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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7641286 | Plough guide for a chain-pulled plough A plough guide trough for plough guides of chain-drawn coal ploughs, comprising two superposed chain guide ducts separated by an integrally cast sliding spacer member, with a top guide strip, a bottom guide beam and a bottom slideway for guiding the plough. The top ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7399039 | Baseplate plow guide section A baseplate plow guide section for guiding a baseplate plow. The baseplate plow guide section includes a guide element arranged on a packing side of a conveyor trough delimited by lateral profiles and a return trough delimited by trough profiles of a conveyor. The g... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7314253 | Plough for underground mining A coal plough for underground mining has a plough body that is guided along a plough guide. The plough body has at least one foot piece which receives a sliding skid. The sliding skid has at least one contact surface formed on its underside, which surface slides on ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7267223 | Belt conveyor with a supporting platform formed from a single sheet of metal A conveyor, primarily but not exclusively for use in the food industry, in which a conveyor belt (19) is supported on a belt platform (11) for movement relative thereto, and the belt platform (11) is formed as a unitary component from a single s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7188441 | Plow guide for a chain-pulled plow The subject matter of the present invention relates to a plow guide for a chain-pulled plow for use in underground mining operations, with plow guide troughs 20 and 50 having multiple parts and being connectable to one another by means of coupling elem... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6769742 | Clamped chain cover for longwall plough guide A plough guide for underground mining ploughs, with angle plates (5), whose extended arm (8) is fastened on the working face side to the conveyor pan (3) of a chain scraper conveyor and whose base arm (7) towards the face, supported on th... | 08/03/2004 |
| 5941154 | Guide shoe for a cutting machine The guide shoe according to the invention for cutting machines with a pintype drive has an insertion pocket in which a coupling piece engages from above, which coupling piece is arranged on a guide arm of the cutting machine and to which the guide shoe is... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5474365 | Apparatus for mining a seam, in particular of coal A mining apparatus that works a horizontally and longitudinally extending seam having a vertical face formed by an upper hanging wall and a lower foot wall has a longitudinal row of walking props extending along the face and each having a roof-engaging ca... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5184873 | Guides for mineral winning machines A plough guide which is composed of guide sections mounted on the working face side of the runs of channelling of a scraper chain conveyor. Toggle connections are provided on the abutting ends of the plough guide sections. Compartments accommodating the t... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5181766 | System for cutting and conveying coal and the like A long-wall mining apparatus has a conveyor trough extending longitudinally from a turnaround adjacent a longitudinal face from which material is to be cut, a pair of longitudinally extending and generally parallel rear guide rails extending along and fla... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5167438 | Guides for mineral winning ploughs A plough guide which is built onto the runs of channelling of a scraper chain conveyor, has angle plates which form a slide path for the plough and which are connected by their upwardly extending sides to the runs of channelling. Sliding spacers are provi... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5167437 | Mechanisms for drawing a chain into or through a channel of a chain guide A retraction mechanism for drawing a plough drive chain into a chain channel of a coal plough guide built onto the side of a scraper chain conveyor comprises a retraction slide which can be drawn through the chain channel and guided. The plough chain is c... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5139313 | Guides for mineral winning ploughs A plough guide is composed of sections built onto the runs of channelling of a scraper chain conveyor. Behind a covering comprising covering hoods pivotable on joints, there are chain guide channels for the plough chain separated by spacers. Underneath ea... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5088796 | Seam-mining apparatus A seam-mining apparatus has an excavating trough disposed ahead of a conveying trough and an endless chain passes over direction-change devices between these troughs. The excavating and/or conveying tools carried by the chain are articulated and formed wi... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4883322 | Mining and conveying apparatus The apparatus for removing stratified outcropped minerals and for transporting these minerals parallel to the mining face or breast comprises a digging portion and a conveyor portion as well as a chain conveyor guided positively in them with digging tools... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4715659 | Mineral mining installations A mineral mining installation employs a scraper-chain conveyor constructed from individual pans joined end-to-end and a plough having a drive plate running beneath the conveyor and on a skid bed formed as a sub-frame structure on the floor of the working.... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4458950 | Energy supply unit for winning machines pulled by a traction mechanism for mining operations A device for extending supply lines to winning machines in mining operations comprises a traction chain housing which includes a covered guide for a traction member such as an endless conveyor chain. The traction member rides in the housing and is prefera... | 07/10/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4366990 | Mechanism for guiding a coal planer on the trough of a scraper chain conveyor A device for guiding a coal planer having a planer body on a conveyor trough for planing a coal face, comprising, a shaped planer guide secured to a side of the trough facing the coal face having an upper and lower chain channel for receiving a moving cha... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4332421 | Coupling devices for connecting a mineral mining machine to a drive chain A coupling device for connecting a mineral mining machine, such as a plough, to a drive chain. The coupling device is intended to locate within a channel inside a slotted guide containing the drive chain. The device is composed of coaxial tubular members ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4286823 | Conveyor and guide assembly A conveyor and guide assembly comprises a conveyor and a plough guide attached to one side of the conveyor. The conveyor comprises a plurality of conveyor sections joined end-to-end, and the guide comprises a plurality of guide sections positioned end-to-... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4278294 | Guide-rail assembly for longwall mining apparatus A mining apparatus has a plurality of rail sections having longitudinally abutting rail-section ends each having a predetermined longitudinal rail-section length. These rail sections together form a longitudinally extending guide rail along which a cutter... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4272130 | Mineral mining installation A plough for winning material in a longwall working is formed with guide surfaces which co-operate with a guide provided at the face-side of a longwall conveyor. The plough is driven by means of a chain passing round a pair of sprockets positioned at the ... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4248482 | Curved conveyor section guide assembly A guide assembly for a curved conveyor section of a scraper-chain conveyor guides the scraper assembly from a first straight conveyor portion round the curved conveyor section to a second straight conveyor portion. This guiding is accomplished by a pair o... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4209199 | Mineral mining machines A mineral mining machine incorporates a guideway defining runs for a cutter chain which carries cutter picks. The guideway is movable as a whole and is formed with runs for the chain. The runs of the guideway are of generally L-shaped cross section, altho... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4189187 | Mineral mining planer having pivoted floor cutter carrier A mineral mining installation for winning material in a mineral mining working comprises a plough and a plough guide. The plough has a plough body movable along the plough guide, and the plough body is provided with a carrier for floor cutters. The carrie... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4159850 | Mineral mining installation with face end winning A mineral mining installation has a longwall conveyor provided with a guide at the face-side thereof. A drive frame is provided at each end of the conveyor, and a plough is movable along the guide to win material from the longwall face. The plough is driv... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4154479 | Hauling system for underground workings A hauling system for underground operations for use in an excavation between a longwall having a mining face and a drift comprises a longwall conveyor which is adapted to be positioned along the longwall and a drift conveyor adapted to be positioned along... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4143918 | Mining conveyor assemblies with control boxes on fence A mining conveyor assembly of the kind comprising a conveyor which, in the use of the assembly, extends alongside a mine face. The conveyor comprises an elongate wall connected to and upstanding from the conveyor on the goaf side thereof, and a fence stru... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4063782 | Long wall mining apparatus guide structure An elongated conveyor is adapted to extend along a mine face in an underground mine gallery. A mining machine, such as a coal planer or the like is reciprocably arranged in the space between the mine face and the conveyor and has a bottom plate sliding on... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4026603 | Mining installations A mineral mining installation employs a scraper-chain conveyor with separate channel sections each with a floor plate connected between sigma-shaped side walls arranged end-to-end and a scraper-chain assembly is circulated along the channel sections to tr... | 05/31/1977 |
