# US 2018/0022580 A1 · Conveying system for open-cast mining > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0022580 A1 - Document ID: US20180022580A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/550,988 - Filed: 2016-01-14 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-16 - Assignees: Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG; thyssenkrupp AG - Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG; thyssenkrupp AG - Inventors: Franz Wolpers; Matthias Spanke; Benjamin Donner; Wei Ye - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180022580A1 ## CPC - B66B 19/00: Mining-hoist operation - B65G 17/126: {Bucket elevators} - B65G 17/20: comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains - B65G 67/08: using endless conveyors - B65G 67/24: Unloading land vehicles - B66C 21/00: Cable cranes, i.e. comprising hoisting devices running on aerial cable-ways (rope or cable drives for trolleys, combinations of such drives with hoisting gear B66C11/16; railway systems B61B; rope or cable winding mechanisms B66D1/00) - E21F 13/04: {Transport of mined material} in gravity inclines; in staple or inclined shafts - B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00) - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - B66C: CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES ({specially adapted for lifting invalids A61G7/10;} rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G21) - E21F: SAFETY DEVICES, TRANSPORT, FILLING-UP, RESCUE, VENTILATION, OR DRAINING IN OR OF MINES OR TUNNELS ## Abstract A conveying installation that is positionable over an oblique slope of an opencast mine pit may be used to convey raw materials from a lower height level on an extraction level of the opencast mine to an upper height level at a ground level adjacent to the opencast mine pit. At least one conveying container can be loaded with raw materials at the lower height level and unloaded at the upper height level. At least one bearing cable for load-bearing and control and one traction cable for moving the conveying container may be provided. At least at the upper height level, a support element may be disposed, to which the bearing cable is attached and on which the traction cable is guided. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-13. (canceled) ### Claim 14 A conveying installation for opencast mining, the conveying installation configured to be positioned over an oblique slope of an opencast mine pit, wherein the conveying installation conveys raw materials from a lower height level on an extraction level of the opencast mine to an upper height level at a ground level adjacent to the opencast mine pit, the conveying installation comprising: a conveying container configured to be loaded with raw materials at the lower height level and unloaded at the upper height level; a bearing cable for load-bearing and control and a traction cable for moving the conveying container; a support element disposed at the upper height level, wherein the bearing cable is attached to the support element and the traction cable is guided on the support element; a truck offloading station disposed at the lower height level, wherein the conveying container is configured to be guided to the truck offloading station such that the raw materials can be introduced from a truck, which can be driven to the truck offloading station, into the conveying container by way of a pouring process; and a raw material receiving station disposed at the upper height level, wherein the conveying container is configured to be guided over the raw material receiving station such that the raw materials can be unloaded from the conveying container into a raw material receiving means, wherein the conveying installation is configured to be incorporated into a truck transport operation for the raw materials. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The conveying installation of claim 14 wherein the raw material receiving station comprises a truck loading station, wherein the raw material receiving means comprises a truck. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The conveying installation of claim 14 wherein the raw material receiving station comprises at least one of a bunker station, a crusher station, or a belt installation station into which the raw materials are unloaded from the conveying container. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The conveying installation of claim 14 wherein the raw material receiving station is disposed at the upper height level adjacent to the support element. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The conveying installation of claim 14 further comprising a traveling carriage on which the conveying container is disposed in suspended fashion, wherein the traveling carriage is guided on the bearing cable, wherein the traction cable is attached to the traveling carriage. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The conveying installation of claim 14 further comprising at least one of: a mass-based anchor disposed at the upper height level, wherein the support element is braced to the mass-based anchor at the upper height level by a bracing tension means; or a mass-based anchor disposed at the lower height level, wherein a bracing tension means braces a lower support element to the mass-based anchor at the lower height level. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The conveying installation of claim 14 further comprising at the upper height level a drive unit into which the traction cable can be pulled and out of which the traction cable can be deployed, wherein the drive unit is disposed adjacent to the support element. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The conveying installation of claim 20 further comprising foundations disposed at the upper height level, wherein at least one of the support element, the drive unit, or the raw material receiving station is accommodated on the foundations. ### Claim 22 (depends on 14) The conveying installation of claim 14 wherein the support element is configured as a hinged support, for which purpose the support element is held by a hinged joint. ### Claim 23 (depends on 14) The conveying installation of claim 14 wherein the support element is disposed at the lower height level adjacent to the truck offloading station. ### Claim 24 (depends on 14) The conveying installation of claim 14 wherein the truck offloading station comprises a truck ramp such that a truck can in the truck offloading station be driven to a height above the conveying container. ### Claim 25 (depends on 14) The conveying installation of claim 14 wherein the conveying container is loadable from an upper container side in the truck offloading station, wherein the conveying container is unloadable from a lower container side in the raw material receiving station. ### Claim 26 (depends on 14) The conveying installation of claim 14 wherein the bearing cable is a first bearing cable and the conveying container is a first conveying container, the conveying installation further comprising a second bearing cable and a second conveying container, wherein the first and second baring cables run parallel to one another, wherein on each of the first and second bearing cables one of the conveying containers is received by a respectively-associated traveling carriage, wherein the traction cable connects the first and second conveying containers for shuttle operation of the first and second conveying containers.