A rail system suspended from the roof of a mine for transport of one or more loads within the mine, comprising: a plurality of spaced apart upper support trolleys secured to anchor points along the roof of the mine, the support trolleys having rollers; at least one rail suspended from the upper support trolleys and being formed by a number of rail sections connected end on end to one another; and a plurality of spaced apart lower support trolleys for supporting the load from the rail, the lower support trolleys being suspended from the rail and arranged to move along the rail on rollers of the lower support trolleys, and the rail being selectively moveable along the rollers of the upper and the lower support trolleys.
A Suspended Rail System
2015-05-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61B RAILWAY SYSTEMS , Eisenbahnanlagen / B66D Haspeln , CAPSTANS / E01B PERMANENT WAY , Gleisoberbau / E21F Sicherheitsvorrichtungen, Förderung, Auffüllen oder Bergversatz, Rettungswesen, Bewetterung oder Entwässerung in oder von Gruben oder Tunnels , SAFETY DEVICES, TRANSPORT, FILLING-UP, RESCUE, VENTILATION, OR DRAINAGE IN OR OF MINES OR TUNNELS |
Traveling mechanism of suspended rail trolley and suspended rail traffic system
European Patent Office | 2021
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