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Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2015
Applicants:

Heintzmann Corporation, Cedar Bluff, VA (US);

Abc Industries, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);

Inventors:

Joseph P. Bower, Morgantown, WV (US);

John J. Breedlove, Cedar Bluff, VA (US);

Erik Denver, Keen Mountain, VA (US);

Steven S. Fleagle, Syracuse, IN (US);

Tyler Proffitt, Pounding Mill, VA (US);

Assignees:

FCI Holdings Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

ABC Industries, Inc., Winona Lake, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21D 15/00 (2006.01); E21F 7/00 (2006.01); E21F 1/14 (2006.01); E21F 17/107 (2006.01); E21D 11/00 (2006.01); E21D 11/04 (2006.01); E21D 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21F 7/00 (2013.01); E21D 11/003 (2013.01); E21D 11/04 (2013.01); E21D 13/00 (2013.01); E21F 1/14 (2013.01); E21F 17/107 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pumpable mine ventilation stopping wall structure comprised of a pumpable bag having spaced walls of generally parallel nonporous and flexible sheets with the sheets retained in spaced relationship with spaced flexible cross ties. The perimeter of the spaced walls may be closed off with a permeable mesh having a mesh size which will permit restricted flow of cementitious grout therethrough for sealing the wall structure to surrounding rough mine faces. The bag is provided with at least one grout fill port for filling the bag by pumping cementitious grout into the bag.


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