Roof support for underground excavations such as coal mines
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Jan 12, 1993
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Sep 26, 1991
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Sep 26, 1990
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Abstract
A roof support for the ceilings of excavated spaces underground and particularly for supporting caving edges for pillar recovery in coal mines is described. The roof support has a roof bar connected to a base frame by hydraulically extendable props and by a lemniscate mechanism. The props are articulated to the base frame and to the roof bar. A link of the lemniscate mechanism has a predetermined bending point. Since this link fails when overloaded before the remainder of the apparatus, it is the only element that need be replaced when the apparatus is overloaded. Thus, the device may be economically repaired.
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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VOEST-ALPINE BERGTECHNIK GESELLSCHAFT M B H | 8740 ZELTWEG |
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- 1991 Application Filing Year
- E21D Class
- 71 Applications Filed
- 22 Patents Issued To-Date
- 30.99 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Lerchbaum, Karl | Fohnsdorf, AT | 7 | 28 |
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 28 | |||
Suessenbeck, Heinrich | Zeltweg, AT | 4 | 15 |
# of filed Patents : 4 Total Citations : 15 | |||
Zitz, Alfred | Zeltweg, AT | 51 | 419 |
# of filed Patents : 51 Total Citations : 419 |
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- 6 Citation Count
- E21D Class
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