Spray system for dust control on a mining machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9810067
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14926155

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A spray system for dust control on a shearer machine that operates laterally with respect to a mining floor surface is provided where the spray system is provided with a set of first ranging arm sprays mounted on a first ranging arm and wherein said first ranging arm is located on a first end of a shearer machine chassis. A set of second ranging arm sprays is optionally provided and is mounted on the upper side of the first ranging arm and resides approximate to and in operational relationship to the set of first ranging arm sprays. Furthermore, a plurality of chassis spray sets may also be optionally provided and are located on a mining side of said shearer machine chassis and reside in a non-linear format. Moreover, a set of shearer-clearer venturi arm sprays may also optionally be provided and is mounted on a shearer-clearer venturi arm that resides as an angular extension of the set of first shearer-clearer arm sprays.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY900 S NORMAL AVENUE CARBONDALE IL 62901

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  • 2015 Application Filing Year
  • E21F Class
  • 70 Applications Filed
  • 52 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 74.29 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chugh, Yoginder P Murphysboro, US 8 172
Gurley, Harrold G Carterville, US 1 1
Pulliam, John W Benton, US 1 1

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