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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Stephen Felix, Cooperstown, PA (US);
Douglas Anderson, Cochranton, PA (US);
William Jubeck, Seneca, PA (US);
Stephen Felix, Cooperstown, PA (US);
Douglas Anderson, Cochranton, PA (US);
William Jubeck, Seneca, PA (US);
Joy MM Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrically powered mining vehicle including a frame rollingly supported on a surface for movement over the surface. An electric motor is coupled to the frame for proving power to the vehicle. A cable is electrically coupled to the electric motor for supplying electricity thereto and a cable management system is coupled to the frame and arranged to receive and payout the cable as the vehicle moves over the surface. A sheave bracket is coupled to the frame and arranged to direct the cable into the cable management system and includes a lower plate arranged substantially horizontally, a plurality of vertical rollers that are coupled to the lower plate and are arranged to guide the cable into the cable management system, and a horizontal roller that is coupled to the lower plate and arranged to elevate the cable above the lower plate.