Abstract: A plate and scraper chain conveyor trough is disclosed for mining operations. Each conveyor trough which has opposite lateral sidewalls is provided with reinforcing plates which are welded to the sidewalls. Each reinforcing plate has a socket member at one end and a ball member at the other end. The ball member is adapted to engage a socket member of a plate in an adjacent trough to enable the conveyor length made up of a plurality of troughs to withstand increased pull from a scraper chain which is pulled with increased power.

Abstract: A transfer station from a longwall chain conveyor to a drift chain conveyor have upper and lower reaches which cross alternately. The upper belt section of the longwall conveyor comprises a scraper over the upper belt section of the drift conveyor. The working face side of the longwall conveyor has a plane guide for a coal plane and a plane chain which at least at the drift-side end of the longwall conveyor is guided via guide wheels to a gob-side drive unit. These two drift-side guide wheels are arranged with a vertical spacing from each other in the lower belt section of the longwall conveyor such that they form between them a passage for the chain belt and for the tappets of the longwall conveyor attached thereto. The drift-side guide wheels are arranged so close to the drift conveyor that in its drift-side and position the coal plane can transfer the won coal directly into the drift conveyor. In all, an especially compact plane chain deflection integrated into the longwall conveyor is realized.

Abstract: A driver for a chain conveyor which is adapted to run in a conveyor trough which has side guide walls comprises a driver arm portion having outer side edges which terminate in a polygonal pin portion which tapers inwardly in lateral and longitudinal directions toward its outer end. A guide shoe has an inner side face with a recess into which the pin portion of the arm extend and the guide shoe is pivotally supported on the arm pin portion by a pin or sleeve element. The guide shoe includes an inwardly extending nose portion which rides between side edges of a U-shaped recess of the arm portion. Surfaces of the nose portion and the U-shaped recess of the arm defining recesses and stops for limiting the pivotal movement of the shoe.

Abstract: A conveyor trough particularly for scraper chain conveyors comprises a plurality of transversely extending interconnected plates with adjacent plates having abutting edges with alternately arranged projecting tongues and recesses which define a hinge connection between the longitudinally adjacent plates. The plates are advantageously substantially flat and include tongue formations formed by recesses made either on the top or the bottom of the plate for selectively defining underlying or overlying tongues.

Abstract: A conveyor trough for a scraper chain conveyor comprises a sheet metal bracket which is adapted to be secured to one side of the side wall of the conveyor trough, namely the waste side. The sheet metal bracket has an outwardly bent cover leg. An attached bracket is secured to the inside surface of the metal bracket on the side facing the conveyor trough and it is made of a resiliently bending material which projects upwardly from the cover leg and has a loop forming bend at its top forming the upper edge thereof and an outwardly extending stabilizing leg which is propped against the cover leg of the metal bracket. The stabilizing leg is advantageously bent back toward the vertical, so that intermediate its height it forms a bend which engages over a sectional strip to hold the strip between it and the vertical interior leg portion of the resiliently bending metal bracket.

Abstract: A planar drive mechanism comprises a sprocket wheel for a planar chain and a drive shaft for rotating the sprocket wheel. The sprocket wheel has a secondary rim portion for driving the chain and the drive shaft has a primary rim. A clutch mechanism is connected between the primary and secondary rims which comprises a circular groove of trapazoidal cross section formed in the secondary rim which receives a plurality of friction segments connected to the primary rim. Each friction segment is carried by a coupling bolt which is slidably mounted in radially extending bores in the primary rim aligned with the circular groove. The coupling bolts and friction heads while functioning as a unit can be made of two separate materials, the coupling bolt made of material to give it strength and the friction segments made of material to give it wear resistance.

Abstract: A planer assembly is disclosed for winning minerals from a mineral face comprising, a planer guide member, at least two planers slidably engaged on the guide member for movement in a travel direction along the face, a hinge interconnecting the two planers for transferring rotational moment applied to the planers and a planer tool holder mounted on each planer which carries a tool. The planer tool holder is positionable at an angle to make a cut of a selected depth with the depth increasing from planer to planer in a direction opposite the travel direction.

Abstract: Hauling and cutting equipment includes a conveyor trough having a longitudinal side wall on each side with a support rail structure on at least one side having a chain guide groove therealong through which a endless link chain extends. A cutting machine overlies the trough and is guide on the rail structure and includes a drive on one side with a sprocket or chain wheel which has teeth which engage in horizontally disposed links of the link chain. The space between the teeth accommodates the vertically disposed links of the chain. The link chain comprises long horizontal links and short vertical links which are shorter than the horizontal links. The clear division of the vertical links correspond to the double link diameter of the horizontal links except for a mall clearance for movement play. The engagement division of the chain wheel is matched to the length of the vertical links.

Abstract: A coal planer control device for a coal planer connected to a longwall conveyor having a waste side comprising, a bracket connected to the conveyor, a skid rest pivotally mounted to the bracket for pivotal movement against a mine floor to raise the bracket and tilt the coal planer at a selected angle to a longwall of a coal mine. A lifting mechanism is connected between the bracket and rest for pivotally moving the rest with respect to the bracket and a locking mechanism is connected between the bracket and rest for fixing the position to which the rest was moved by the lifting mechanism. The bracket and rest are pivotally connected to each other substantially along the entire length thereof and both extend substantially along the entire length of the longwall conveyor.

Abstract: 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 chain for moving the planer body. The upper channel is open toward the coal face. The planer guide includes an upper guide rail embraced by a guide claw connected to the planer body. The guide claw has a portion extending into the upper chain channel. The upper guide rail has a vertical track surface and the planer guide has a horizontal track surface spaced from the vertical track surface on an opposite side of the open upper chain channel. Horizontally and vertically mounted rollers are provided in the guide claw for riding against the vertically and horizontally extending track surfaces.

Abstract: A trench hewing tool assembly comprises a cutting blade holder having a shank receiving opening and at least one retaining recess, a cutting blade having a shank disposed in the shank receiving opening, the shank having an inclined wall recess on one side thereof, and a cutting edge member connected to the cutting blade facing a hewing direction. A tapered clamping bolt is connected to the holder and spring loaded toward the blade shank to engage an inclined wall of the inclined wall recess to retain the blade in the holder. A projection is provided on the holder which is spaced from the cutting blade and a guard member has lateral legs which straddle the projection. The guard member includes at least one claw which is engaged on the retaining recess of the holder and has a locking groove in which is received the blade. The guard is held between the blade and the holder.

Abstract: A hauling and cutting assembly of the type having a conveyor trough and a scraper chain conveyor bridging the conveyor trough includes a roller member radially mounted for rotation on the end of a bearing pin which supports a sprocket wheel and a guide member operatively connected to the conveyor trough overlaps the roller member to provide radial support therefor.

Abstract: A roll crusher for crushing lumpy material particularly coal and other minerals comprises a conveyor trough having a trough bottom with a plurality of longitudinally extending laterally spaced chains trained to run over the trough bottom and move through a path from beneath a crushing roller of the roll crusher. The crushing roller is rotatably mounted above the trough bottom and has a rotatable shaft portion with a plurality of radially extending axially spaced and angularly offset striker portions along its length. A plurality of pushers extend laterally between and interconnect adjacent strands so as to form a chain mat type structure of the conveyor which moves along the trough beneath the crusher roll. The chains are spaced laterally apart by spacing comprising a clearance selected to be equal to or less than the maximum grain size to be formed in the material by the crusher.

Abstract: A device for the homogenization of material to be crushed particularly for crushing coal to uniform grain size comprises a first conveyor for feeding the material to be crushed which has an upper section and a lower section which extends downwardly away from and below the upper section. A coarse material conveyor overlies the lower section and is disposed at the level of the upper section and between it and the upper section there is a grading device which permits deflection of the fine material so that it is fed downwardly with the lower section and the transfer of the coarse material over the lower section onto a perforated crusher plate. A crushing roll is disposed above the crusher plate in a position to crush the coarse material which is fed thereon to a side operable to the material carried by the lower section and to deposit this material onto the lower section by passage through the openings of the crusher plate.

Abstract: A conveying trough for use in a coal mining seam which has a coal winning sidewall with a waste sidewall, disposed opposite to the coal winning sidewall, which comprises, a guide plate adapted to be secured to the waste sidewall and a base frame adapted to be adjacent the winning sidewall. A gantry-like cutter spans the space between the waste side wall and the winning sidewall and has one side with a track wheel with a running surface associated with the guide plate. An angle bar has a first substantially horizontal fixing leg portion secured to the base frame and also has an upright guide leg portion affixed to the fixing leg portion. The tracking bar is carried by the cutter and has an edge in cooperative engagement with the guide leg portion. The tracking bar and the guide leg portions have substantially vertical slide surfaces which cooperatively interengage during the running of the cutter.

Abstract: A conveying trough for chain scraper conveyors, comprises a plurality of trough sections for the conveyance of the material each having side walls including a guide plate which has a portion adjacent an end thereof with a recess forming a pocket on the interior side of the guide plate. The guide plate has at least one projection extending into the pocket and a link plate is disposed in the pockets of adjacent plates and has eyelets into which the respective projections extend with a clearance between the guide plates and the link plate. A locking plate is arranged to overlie the link plate. Each guide plate is provided with a guide rail at its top which forms a surface defining a trackway for a wheel of a cutter or similar machine which runs over the conveying trough. The cutter has a hold-down member which engages beneath an inwardly extending claw portion of the guide rail and it has a slide surface which engages with a similar slide surface on the underside of the claw portion.

Abstract: A conveyor chute for chain scraper conveyors, comprises, a plurality of chute sections joined together with a clearance therebetween for free motion. Each of the sections includes a guide plank having a reinforcing plate portion adjacent a respective end thereof and a pin extending outwardly from the reinforcing section. A common connecting plate interconnects the separate sections and it has spaced apart eye openings therethrough into which a respective pin segment extends. The plates have a web between adjacent pins of adjacent sections and the eye openings and the segments are spaced to provide the clearance therebetween. Each guide plank comprises an auger thread plank for coal which is made of a box-like section construction. Each box-like section has an exterior wall covering the pin segments and an inner wall spaced from the exterior wall forming a locking pocket therewith, which receives the locking or connecting plate.

Abstract: A conveyor chute for chain scraper conveyors which are adapted to overlie a floor of a mining seam, comprises, at least one chute section which has laterally spaced apart upright sidewalls located on a filling and forehead side of the conveyor. The bottom plate extends between the sidewalls and divides the chute section into upper and lower stringers. A forehead side of the chute has a chute foot which has a lower portion which extends laterally outwardly from its wall and has a male hinge portion on its inside face which engages with a female hinge portion which is attached to a baseplate which extends between the two sidewalls and rests on the mining seam floor. The opposite side of the baseplate may be fastened to the opposite sidewall either directly by use of an extension plate and fastening elements or with an intermediate shim therebetween.

Abstract: A scraper chain conveyor assembly comprises a plurality of trough sections arranged in end-to-end relationship and a bracket side section extending along each trough section. Each bracket side section includes a hollowed sectional part and a mining machine embraces the sectional part and has a sprocket wheel which engages through an elongated slot defined in the sectional part. A round link chain extends through the hollowed sectional part and has respective crossing links held by the sectional part in link-crossing orientation so that one of the crossing links is oriented for engagement by the sprocket wheel engaging through the slot.

Abstract: 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 the drift. A cycloid is positioned between the drift and the longwall conveyors and provides a connection transfer therebetween. A plurality of plane guiding profiles are disposed along the long wall and they provide means for the passage of chains of a chain drive which includes a drive motor and transmission and sprocket located on the side of the drift conveyor.