Title: Loader, especially bucket loader for underground mining

Abstract: A loader, especially a bucket loader for underground use in mining operations, comprising a rear car carrying the propulsion unit including the hydraulic pump and the driver's station, and a front car coupled to the rear car by a hinge joint and carrying the bucket and the hydraulic system for operating same. The rear car is formed by a chassis stiffly joined to the rear axle, which chassis has a stiff bulkhead serving for the mounting of the motor and transmission assembly. The motor and transmission assembly is disposed on a secondary frame which has also a bulkhead that can be fastened to the bulkhead of the chassis, from which on both sides of the motor and transmission assembly longitudinal girders project, between which the motor and transmission group is mounted.

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Inventors: Schopf, Jorg (Stuttgart, DE, US)

Application Number: 902079
Filing Date: 1978-05-02
Publication_date: 1980-09-23
Assignee: Schopf Maschinebau GmbH (Stuttgart, DE)
Primary Class(es): 180/291 180/311, 248/671
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US Patent Ref:

2549191	Apr, 1951	Gregoire	180/64.
3806149	Apr, 1974	Huszar	180/64.
3815701	Jun, 1974	Mayhew	180/69.
3826388	Jul, 1974	Oldenburg	414/697.
3866781	Feb, 1975	Stedman et al.	180/54.
3885643	May, 1975	Goodbary	296/190.
4018473	Apr, 1977	Chalupsky	296/190.

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Primary Examiner: Love, John J.
Assistant Examiner: Underwood, D. W.
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