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US 2008/0240868 A1Published application
Mine support having a linearly moveable and/or pivoting end plate
AssigneeFCI Holdings Delaware, Inc.
InventorsWallace Bolton, Demrey G. Brandon, Ben Mirabile, John G. Oldsen, John C. Stankus, Rodney Poland
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Abstract
A mine support yieldable prop includes a threaded shaft rotatably mounted in an end of the prop to move into and out of the prop end to move a bearing plate toward or away from a mine roof, and/or a bearing plate pivotally mounted to the end of the prop to level the prop with uneven mine roofs.
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A yieldable prop comprising:
- a) at least one conduit having a first end and an opposite second end, and a hollow portion extending from the first end toward the second end, and
- b) a bearing plate assembly comprising:
- 1) a support member;
- 2) a threaded shaft having a first end and an opposite second end with the first end of the threaded shaft mounted to the support member, and
- 3) a body having a first side and an opposite second side with the first side of the body supported on the first end of the at least one conduit, the body having a threaded passageway to receive the threaded shaft with the second end of the threaded shaft in the first end of the at least one hollow conduit, wherein rotating the body in a first direction moves the support member to increase spaced distance between the support member and the first side of the body, and rotating the body in a second opposite direction moves the support member to decrease the spaced distance between the support member and the first side of the body.
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A yieldable prop comprising:
- a) at least one conduit having a first end and an opposite second end, and
- b) a moveable bearing plate assembly mounted on the first end of the at least one conduit, the moveable bearing plate comprising:
- 1) a support member having a convex surface, a concave opposite surface and a center hole;
- 2) a plate member having a bowl-shaped center portion with the convex surface of the plate member supported on the concave surface of the support member, and with the bowl-shaped center portion having a center hole, and
- 3) a shaft having a retaining end, the shaft the receiving end passing through the center hole of the support member and the plate member with headed first end of the headed shaft engaging portions of the concave surface of the bowl-shaped center portion of the plate member and with the opposite second end of the shaft fixed to the first end of the at least one prop, wherein the center portion of the plate member is captured in the concave surface of the support member and is free to rotate in the X. Y and Z axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.