Longwall mining installation having stable-hole plough

Patent · Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5863189

Hauschopp, A

A longwall mineral mining installation has a longwall conveyor, a plough guide attached to the face-side of the conveyor, and a main plough movable to and fro along the guide. A respective stable-hole plough is movable to and fro along portions of the plough guide adjacent to each end of the conveyor. Each stablehole plough is driven by means of a respective endless drive chain which passes round two end sprockets. One end sprocket of each stable-hole plough is positioned at the face-side of the conveyor part way therealong. The other end sprocket of each stable-hole plough is positioned at the adjacent end of the conveyor on the goaf-side thereof. Each drive chain passes round a direction-changing unit positioned at the adjacent end of the conveyor.

• Assignee: Gewerkschaft Eisenhutte Westfalia (Germany, Federal Republic Of)
• Patent Number(s): US 4279445
• OSTI ID: 5863189
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 18 Nov 1978, German, Federal Republic of (F.R. Germany)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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