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US 2024/0093607 A1Published application
Plug for a Void, System and Method
AssigneeStrata Products Worldwide, LLC
InventorJoshua Stephen Behling
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Abstract
A plug for a void in a mine to divert water having a rigid closed cell foam which fills the void. The rigid closed cell foam having a plurality of pipes disposed within the foam. The pipes distributed throughout the void. The pipes are positioned in the foam so the pipes are staggered in length vertically with respect to various heights in the void, and the pipes are positioned in the foam every 4′ to 6′ horizontally with respect to the void. Each pipe has a mixing stick. A method for diverting water from a void in a mine.
Claims8
A method for mining comprising the steps of:
- moving a shield support connected to a conveyor system below a void in a roof of a mine;
- positioning a plurality of pipes extending up from a false floor into the void with the false floor on the shield support;
- pumping product into the void through the pipes where the product expands when the product releases into the void;
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- curing the product to a rigid closed cell foam to form a plug in the void.
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