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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Yoginder P. Chugh, Murphysboro, IL (US);
Yoginder P. Chugh, Murphysboro, IL (US);
Abstract
This invention refers to innovative water sprays applications to significantly improve coal and quartz dust control around a continuous miner. Significant dust control is achieved through utilizing different types of sprays at locations on the top and sides of the miner chassis to create water curtains or shrouds of water around zones of high dust concentration and zones of high concentration dust transport. This is called 'multiple lines of defense' spray system (MLD.) This invention also provides a method of reducing dust around a continuous miner by configuring a spray system, located at the top or sides of the cutter boom, thereby improving control of respirable dust.