Underground mine equipment

Underground mine equipment for protecting supply cable and/or hose components to a mining machine adapted to traverse to and fro along a longwall face, comprising at least one flexible elongated member adapted at one end for connection to the machine so as to be hauled behind the machine as the machine traverses to and fro along the longwall face, and a plurality of elements threaded on and retainable in series along the elongated member to provide a corridor for at least one supply component, the corridor extending along the elongated member which in use, when the equipment is being hauled behind the machine, carries the resulting hauling forces, the elements including at least one aperture for receiving said flexible elongated member when said elements are threaded thereon, said at least one aperture formed in a wall of said element and having an unbroken interior wall structure, and means separate from said elongated member, which when the equipment is being hauled behind the machine retain the corridor closed to retain the supply component in position within the corridor but which when the equipment is not being hauled can be pivotally released to open the corridor to expose and permit access to the supply component.