DEVICE FOR INDIVIDUAL MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS IN UNDERGROUND MINE WORKINGS ALONG SUSPENDED MONORAIL ROAD Russian patent published in 2025 - IPC B61B3/02 B61B13/04 B61B13/10 E21F13/02 

FIELD: mining.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to mining, in particular, to transportation of people and cargoes along inclined and horizontal workings by individual cargo-and-passenger vehicles on the basis of electric drive using standard monorail tracks, and can be used for transportation of passengers and cargoes of not more than 100 kg. Device for individual movement of people and cargoes up to 100 kg in underground mine workings on suspended monorail, according to the invention, comprises a movable frame, to which on one side is attached a wheeled drive part with two wheels, which is installed on a suspended monorail road, first of the wheels is a motor-wheel, which is a motor and a brake at the same time, rigidly fixed with a second wheel, which eliminates swaying, serving together for movement along the suspended monorail, and the third wheel on the other side of the road, blocking the dismount of the first wheel. Device also comprises a suspension with a support for a passenger attached to the other side of the adjustable frame, a mechanical valve with a spring on the adjustable frame, intended for locking the wheel spacer, flexible connection of adjustable length to provide for the possibility of changing the distance between the suspension support and the drive part to ensure the installation/removal of the latter in conditions of the mine working height within limits of 2 to 4 m, wherein said suspension comprises accumulator, lower part with passenger support, designed with the possibility of being raised and lowered to the ground using a lifting/lowering drive, equipped in its lower part with a manual control panel connected by a wire to the motor-wheel.

EFFECT: increasing the mobility of people, reducing labour costs when transporting light loads in areas of mine workings equipped with a suspended monorail.

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