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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian T Whitten, Kingston, CA;
Pierre Veraart, Kingston, CA;
Andrew Kwasniewski, Kingston, CA;
Kurt Vollenwyder, Kingston, CA;
Assignee:
Inco Limited, Toronto, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180131 ; 104 93 ;
Abstract
An underground unmanned, trackless mine haulage vehicle and a system for guiding such a vehicle which includes a roof mounted guide rail, physical means to detect and calculate in real time variation in angle and distance of the center line of the vehicle from the ideal path of the guide rail and means on board the vehicle to provide and carry out steering commands to correct the position of the vehicle vis-a-vis the guide rail.