Rack assembly

US4515410A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Gewerkschaft Eisenhutte Westfalia GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Trumper · Werne, DE
• Gunther-Dietmar Schoop · Ottmarsbocholt, DE
• Fritz Borgschulte · Bergkamen, DE
• Friedrich Krummnack · Grafenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 1983
• Grant date: May 7, 1985
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21C29/02
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A rack assembly for a mine winning machine drive arrangement is described. The rack assembly is associated with a longwall conveyor along which a mine winning machine is movable by the drive arrangement. The rack assembly is constituted by a plurality of rack sections and a plurality of support members for connecting the rack sections to the longwall conveyor. Each of the rack sections has a respective downwardly-extending coupling pin at each end thereof, each of the coupling pins extending through an elongate slot in a respective support member with a predetermined amount of play. Each of the coupling pins is provided with a retaining member for preventing that coupling pin from moving out of the associated slot. The rack assembly is such that the rack sections of each adjacent pair of rack sections are relatively pivotable in vertical and horizontal directions, and are relatively movable to a predetermined extent in the longitudinal direction of the rack assembly.