FREIGHT-MAN TRANSPORTATION FACILITY Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: mining transportation facilities, particularly, means of freight delivery at mining enterprises. SUBSTANCE: freight-man transportation facility includes flight line with platform installed for motion with the help of winch. Facility flight line is made of single panline of drag conveyer with side guides inside which a train of freight-man cars is installed for traveling along flight line with the help of two winches. One of said winches is found at facility beginning, while the other, on facility opposite end. Bases of freight-man cars rest on metal scrapers interconnected by flexible connecting members, and rope is fastened from the first winch to beginning of freight-man cars, and from the second winch, to the last car for execution of car reciprocation over panline. Transportation facility has an anchoring system in the form of spring-loaded cover plates sliding over side guides and bottom of panline. Flexible connection is made in the form of chains. EFFECT: higher operating reliability of transportation facility due to its simplified design and high safety in loads delivery. 3 cl, 3 dwg