Abstract: A cable sling for support and stabilization employing a series of tensioned cable slings in position for actively supporting the mine roof or geologic formation by imposing restraint on the geologic mass at blocking points with the tensioned cables which assert restraints thereon, and wherein the cable slings have anchors adjacent the respective ends which contact the geologic mass for establishing substantial continuous anchorage along the cable sling length engaged with the geologic mass through frictional loading along the length of the anchors, and including auxiliary cementitious and mechanical anchors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 22, 1979
Date of Patent:
May 5, 1981
Assignee:
Midcontinent Specialties Manufacturing, Inc.