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Shield supports suitable for use in mines

US4607986A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 19, 1984
Grant dateAug 26, 1986
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21D23/0427
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A shield support, suitable for use in mines, comprising a floor-engaging structure which includes two sledge or like elements disposed side-by-side and spaced apart one from the other, a roof-engageable canopy, a shield mounted for pivotal movement with respect to the canopy and extendable and contractible prop means, carried by said elements, which are operable to adjust the height of the canopy. A pivotal guide linkage for supporting the shield from said elements includes links which are so connected to those elements and to the shield that the elements are rigidly coupled together only through the intermediary of those links and the shield.

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