Patent · US Expired

Assembly for preventing the fall of dust and debris in a mine

US4003208A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 2, 1975
Grant dateJan 18, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 2, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12347
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An assembly for preventing the falling of dust and debris from the roof and from the break of a mine, particularly a coal mine. The assembly comprises a shield support structure having roof bars and a roof covering disposed between the roof of the mine and the roof bars. The roof covering includes a welded wire-netting sheet having longitudinal and transverse wires with a dust-tight web welded or fixed in between said longitudinal and transverse wires.

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