Title: Sheltering apparatus for use in long wall mining

Abstract: A sheltering apparatus for use in the long wall face of mine wherein a plurality of plates are arranged in overlapping manner between a self-advancing support and an adjacent plate, and hung from wires whose ends are fixed to the supports through springs, and an air curtain is fixed at the front open portion of the support, whereby floating dust and falling dusty materials can be repelled from entering the inner space of the supports.

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Inventors: Nakajima, Shigeo (Tokyo, JP)
Tanaka, Masao (Tokyo, JP)
Takahashi, Ken (Tokyo, JP)
Kiyama, Nobuo (Yokohama, JP)
Kanno, Takao (Yokohama, JP)

Application Number: 915817
Filing Date: 1978-06-15
Publication_date: 1980-02-19
Assignee: Taiheiyo Engineering Inc. (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Class(es): 405/291 405/296
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US Patent Ref:

3702061	Nov, 1972	Kuhn et al.	405/296.
3848420	Nov, 1974	Allen et al.	405/293.
3916631	Nov, 1975	Agnew et al.	405/293.
4067618	Jan, 1978	Nakajima et al.	405/299.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Taylor, Dennis L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Morrison; Thomas R.