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Apparatus for positioning supply connections into association with a mining extractor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6036274
An apparatus for positioning supply connections such as cables or connecting hoses into operative association with a mining extractor machine which is movable against a working space along a mining longwall by a longwall conveyor and in a mine between adjacent adits and to the stowage side comprises a connection winding and unwinding drum positionable in an adit and having a supply connection thereon which is unwindable from the drum guided to a supply connection conveyor which moves along the longwall with the extractor.
Assignee:
MAN Maschinenfabric Augsburg-Nurnberg Aktiengesellschaft (Germany, Federal Republic of)
Patent Number(s):
US 4483567
OSTI ID:
6036274
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English