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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernd Steinkuhl, Lunen, DE;
Norbert Hesse, Bochum, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
299 34 ; 198517 ; 198520 ; 299 43 ; 474113 ;
Abstract
A plough box containing a chain wheel driving a chain to propel a chain used to move a plough is mounted for displacement alongside a machine frame at one end of a scraper-chain conveyor. To adjust the tension in the chain a motor is operated to drive a self-locking worm gearing which employs a worm wheel meshing with a rack fixed to the machine frame and extending in the direction of the chain.