Linepan and longwall mining machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8820849
APP PUB NO 20130313887A1
SERIAL NO

13480729

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A longwall mining machine and a linepan section, the linepan section may include a face-side rail, a gob-side rail opposite the face-side rail, and a conveyor pan between the face-side rail and the gob-side rail. The face-side rail may have a generally horizontal top surface at a top surface height and with a top surface width, an angled loading surface extending toward the mining face and the ground surface and arranged at an oblique angle relative to the top surface, the loading surface being at a loading height and with a loading surface width, the loading surface width being at least about 25 percent of the total width, and a material cavity defined in the face surface below the loading surface and recessed toward a gob-side.

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JOY GLOBAL UNDERGROUND MINING LLC40 PENNWOOD PLACE SUITE 100 WARRENDALE PA 15086

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jones, Adrian Malvern, GB 17 253
Vasey, Ron Powick, GB 1 3

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