Abstract: The present invention discloses an embedded scraper rotation angle detection device for a scraper conveyor and a detection method. The detection device includes two extensible detection devices, two signal detection units and a remote processing unit. The two extensible detection devices and the two signal detection units are disposed at two ends of a scraper respectively. The signal detection units detect movement displacements of the extensible detection devices in real time and send out signals through wireless transmission modules, the wireless transmission modules and a wireless receiving module are used for data transmission, and a signal display processing module is used to calculate a rotation angle value of the scraper in real time, output and display the rotation angle value simultaneously, compare the rotation angle value measured in real time with a set safety threshold, and send out an alarm indication when the rotation angle value exceeds the safety threshold.

Abstract: An earth working machine (10), for example a road milling machine (10), recycler, stabilizer, or surface miner, having a propelling unit (22) and a machine frame (12); the earth working machine (10) comprising a working apparatus (32) for earth working; and an operator's platform (24), having an operator's platform floor (64) and having at least one operating device (26), being provided on the machine frame (12); the earth working machine (10) comprising a protective canopy (44) liftable and lowerable relative to the operator's platform floor (64) between a lifted operating position and a lowered transport position; the earth working machine (10) comprising a panel arrangement (46) having an upper edge (46a) located closer to the protective canopy (44), having a lower edge (46b) located farther from the protective canopy (44) at a distance from the upper edge (46a), and having two side edges (46c, 46d) spanning the distance between the upper And the lower edge (46a, 46b); the panel arrangement (46) being conn

Abstract: A fluid spray for an underground roof support includes a first housing portion, a spray outlet, a second housing portion formed integrally with the first housing portion, and a service port. The first housing portion includes an elongated shaft having a first end, a second end, and a first fluid passage extending between the first end and the second end. The spray outlet is positioned adjacent the second end of the shaft. The second housing portion is positioned adjacent the first end of the shaft. The second housing portion includes at least one port and a second fluid passage between the at least one port and the first fluid passage. The service port is aligned with the first fluid passage, and the service port is selectively opened to provide access to the first fluid passage from the first end of the first housing portion.

Abstract: Methods and equipment have been developed that combine the use of continuous miners, flexible conveyor trains, and longwall mining techniques to provide flexible and efficient removal of resources from subterranean formations. Some systems for use in a mining operation include: a continuous miner configured to cut material from a face; a plurality of powered roof supports positioned along the face; and a guidance system operable to receive a location signal based on relative location of the continuous miner along the face and to send a control signal to the plurality of powered roof supports positioned along the face.

Abstract: Methods and equipment have been developed that combine the use of continuous miners, flexible conveyor trains, and longwall mining techniques to provide flexible and efficient removal of resources from subterranean formations. Some mining operations use a powered roof support comprising: a canopy configured to directly contacts a roof of a mine; a base configured to rest on a floor of the mine, the base comprising a spill plate and a push cylinder with a maximum stroke greater than 11 feet; and a pair of hydraulic legs attaching the canopy to the base.

Abstract: In a supporting device (2) for an advance working or mining machine (1), including support props (3) and at least one roof bar (4), the roof bar(s) (4), on their sides facing away from the support props (3), include(s) a plurality of support cylinders (5) with support stops, which can be separately braced against the roof.

Abstract: A shield support frame is constructed from main shoes (5) on the ground, hydraulic props (6) and a main canopy (7) borne by them and a gob shield (8) borne on guide links (10). On the face side, there is a front cantilever (24) linked so as to be adjustable in height from the main canopy (7), on which a sliding canopy (25) is guided so as to be able to slide in the direction of the face. On the ground, an adjustable baseplate (21) is arranged at a distance in front of the main shoes (5) and connected via a horizontal joint axle (22) to the extending part of the shifting gear (3). Front assembly props (23) mounted on the adjustable baseplate (21) support the sliding canopy (25). The tip of the plate of the adjustable baseplate (21) is lifted from the ground during forward movement.

Abstract: A sliding stabilizer is a machine for supporting the roof in the working zone of a mine. A sliding stabilizer operates in tandem with a mining roof support machine. A sliding stabilizer is capable of supporting the mine roof independently of the roof support machine. A sliding stabilizer has a peak roof covering, a flexible sheet that extends toward the roof covering of a support machine, and a rotating retractable leg. The retractable leg rotates from the mineral seam to inside the roof covering of a support machine. The retractable leg propels the peak into the working zone of the shearer. A sliding stabilizer supports a previously insupportable roof.

Abstract: A travelling steel form system includes a three-dimentional framework mechanism with multiple faces crossing and coupling with one another. A set of form panels are fixed to the outer side of the framework mechanism on more than two faces thereof, and are capable of connecting to one another to form a predetermined shape and disconnect from one another to change the shape following expanding and retracting movement of the framework mechanism. A driving device is vertically or horizontally retractably mounted on the front end and or rear end of the framework mechanism for driving the latter to perform movements of expanding the outer diameter or reducing the outer diameter. The system is particularly suited for use in concrete placing work in civil engineering constructions.

Abstract: The mobile stope support apparatus comprises a number of individual units (10) which are interconnected by hydraulic cylinders (12). Each of the units (10) has a series of upright, double-acting legs (20). The legs (20) have independent bases of rounded shape and they are pivoted to an overhead canopy (22) which can be raised and lowered by appropriate actuation of the legs. Each unit also has a fore-and-aft hydraulic cylinder (34) which is connected to a common rail (37), the cylinder (34) being pivotable, by the action of a cylinder (36) in an upright plane to raise and lower the rail. By appropriate sequential operation of the various cylinders, the units can be advanced in turn to advance the whole apparatus. In addition, by appropriate operation of the cylinder (36), the front legs (20) can be lifted off the footwall to facilitate movement of the unit over a rough or uneven footwall.

Abstract: A self-advancing mine roof support comprising a floor engaging base 11, a roof engaging canopy 12, hydraulic jacks 19a, 19b to urge the base and canopy apart, and a linkage system located towards the rear of the support. The linkage system comprises an inclined shield member 22 pivotally connected to the canopy 12, and at least two links 23, 24 interconnecting the shield and the base. The jacks 19a, 19b, are located substantially halfway along the length of the base and extend substantially vertically from the base. There is a hydraulic jack 18 operable between the roof engaging canopy 12 and the linkage system to effectively counterbalance the projection on the canopy 12 which extends forwardly of the jacks 19a, 19b.

Abstract: A roof cap assembly of a roof support mechanism includes a main cap having extension bearing portions at its front end, a forward cap which is pivotally attached at its rear end to the extension bearing portions of the main cap, and two supporting cylinders connected between the main cap and the forward cap at spaced apart locations across their widths and so as not to extend therebelow. The supporting cylinders include a housing containing twin pistons and an adjustable pressure transmitter is provided for each supporting cylinder and is constructed to increase the pressure in the pressure chambers therein when the pressure of the pressure medium supplied thereto exceeds a minimum set value.

Abstract: A mine roof support has a slidable extension at the front end of an auxiliary roof cap pivoted for swinging up and down on a main cap. To prevent the extension from being extended when the angle of inclination of the auxiliary cap is too high an insulative cylindrical block is fitted to say the auxiliary cap to partially rotate as the auxiliary cap pivots. A flattened region on the block supports a metallic plate and indexes as the auxiliary cap pivots. A resiliently-mounted proximity switch on the main cap senses the presence of the plate and produces a signal to prevent the extension from being extended.

Abstract: An adustable cap unit for a mine support frame including a main cap, an adjustable cap connected to the main cap with a hinge-type connection, an adjusting cylinder mechanism extending within the widths of the main cap and the adjustable cap, and a guide for guiding a portion of the adjusting cylinder mechanism in a restrictive manner. The adjusting cylinder mechanism is provided either in the main cap or in the adjustable cap and an end portion of the adjusting cylinder mechanism is hinged to a bearing member provided at the bottom edges of the main cap or the adjustable cap adjacent the hinge-type connection. The adjustable cap unit can be used in extremely small seam thicknesses of as little as approximately 500 mm, while the contact pressure available at the front end of the adjustable cap is sufficient.

Abstract: A hydraulic control arrangement comprises a first hydraulic ram, a second hydraulic ram, and a hydraulic control circuit associated with the first and second hydraulic rams. Each of the hydraulic rams has a cylinder, a piston reciprocable within the cylinder, and a piston rod fixed to the piston. Each of the hydraulic rams has a cylindrical working chamber and an annular working chamber positioned on opposite sides of its piston. The piston rod of each hydraulic ram constitutes the cylinder of a respective metering ram, a respective metering piston being reciprocable within the cylinder of each metering ram to define a metering chamber therewithin. The hydraulic control circuit includes a line, which interconnects the two metering chambers, and a hydraulic valve positioned in a hydraulic fluid supply line leading to the cylindrical working chamber of the second hydraulic ram.

Abstract: A roof support, suitable for use in mines, includes a roof-engageable canopy which comprises a main portion and an extension portion having a pivotal connection to the main portion. Actuator means is carried by the main portion. A wedge member, which is operable by the actuator means, is disposed between, and is engageable with, the main portion and a part of the extension portion projecting substantially beyond the said pivotal connection towards the actuator means. The wedge member is adapted arcuately to be movable by the actuator means and such arcuate movement effects tilting of the extension portion with respect to said main portion.

Abstract: A roof support, suitable for use in mines, includes a floor-engaging structure, extendible and contractible prop means carried by that structure, and a roof-engageable canopy supported by the prop means. The canopy comprises a main portion and an extension portion, each of which includes a plate member the upper face of which is engageable with the roof. Fastening means, which are provided for rigidly connecting the extension portion and the main portion together, include at least one connecting member adapted to lie within the thickness of the plate members, or substantially so.

Abstract: A roof support suitable for use in mines comprises a main roof-supporting structure, a cantilever carried by the structure, an actuator and a link member through the intermediary of which the actuator is connected to one end portion of the cantilever for moving the cantilever between retracted and extended positions. The end portion of the cantilever has projections which come into engagement with an abutment when, upon advancing movement of the actuator, the cantilever reaches its fully extended position. The abutment and projections are so shaped that when they are in engagement they form pivot means about which the cantilever can be tilted. The link member is so formed and so connected to the cantilever that upon further advancing movement of the actuator the cantilever is caused to tilt about the pivot means into a roof-supporting position.

Abstract: A roof support, suitable for use in mines, includes a roof-engageable canopy comprising a main portion and an extension portion pivotally-connected to the main portion. Actuator means is carried by the main portion and arranged to effect sliding movement of a wedge member. This member has a wedging face which is co-operable with a complementary face formed on a part of the extension portion which projects substantially beyond the pivotal connection of the extension portion to the main portion and in the direction towards the actuator means. The sliding movement of the wedge member effects tilting of the extension portion with respect to the main portion.

Abstract: A mine roof support includes a roof-engageable beam which comprises a main portion and a further portion which forms an extension of the main portion. The further portion is hinged to the main portion by a pin-less knuckle joint. The further portion includes a part which projects beyond the knuckle joint and beneath the underside of the main portion with which it is engageable to limit pivotal movement of the further portion about the joint. Retaining means provide security of connection of the further portion to the main portion. Means are provided either beneath the main portion or beneath the further portion which are operative upon the further portion for tilting it about the knuckle joint.

Abstract: A self-advancing support, suitable for use in mines, includes a cantilever which is extendible and retractable with respect to a main portion of the support, and a sprag which is so mounted on said cantilever as to be extendible and retractable with respect thereto. Means are provided for advancing the support with respect to a mineral face and further means are provided for ensuring that during advance of the support the sprag is maintained in an extended, mineral-face-engaging, condition while the main portion is moved with respect to the cantilever in the direction towards the face, thereby reducing cantilever extension.

Abstract: A support for the roof in longwall mining operations includes a gob canopy at the rear of a roof canopy. The gob canopy can move about a vertical pivot and a horizontal pivot by operation of a hydraulic actuator. To stabilize the support, the gob canopy moves into or out of contact with the roof at the rear of the roof canopy. The actuators can move the gob canopy to the left or right side of the roof canopy about a vertical pivot so that a skeg member on the upper surface of the gob canopy drags along the mine roof for steering the roof support when it is advanced toward the mine face. Gaps between the gob canopies of side-by-side roof supports function in the manner of grizzly bars to permit recovery of small pieces of gob roof rock.

Abstract: A control line connects an annular space in an auxiliary hydraulic cylinder of an hydraulically-movable mine-roof support (the auxiliary cylinder being provided to advance a forward, auxiliary, roof-support canopy in the direction of the working face of a mine) to the displacement space of an hydraulic measuring cylinder which is longitudinally displaceable in a direction parallel to the hydraulic advancing cylinder in order to advance the auxiliary roof-support canopy, which is pivoted to the main roof-support canopy, in synchronism with the advancing cylinder mounted in the base of the mine-roof support and attached to an abutment on the working face side of the support. A control valve is connected to the control line and responds to the control line pressure in such a way that, when the pressure falls, it supplies pressurized fluid into the pressure space of the auxiliary cylinder to extend the piston rod thereof, and shuts off again when the pressure increases.

Abstract: A mine roof support has a main roof bar which is pivotably connected to an auxiliary forwardly-extendible bar. At least one piston and cylinder unit serves to swing the auxiliary bar about the main bar to bring the auxiliary bar into a roof-contacting position aligned with the main bar or into a stowed position beneath the main bar or into some intermediate position. One or more pivotable guide levers connect the auxiliary bar to the piston and cylinder unit. A guide member is also connected to the unit and slidably locates in longitudinal guideways formed in ribs or the like at the underside of the main roof bar.

Abstract: A mine roof support unit has a mechanism for adjusting the angular position of an auxiliary cap relative to a main cap, the auxiliary cap and the main cap forming the roof cap of the mine roof support unit. The auxiliary cap is connected to the main cap by a first pivot joint. The cap-positioning mechanism comprises a hydraulic ram and a lever acting between the main cap and the auxiliary cap. The auxiliary cap is provided with an extension arm projecting from the first pivot joint towards the main cap. One end portion of the lever is connected to the arm by a second pivot joint, and the other end of the lever is connected to a block attached to the piston rod of the ram by a third pivot joint. The cylinder of the ram is attached to the main cap.

Abstract: A roof support unit for a longwall mineral mining installation has a roof shield supported above a floor sill. A first hydraulic ram is provided for advancing the roof support unit. The roof shield is provided with a forward extension which is advanceable by means of a second hydraulic advance ram. A hydraulic control arrangement, which includes the two hydraulic advance rams is provided for controlling the advance of the roof shield extension in dependence upon the working stroke of the first hydraulic advance ram. The control arrangement is such that the amount of hydraulic fluid supplied to one of the pressure chambers of the second hydraulic advance ram is dependent upon the amount of hydraulic fluid expelled from one of the pressure chambers of the first hydraulic advance ram during the working stroke of the first hydraulic advance ram.

Abstract: A mine roof support has a main roof bar which is pivotably connected to an auxiliary forwardly-extendible bar. A piston and cylinder unit serves to swing the auxiliary bar about the main bar to bring the auxiliary bar into a roof-contacting position aligned with the main bar or into a stowed position beneath the main bar or into some intermediate position. Pivotable guide members connect between the main and auxiliary bars respectively and a pivot joint linked to the piston and cylinder unit. The guide members can take the form of simple straps or levers but an additional piston and cylinder unit can also be used as one of the guide members.

Abstract: A mining installation includes a mine roof support the base of which has a forward part on which is located an elevated track on which a mining machine can be supported for reciprocal movement. A conveyor is disposed beneath the cantilever track for the receipt of mined mineral, but does not bear any of the weight of the machine. The support element has utility supply conduits for use at any location along a mineral face. The installation can be used in thick seams working on the retreat principle and for seams of the order of 8 m can be provided with a rear section also having an elevated support track for supporting a machine capable of taking a substantial roof cut in the wake of the forward section.

Abstract: The roof-engaging assembly of a support frame for a mine roof comprises a main beam having a cantilever extension pivoted to the main beam by pins. In order to pivot the cantilever extension through an angle of about 180.degree.-200.degree. between a stowed position and an operative position, a link is pivoted at one point to the main beam and is pivoted at another point to one end of a double acting jack. The other end of the jack is pivoted to the main beam so that, by extending or retracting the jack, the link member pivots one way or the other. The cantilever extension has a pin which runs in a slot in the link member, the arrangement being such that pivoting of the link member by the jack produces pivoting of the cantilever extension through a much larger angle, e.g., double the angle.

Abstract: A support assembly for a mine working has a floor-sill structure for engaging on the floor of the working and a roof-engaging member or members braced by one or more props against the roof of the working. The floor-sill structure employs one or more slidable skids which can be selectively extended in length at the forward end by fitting an extension component of the same width thereto. The or each skid is recessed to receive rear projections of the associated extension component and securing means, such as spindles or shaped locking elements, are used to secure the extension component to the skid. When the extension component is removed, inserts are located in the recesses of the skid to fill the latter and these inserts can be likewise secured with the same securing means.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mine roof support assembly for use in winning mineral material from a mineral mining working having a mineral face. The assembly comprises three roof support units positioned side-by-side along the face, and a goaf shield common to the three units. Each of the roof support units has a roof shield supported on a floor sill. The goaf shield is adjustable in height so as to extend from the floor to the roof of the working. Advance means are provided for advancing the roof support units towards the face, and further advance means are provided for advancing the goaf shield to follow up the advance of the roof support units. The further advance means acts between the goaf shield and the roof support units, and is such as to advance the goaf shield by a distance greater than the distance through which the advance means advances the roof support units.

Abstract: A hydraulic, walking, roof-support frame comprising a vertically-movable, pivotable control lever pivotally connected at its lower end portion to a rigid inextensible rocker arm pivotally mounted on a floor runner or skid of the frame and guided at a distance therefrom by a second rocker arm disposed nearer the coal-face end of the frame and pivotally connected to the floor runner and to the control lever, the free or coal-face end of the control lever being pivotally connected to a roof bar or plate pivotably born by hydraulic vertically-adjustable props, in which the said second rocker arm is longitudinally adjustable and is so constructed that it can be held at a predetermined intermediate length between pivots at its ends to enable its length to be changed in either direction as a result of a thrust from the roof.

Abstract: An hydraulic walking roof-support frame for a coal mine has a roof support assembly comprising a main support and an auxiliary support pivotally connected to the main support for pivoting about a horizontal axis through an angle of 180.degree.. The auxiliary support is caused to pivot by a pair of hydraulically operated extensible and retractable jacks connected between the main support and the auxiliary support, the pivot points where the jacks are connected to the auxiliary support being angularly spaced apart relative to the axis of pivoting of the auxiliary support whereby when (during pivoting of the auxiliary support) one jack is in a "dead center" position the other jack can still pivot the auxiliary support permitting remote control thereof.

Abstract: A mine roof support embodying a roof engaging cover and a forepole. The cover is composed of a leading part and a trailing part relatively adjustable with respect to one another. A base member is provided with a plurality of hydraulic rams engagable with said cover for raising and lowering same. The forepole is capable of being extended and retracted with respect to the leading part of the cover.

Abstract: A mine roof support having a roof-engageable means which includes a roof-engageable pad connected to the remainder of the means by a lever or levers. Ram means is provided which is operative in a direction at right-angles to, or substantially at right-angles to, the fore-and-aft direction of the support to move the lever or levers to adjust the height of the pad with respect to the remainder of the roof-engageable means.