Skip

A skip to be suspended in a mine shaft and comprising a body defining a normally downwardly extending storage chamber, a discharge opening defined by the body at a lower end region of the chamber, a door for closing the discharge opening, the door being openable to allow material to be discharged from the chamber, and a door operating mechanism including door operating members mounted at opposite sides of the body and connected to the door at least partly by flexible connectors, each of which is a cable connected to a respective member and to the door, the door operating members being lockable in a first position in which the members and connectors hold the door in its closed condition.

A skip to be suspended in a mine shaft and comprising a body defining a normally downwardly extending storage chamber, a discharge opening defined by the body at a lower end region of the chamber, a normally closed door openable to allow material to be discharged from the chamber through said opening, a door operating mechanism including door operating members mounted at opposite sides of the body for rotation about a common axis and also including connectors connecting the door directly or indirectly to the members, said connectors being attached to the door by a yoke having a central region movable connected to the door and end regions to which the connectors are attached so that the yoke compensates for uneven opening of the door, the door operating members being locatable in a first position in which the door is held in its closed condition and being movable to a second position in which the door is in its open condition, the connectors crossing said axis when the door moves between said conditions, the chamber being generally of a greater cross-sectional area at a level above the operating members than at the level of the members, and the body extending over the operating members.