Apparatus for transmitting data
AssigneeGullick Dobson Limited
InventorColin G. M. Merriman
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Abstract
Apparatus for transmitting data relating to a mining machine in a longwall mining operation, comprising a data collection device mountable on a mining machine for collecting data relating to the machine, a data transmission device also mountable on the mining machine for transmitting the data in the form of a remote signal, and a plurality of receiving devices each mountable on one of a plurality of mine roof supports past which the machine is arranged to travel. The apparatus also includes a data conveying device for conveying the data away from the mine roof supports.
Claims16
Apparatus for transmitting data relating to a mining machine in a longwall mining operation, said apparatus comprising:
- data collection means mountable on a mining machine for collecting data relating to the machine;
- data transmission means also mountable on the mining machine for transmitting the data in the form of a remote signal;
- a plurality of data receiving means for receiving the data, each said receiving means being mountable on one of a plurality of mine roof supports past which the machine is arranged to travel;
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- data conveying means for conveying the data away from said mine roof supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.