Shaft excavator

Working stage (1) for sinking a shaft and for installing equipment in vertical shafts in mining and tunnelling, being suspended from one or more ropes and having at least one working platform (2, 3, 4), with at least one height adjustable shaft excavator (5) positioned below the working stage (1) and used for unloading and/or transporting blasted broken material, wherein

• the working stage (1) having a longitudinal axis (7) in which is disposed a telescopic pipe (8, 9) with an inside pipe (9) and an outer pipe (8) having a lower end at which (12) is arranged a shaft excavator (5) and that while a shaft lining is being inserted on the working stage, the blasted broken material is loaded remotely and/or automatically into a bucket and extracted via the shaft excavator without manual intervention;
• wherein
• a console (15) for connecting the shaft excavator (5) is provided at the lower end (12) of the telescopic pipe (8, 9) or under a lowest working platform which is in a lower position in the shaft than any other working platform;
• wherein
• the console (15) is used to move and/or swivel the shaft excavator (5);
• and wherein
• the shaft excavator (5) is guided in a carriage (16) in the console (15).