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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1976
Josef Welzel, Wuppertal, DT;
Hermann Hemscheidt Maschinenfabrik, Bornberg, DT;
Abstract
A mine roof-supporting arrangement comprising a series of assemblies each comprising a cross beam, three shield-type roof-supporting units, and a pair of rams, a center one of said three units being directly secured to the cross beam, and the other two (i.e. outer) units being secured to the cross beam via respective ones of said rams so that each outer unit may be aligned with or trail behind its corresponding center unit depending upon the position of its respective ram, wherein each assembly is arranged (in the normal roof-supporting position of the assemblies) with that one of its outer units which is adjacent a next trailing assembly being so disposed as to trail behind its corresponding center unit and the other outer unit whereby to protect from waste the adjacent outer unit of said next trailing assembly.