Swanson Industries, Inc.

Christopher Scott Larew

Naveen Koka

A fluid driven cylinder having an integrated fluid channel. The fluid driven cylinder including an extended bar with a first surface continuously contacting the hydraulic cylinder barrel and a hydraulic fluid passage extending into a fluid chamber of the cylinder formed inside the extended bar.

External fluid bar for fluid driven cylinder

A longwall mining shield base lift method. The method includes removing an old wear pad and installing a new wear pad.

Mining shield base lift methods

A wear pad for a longwall mining shield base lift. The wear pad includes at least one spanner hole for rotating the wear pad with a lever, at least one threaded retaining hole, and a retaining bolt threaded through the retaining hole until it contacts a cylinder rod to which the wear pad is to be attached.

Mining shield base lift wear pad

A longwall mining shield base lift. The base lift includes a hydraulic cylinder having an apparatus for coupling the hydraulic cylinder to the longwall mining shield, a cylinder rod having a first end extending into the hydraulic cylinder and a second end for extending toward ground beneath the longwall mining shield, the second end being threaded axially, and a threaded wear pad threaded onto the cylinder rod. The wear pad includes a plurality of spanner holes for rotating the wear pad with a lever, at least one threaded retaining hole extending axially through the wear pad, and a retaining bolt threaded through the retaining hole until it contacts the cylinder rod.

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Newburg, WV, United States of America

Christopher Scott Larew