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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1976
Ken Takahashi, Tokyo, JA;
Hideo Inoue, Tokyo, JA;
Taiheiyo Engineering Inc., Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
Equipment for remotely operating by transmitted signals self-advancing supports which are used with a shearer at a long-walled pit face in a coal mine comprises electromagnetic valves, one of which is connected to a hydraulic cylinder for lowering the roof plate of a self-advancing support and moving the support toward the pit face and the other of which is connected to another hydraulic cylinder for lifting the roof plate of the support, a signal converter and a receiver are connected through a cable to the electromagnetic valves including those of the other self-advancing supports in such a manner that each of the electromagnetic valves is specified through the matrix circuit system; and a portable transmitter is provided for transmitting operation signals to the receiver through the radio system.