patent protection in the U.S. no longer than one year after public disclosure.


EDIT:
If that Chinese patent has been published more than one year ago, then your friend may not be able to apply here in the U.S. because it may be too late. (I say may since I am not qualified to provide such legal advice.)

If the Chinese coal mining companies have been aware of this product for longer than a year, it may be too late to apply here in the U.S.

Your friend more than likely already has at least a provisional patent application here in the U.S.. At least I hope so....
 
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Capt Caveman said:
I'm surprised in his other thread that he's thinking of putting $50k into his business when he has a baby coming from his pregnant jet fighter girlfriend. You'd think he would be using the money for the wedding and baby.
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Plus the motorcycle crash thread where he was expecting to pay 10s of thousands of dollars in medical fees. And don't forget that the jet fighter girlfriend has glaucoma and Wegener's disease.
 
Capt Caveman said:
I'm surprised in his other thread that he's thinking of putting $50k into his business when he has a baby coming from his pregnant jet fighter girlfriend. You'd think he would be using the money for the wedding and baby.
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Thanks for continuously bringing up painful and private memories.

Summary:

Was ready for a baby. Had already bought 10 or so baby books from Amazon and was pouring over them, determined to be a good father. Told my parents.

I hired a private investigator due to my grave suspicions.

Turns out she's probably an illegal and was lying to me about absolutely everything she was, even about her being a photographer. She lied for various reasons, number one being she had been recently diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease and she figured it wouldn't matter anymore, anyway.

Heart broken.

Told her I was breaking up and that having a baby would not be the right choice.

She had the abortion.

There. That's it. You feel better now Mr. Big Man?
 
fuzzybabybunny said:
Thanks for continuously bringing up painful and private memories.

Summary:

Was ready for a baby. Had already bought 10 or so baby books from Amazon and was pouring over them, determined to be a good father. Told my parents.

I hired a private investigator due to my grave suspicions.

Turns out she's probably an illegal and was lying to me about absolutely everything she was, even about her being a photographer. She lied for various reasons, number one being she had been recently diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease and she figured it wouldn't matter anymore, anyway.

Heart broken.

Told her I was breaking up and that having a baby would not be the right choice.

She had the abortion.

There. That's it. You feel better now Mr. Big Man?
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You're the one that creates these threads without providing updates leaving everyone guessing if you're really this naive or a troll. That's why you don't always get serious answers to your serious threads. The only one to blame is yourself.
 
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