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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066112 | Connector device for trough pans on mining equipment trough pan and assembly component for the same A connector device for connecting an attachment part, in particular a plough guide part, to a lateral element of a trough pan of a mining device, comprising first fittings arranged on the lateral element, comprising counter fittings arranged on the attachment part a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7392896 | Trough pan for a face conveyor with a loading ramp A conveyor pan 10 for face conveyors in underground coal mining systems has outward race 1 and return race 2, between which a conveyor bottom 9 is formed, with toggle sockets 21, with guide means for a mining machine which can be m... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7104392 | Toggle retainer for toggle connections and toggle pocket for toggle retainer Toggle retainers are disclosed for toggle connection assemblies of conveyor pans of a chain scraper conveyor or guide troughs of a mining machine guide used in underground mining operations. The toggle retainers feature laterally open toggle pockets into which toggl... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7070040 | Toggle and toggle connection assembly Toggles are disclosed for toggle connections of conveyor pans of a chain scraper conveyor or conveyor troughs of a mining machine guide. In providing a toggle and a toggle connection, with which high axial forces can be transmitted while, at the same time, maintaini... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055678 | Modular conveyor belt with non-circular hinge pin A modular conveyor belt forming a hinge between consecutive belt rows (14A–C) hingedly connected by a noncircular hinge pin (34). Hinge eyes (28) along the forward and rearward ends of each row (14A–C) of belt modules include aligned ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7032743 | Conveyor pan The invention relates to a conveyor pan (150) for underground face and gate conveyors, with a bottom run (102) and a top run (103) for the guidance of a scraper of a scraper chain, with a frame work construction (101) which has side walls... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6896121 | Conveyor pan The present invention relates to a conveyor pan (50) for underground face and gate conveyors, with a bottom pan (2) and a top pan (3) for the guidance of scrapers of a scrapper chain, the conveyor pan (50) having a welded frame constructi... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6843364 | Toggle bar link for conveyor and guideway pans and toggle bars, toggle bar sockets, safety elements, pans and assembly tools for toggle bar links In a toggle bar link (100) for conveyor pans of conveyors or guideway pans of extraction machine guideways, with toggle bar sockets (1) arranged at the sides of the pans in whose socket cut-outs (3) a toggle bar can be inserted and retained by s... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6705458 | Gate for a vibratory conveyor A gate (50) for a vibratory conveyor (10) is provided. The conveyor includes a conveyor bed (26) that has a surface portion defining an aperture (52). The gate includes a cover plate (54) which is in contact with the conveyor bed a... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6499731 | High speed pusher apparatus for sheet feeders A high speed sheet feeder machine includes at least one pusher that follows a loop-shaped path of travel as the machine operates. The pusher pushes an insert into an envelope during a forward and downward part of its path of travel and then retreats rearw... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6478143 | Belt conveyor having support casing for belt A conveyor is provided with a casing (2), an endless conveyor belt (9) located in the casing (2) to circulate. The conveyor belt (9) has a pair of roller chains (11) attached to the peripheral edges on each side of the belt. Each roller chain (11) has a p... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6267221 | Conveying system for carrying containers, especially bottles, through different working stations A conveyor includes a support element (4), that defines a running surface (5), and an endless dragging belt (9,10). The belt (9,10) has seats (3) made, with inwards decreasing section, along one longitudinal edge located over a corresponding section of th... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5871261 | Longwall mine face conveyor pan and method of fabricating A modular pan assembly for a longwall mine face conveyor includes an elongated deck plate flanked by a pair of parallel, elongated side rails to define the conveyor system feed path. Beveled longitudinal edges of the deck plate mesh into corresponding cha... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5601341 | Drive gear and guide arrangement for a mining machine, in particular a disk shearer A drive gear and guide arrangement for a mining machine such as a disk shearer which operates above a chain scraper conveyor. The guide arrangement includes a guide rail arranged on a trough section of the chain scraper conveyor and extends along side of ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5579896 | System for arresting scraper-conveyor chain A scraper conveyor has a channel having a pair of parallel and longitudinally extending upstanding sides and a chain extending longitudinally along the channel between the sides thereof and normally advanced therein in a travel direction. A chain-arrestin... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5350055 | Conveyor mechanism having selectively positionable pushing fingers and having finger positioning cam arrangement A conveyor includes two spaced guide rails over an upwardly facing support surface which can slidably support an article to be conveyed, the support surface having a plurality of parallel slots. Two movably-supported chains below the support surface suppo... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5279408 | Ice lift apparatus An ice lift apparatus receives prismatic ice cubes having a substantially uniform predetermined rectangular or prism shape of which the longest side has a length D and which transports the prismatic ice cubes upwardly along a vertical ice transporting sec... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5272289 | Scraper chain conveyor A sigma-section profile to constitute one sidewall of a line pan to form a scraper chain conveyor, has the sidewall formed integrally as a casting, with an associated furnishing.... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5137140 | Conveyor apparatus having dual position pushing fingers and finger positioning mechanism A conveyor apparatus includes two space guide members over an upwardly facing support surface which can slidably support an article to be conveyed, and a pushing assembly supported for horizontal movement about the surface and having a plurality of pushin... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5134738 | Stretcher for use in mines A stretcher for use in confined areas such as a mine tunnel for transporting sick or injured persons which is constructed for mounting on sideboard structure of a conveyor in the mine tunnel. The stretcher includes a frame having a generally flat portion ... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5105631 | Ice lift apparatus An ice lift apparatus for lifting ice cubes manufactured by an ice maker comprising a horizontal transporting section, a vertical transporting section and an ice discharge section is provided. The apparatus comprises two endless conveyor members driven by... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5076418 | Feeder assembly for a combine An improved combine feeder assembly including a conveyor and a feeder housing which envelopes the conveyor. The conveyor is comprised of a plurality of endless driving chains and a plurality of feeder slats driven by the chains. Each feeder slat is secure... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5072575 | Method of feeding articles into a horizontal wrapping machine An inverted horizontal wrapping machine is provided with an article infeed system which includes a horizontal feed trough with an open exit end positioned closely adjacent the inlet end of the wrapping material tube being continuously formed by the machin... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5000434 | Insertion machine with improved insert track An insert track (30) of an insertion machine comprises a continuous elastomer belt (32) which travels a horizontal plate 9101) and proximate a plurality of insert station hoppers (52H-57H). The plate (101) has an upper surface (103) formed from an ultra h... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4965929 | System for fabrication of wire harness A mechanized conveyor for the manual formation of wire harnesses includes, near its upstream end, a trough along one or both sides to permit the embryonic harness to be arranged transversely of the conveyor with portions hanging and/or supported in the tr... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4953505 | Safety device for chicks in automatic poultry feeders A safety device (6), particularly for chicks in automatic poultry feeders with feed troughs (10), in which a feed chain (5) runs in an endless loop. The safety device is designed for placing in those sections of the poultry feeder where the feed chain (5)... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4953915 | Roof fall separating and removing apparatus and method for use in thin seam highwall mining A thin seam highwall mining machine has a cutter head for mining coal from a seam while advancing forwardly into a mined hole, a power head anchored to a bench at the surface, and multisection pushbeam extending therebetween housing a conveyor therein. Th... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4909378 | Mechanical handling apparatus Mechanical handling apparatus for moving a load over a support surface comprises an endless powered conveyor device which extends substantially over at least part of the length of the support and is trained round guides or pulleys rotatable about substant... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4782940 | Captivated block and strap link chain A flexible track (10) is held captive in an armoured face conveyor and comprises a plurality of blocks (14) arranged in longitudinally spaced relation with a pair of links (15) at opposed transverse sides of each adjacent two blocks interconnecting said b... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4739875 | Coal planing chain and feed device A coal plane guiding device has plane guiding profiles with an upper and a lower chain channel for a planing chain and they are provided with intake gates disposed at both ends of the plane guidance system for the entry of the planing chain. For this purp... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4718542 | Fixing of attachments to the side walls of the pans of scraper-chain conveyors To facilitate the fixing of attachments to the side walls of scraper-chain conveyors upstanding recesses are provided in the side walls in upper regions where the upper flanges merge with the side walls. The recesses, which can be milled, open from the up... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4658952 | Scraper-chain conveyor channel section A scraper-chain conveyor channel section comprises a pair of side walls and a floor plate extending between the side walls and connecting the side walls together. Each of the side walls has upper, lower and intermediate inwardly-extending flanges. The flo... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4607890 | Guides for mineral mining machines A mineral mining machine guide is composed of individual sections joined end-to-end alongside the pans of a scraper-chain conveyor. Each guide section has a side wall component and a web plate component with spacers therebetween dividing upper and lower c... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4484677 | Scraper-chain conveyors A scraper-chain conveyor has channel sections or pans arranged end-to-end along which a scraper-chain assembly is circulated. Each pan is composed of side walls with a floor plate therebetween. Pockets are provided on the exterior of at least one of the s... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4432448 | Conveyor trough for a scraper chain conveyor A conveyor trough for a scraper chain conveyor comprises a sheet metal bracket which is adapted to be secured to one side of the side wall of the conveyor trough, namely the waste side. The sheet metal bracket has an outwardly bent cover leg. An attached ... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4422542 | Scraper-chain conveyors A scraper-chain conveyor has channel-sections or pans arranged end-to-end along which a scraper-chain assembly is circulated. Each pan is composed of rolled side walls with a floor plate welded therebetween. The side walls are reinforced by upper and lowe... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4391471 | Guides for mineral mining machines A guide for mineral winning machines is composed of assemblies secured to the mineral face side of a conveyor. The assemblies have angle plates secured to the side walls of the conveyor pans and structures, integral or otherwise, which provide spacers at ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4281759 | Conveyors A scraper chain conveyor with conveyor pans defining a bend round which flight bars are guided in the general plane of the conveyor is provided at the outside of the bend with an auxiliary conveying unit comprising two spaced apart sprockets rotatable abo... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4269304 | Scraper chain conveyor assembly A scraper chain conveyor assembly comprises a plurality of trough sections arranged in end-to-end relationship and a bracket side section extending along each trough section. Each bracket side section includes a hollowed sectional part and a mining machin... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4256345 | Scraper chain conveyor with rack for the chainless feed of winning machines A chain conveyor section of a longwall conveying device for underground mining of a longwall using a winning machine riding on the conveying device comprising a trough member defining a trough adapted to receive a scraper chain therein the trough member h... | 03/17/1981 |
