Patents by Inventor Lewis Robert Bower

Lewis Robert Bower has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4030308
    Abstract: A mine roof support comprises at least one pair of hydraulically extensible chock legs connected at upper ends in articulated manner between one or more roof beams of the support and connected at lower end in articulated manner to one or more base members of the support, a rigid yoke located at a position spaced from the base member(s) between and connecting either the pair of chock legs, the yoke containing between the chock legs a projecting pin secured in a bearing attached to the yoke, or one of the pairs of chock legs, the yoke containing two projecting pins each pin being secured in a bearing attached to the yoke, and the or each pin having a lateral base contained at one side between abutment surfaces secured to the base member(s) and at the other to one end of a load applying means, the other end of the load applying means being supported from the base member(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Fletcher Sutcliffe Wild Limited
    Inventors: Philip Dudley, Lewis Robert Bower, Malcolm Wake