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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2000
Rodney Miller, Virgie, KY (US);
Other;
Abstract
The air filtration device for use with a roof drill has an air intake block attached to a vertical support abutting the mine roof lateral to the drill hole. A flexible hose attached to a dust filter and a vacuum source for filtering and collecting dust from the air before exhausting the air to the atmosphere is connected to the air intake block. The air intake block has a plurality of holes defined in at least one face of the block for the intake of dust laden air and an air passage within the block in communication with the vacuum source provided by the flexible hose. The holes defined in the air intake block may be covered by screens to prevent the entrance of large particles into the air intake block. The air intake block is disposed to provide sufficient suction lateral to the longitudinal axis of the drill steel in order to remove fine particles of quartz and dust from the air adjacent the entrance of the drill hole.