Chain guide for a driving chain of a mining machine
AssigneeBucyrus Europe GmbH
InventorsAdam Klabisch, Norbert Hesse, Gerhard Siepenkort, Klaus Duhnke, Diedrich Bettermann
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Abstract
A chain guide for a driving chain of a winning plow or the like, the chain guide being provided with a chain guide element which is arranged in spatial proximity to the sprockets at a driving or return station and is against the chain transversely to the direction of movement of the latter, provision is made according to the invention for the chain guide element to have at least one pressure roller which can be adjusted against the chain links of the driving chain, as a result of which the wear on the chain guide element is considerably reduced.
Claims17
1-14. (canceled)
A chain guide for a driving chain of a mining machine, in particular for a plow chain on a winning plow, having at least one of a driving and a return station arrangable on an end region of the mining machine, the at least one driving and return station having a sprocket for the driving chain, the chain guide comprising at least one chain guide element which is arranged in spatial proximity to the sprocket at the at least one station and being adjustable transversely to the direction of movement of the driving chain against at least one of a load strand and a return strand of the driving chain, the chain guide element having at least one pressure roller which is adjustable against the chain links of the driving chain.
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