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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2019
Jack Kennedy Metal Products & Buildings, Inc., Taylorville, IL (US);
William R. Kennedy, Taylorville, IL (US);
John M. Kennedy, Taylorville, IL (US);
Jack Kennedy Metal Products & Buildings, Inc., Taylorville, IL (US);
Abstract
A jack for installing a mine stopping panel includes an extendible post and a press for extending the extendible post. The press can have a lever movable between an actuated position and a non-actuated position and operative to extend the post as it moves toward the actuated position and retract the post as it moves toward the non-actuated position. A yieldable biaser yields when the post is extended to extend the mine stopping panel and the mine stopping panel engages a mine surface with sufficient force to crush a stopping seal and anchor the stopping panel. The press can comprise an over-center toggle linkage.