CN105492724A

CN105492724A - Skip and crosshead

Info

Publication number: CN105492724A
Application number: CN201480048330.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗基·林恩·韦布; 弗雷德里克·克里斯托弗·德拉比奥
Original assignee: Technological Resources Pty Ltd
Current assignee: Technological Resources Pty Ltd
Priority date: 2013-08-23
Filing date: 2014-08-25
Publication date: 2016-04-13
Anticipated expiration: 2034-08-25
Also published as: RU2016107760A3; WO2015024069A1; DE112014003885T5; US20160208607A1; CL2016000391A1; RU2016107760A; US10385691B2; RU2669971C2; AU2014308561B2; CN105492724B; AU2014308561A1; CA2920864C; CA2920864A1

Abstract

A conveyance system for moving a conveyance along a mine shaft during shaft construction, comprising: a first guide section; a second guide section located along the mineshaft in series with the first guide section, the conveyance being movable along the first guide section; and a head section for receiving the conveyance, the head section cooperating with the first guide section to enable the conveyance to travel from the second guide section along the first guide section when received by the head section.

Description

Truck and cross head

priority

Require the priority of Australian Provisional Patent application number AU2013903212, the full content of this application is combined in this by reference.

Invention field

The present invention relates to and guide vehicle movement from bank to bank.The present invention especially but be not exclusively applied to and forming the vehicle guiding transporting material and personnel's up/down mine in mine process from the top of well to excavation regions, and the present invention can also be applied to other objects, such as delivery person and material up/down mine between the continuous side shoot differently descending depth of mine.

The invention still further relates to the mine shaft conveyance system for making vehicle raise in mine and/or reduce.

background of invention

Traditional sinking shaft operation is undertaken, so that from mine excavated material by probing and explosion.The material that digs out is removed by a slag-tapping system, dig out material and picked up by this slag-tapping system and leave in well-bucket (large cylindrical charging basket), these well-buckets are thus lifted to earth's surface at the derrick in conjunction with an elevator from mine to the hawser of downward-extension.

Use the sinking shaft of explosion and tapping process and build ore deposit method slow and discontinuous.In this context, " discontinuous " refers to that shaft building is carried out lentamente, and probing, explosion and each stage of slagging tap in circulation all sequentially carry out, and wherein minimal process completes concurrently.Such as, multiple time of slagging tap between the stage is tediously long, because after a stage of slagging tap completes, equipment of slagging tap removes from shaft bottom, drilling equipment is dropped to shaft bottom to get out wellhole, be then placed in wellhole, by all equipments by cartridge bag (charge) and remove from the bottom of mine, cause cartridge bag, and then the next one stage of slagging tap starts.

Recently, had and to creep into the mechanical digging technology used in industry in the civilian tunnel of level increase the proposal of cutting a hole the speed that can have of advancing into process by using to be similar to.International Patent Publication No. WO2011/000037A1 discloses a kind of like this proposal for cutting a hole mine, the rock wherein dug out by a boring machine is transported to and is in the Large Copacity vehicle of truck form, and these trucks are raised by the Hoisting System being installed in mine and reduced.After completing sinking shaft operation, this Hoisting System and truck can be run subsequently to transport the material dug out in the production mining phase process of mine age.

Be combined in by reference at full content in the equipment disclosed in this WO2011/000037A1, the truck of each loading or other vehicle must be advanced downwards along mine and be passed a working platform or " Galloway (Galloway stage) ".Change controlling and/or guide the demand of the system of the movement of respective transfer instrument to move through the different sections (such as, move through Galloway contrast and move to Galloway from mine) of a mine along with this vehicle.The invention provides a kind of one or more system met in these changes of system requirements aspect.

Term " truck " refers in particular to a kind of vehicle for the material of exploitation being taken to mine.Truck manufactures for vertical and inclined shaft two kinds of wells with different size and design, and comprises bottom door dump vehicle generally.

Truck and " charging basket " are different in following scope:

A) truck is self-tipping type;

B) character of truck makes them be suitable for using in producing well and never using in shaft building/sinking shaft before making the present invention;

C) in course of normal operation, truck is attached in ropes always; And

D) do not need can stick-up (namely can be extremely grow and very thin) on the bottom of mine for truck.

" charging basket " and " well-bucket " cylindrical transport instrument typically, for transporting the shot rock from shaft bottom in shaft building (cut a hole into) operating process.

When comparing with truck, charging basket:

A) need manually to dump

B) must unload in the one mode of tumbling

C) detachable hook via the suspended chain (or bale packing part) (minimum 3 to maintain stability) for this charging basket top place is attached to ropes

D) must be combined with providing in the wellbore guiding cross head (on the table side)

E) below well guidance system or in working platform and also have below working platform without guide (with regard to rotate and swing both with regard to)

F) regular in loading operation process and ropes disconnects (normally in order to load in shaft bottom)

G) must be circle and there is stable height and diameter ratio, and will unsupportedly stand on shaft bottom

H) a level and smooth external surface must be had and prevent swaying to allow charging basket to work together with projection guiding piece, and therefore can not have the guiding piece coupling be attached on their external surfaces.

Unless context is specified in addition, otherwise as used herein term " guiding piece " refers to the component that vehicle is advanced followed downwards along mine, and this component opposing or prevent the rotation of vehicle and vehicle relative to the transverse shifting of mine.This " guiding piece " does not provide the motive power or driving force that cause vehicle movement.

summary of the invention

The invention provides a kind of in shaft building process along the transportation system of mine movable vehicle, this transportation system comprises:

First guiding segments;

Second guiding segments, this second guiding segments is along this mine and this first guiding segments located in series, and this vehicle is moveable along this first guiding segments; And

A head section, this head section is for receiving this vehicle, and this head section and this first guiding segments cooperation, to make this vehicle can advance along this first guiding segments from this second guiding segments when being received by this head section.

This head section can comprise a receiving section, and in the process that this vehicle is advanced along this first guiding segments, this vehicle is received in this receiving section at least in part.

This head section can comprise a seat and connect (chairing) component, and in the process that this vehicle is advanced along this first guiding segments, this seat connection member is sat and is connected on this vehicle.

This seat connection member can adjoin with this vehicle.

This head section can be configured to be suspended on this vehicle in the process of this first guiding segments movement at this vehicle and this head section.

This head section can be configured to allow the ropes be attached on this vehicle to pass, and makes this vehicle increase and/or decline along this mine by this ropes.

This head section can be arranged to make this ropes can extend to this vehicle through this head section.

This transportation system can be arranged to make when this vehicle is advanced from this first guiding segments along this second guiding segments, and this head section is sat and is connected on a working platform.

This transportation system can be arranged to this head section is not advanced along this second guiding segments.

This mine can be substantially vertical.

This first guiding segments can be a variable-length guiding segments, and this second guiding segments can be a regular length guiding segments.

The rotation that this first guiding segments and this second guiding segments can retrain this vehicle is moved and swings movement.

This first guiding segments and this second guiding segments can prevent the rotation of this vehicle from moving and swinging movement substantially.

This transportation system can guide multiple vehicle simultaneously.

This first guiding segments and this second guiding segments can guide each in the plurality of vehicle.

Personnel and/or material can be transported to the one or more vehicle transporting institute's mined material in different one or more in these vehicle.

Invention further provides a kind of guidance system, this guidance system is used for guiding this vehicle when making a vehicle rise in a mine and/or decline in shaft building process, and this system comprises:

A middle part regular length guiding segments; And

A variable-length top guiding segments, this variable-length top guiding segments extends to adapt to the change of the distance between this central section and a upper area of this mine from this central section,

The rotation that wherein this guidance system retrains this vehicle is moved and swings movement.

These guiding pieces can be configured to allow this vehicle to be transitioned into another from a guiding segments.

This guidance system may further include a variable-length lower guide section, and this variable-length lower guide section extends to adapt to the change of the distance between this central section and a lower area of mine from this central section.

This lower guide section can be without the need to this top guiding segments corresponding elongation and/or receive short and tensile.

This lower guide section can be received short with the elongation of this top guiding segments.In fact, this top guiding segments can be with this central section move down and tensile.This lower guide section can become between well equipment to extend with one in this central section, and extends away from the movement of this central section with this one-tenth well equipment, and receives short with this central section towards the movement of this one-tenth well equipment.

In certain embodiments, this top guiding segments extends downwardly into a working platform from the top of well, and in this working platform, this top guiding segments and this central section are met.This central section is fixed on this working platform, and extends to this variable-length guidance system through this working platform.This lower guide section can extend to an one-tenth well equipment from this working platform, be formed with this well and extend and with this working platform (and this central section therewith) along this mine downwardly this one-tenth well equipment advance and receive short.

This top guiding segments and this central section can be met at a transitional region place, and this vehicle can comprise a head section and a base section, this transitional region is adapted to this head section of prevention and advances downwards, and allows this base section to continue to advance along this central section downwards simultaneously.

The present invention can be designed to use in a substantially vertical mine.

Present invention also offers a kind of mine shaft conveyance system, this mine shaft conveyance system comprises a guidance system as above, and a Hoisting System for making vehicle rise along this guidance system and/or decline.

The embodiment of native system can realize higher mine and cut a hole into speed together with the safer operation of vehicle along the length of this mine.

brief Description Of Drawings

In order to more fully the present invention can be explained, describe a specific embodiment in detail with reference to accompanying drawing, in the drawings:

Fig. 1 is the side schematic view of the mine boring machine adopting a guidance system according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the side perspective view of vehicle, and this vehicle comprises head section and base section, and this vehicle engages with the top guiding segments (platform rope) of this guidance system;

The side perspective view of the base section that Fig. 3 is Fig. 2 vehicle, engage with a central section or the working platform section (fixed guide) of guidance system;

The side perspective view of the head section that Fig. 4 is Fig. 2 vehicle, engage with the top guiding segments (platform rope) of guidance system;

Fig. 5 is the side schematic view of lower guide section (scalable guiding piece);

Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 shows the lateral view of a cross head or " rigging (bridle) ";

Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 shows the lateral view of a truck;

Figure 10 and Figure 11 shows the lateral view of a cross head or rigging, and one of them truck is received in wherein; And

Figure 12 is the side perspective view of a cross head or rigging;

Figure 13 comprises an attached cage of personnel's carrier or the side perspective view of vehicle; And

Figure 14 is the side perspective view of the cross head of Figure 12 when being received on the vehicle of Figure 13.

the detailed description of preferred embodiment

Tradition sinking shaft

Traditionally, sinking shaft process has used explosion and slag tapping method to deepen a mine.Drill the material located bottom a mine, settle explosive cartridge bag, bottom this mine of explosion, and institute's shot rock is loaded in a vehicle to be transported to well top.Finally, people and material be moved down into shaft bottom from well top Yan Jing and arrive operating position, such as working platform.

Charging basket-well-bucket

In traditional sinking shaft, well-bucket (large charging basket) has been used to come shipper and rock.Such vehicle is employed centuries.

In sinking shaft process, used well-bucket to there is many reasons traditionally.Place bottom a mine can be got out in order to make a vehicle (such as, a well-bucket) load, this vehicle should:

-be " top-open type ", to make it possible to by loading and unloading device, material be dropped into wherein;

-be " can move freely ", to make this vehicle can be positioned at desired position on bottom this mine.Owing to forming institute's shot rock of this mine and highly irregular typically bottom this mine.Therefore a vehicle that can move freely can stably be positioned at a position being suitable for filling by this loading and unloading device;

-be " cylindrical ", make the open top of this vehicle to be enterable with a kind of similar fashion like this, and no matter in this vehicle process of loading this vehicle be positioned at where relative to this loading bin; And

-" being connected in a ropes at its top place "-for make one to move freely cylindrical transport instrument lifting unique logic mode.

Significantly, charging basket and well-bucket (large charging basket) provide these characteristics, and are therefore the principal modes cutting a hole the vehicle used in/process of construction at mine.

The shortcoming of charging basket and well-bucket

Charging basket and well-bucket are freely-suspended, and can not by for allowing charging basket or the well-bucket mechanism be connected on a guiding piece to be attached to its external surface.A reason of this situation as above in the point (h) of background of the present invention provide.Once this cross head arrives Galloway (working platform), this charging basket freely dangles, be only flatly tied in this working platform but can rotate.Once this charging basket is below this working platform, it just can not bound level swing or.Rotate due to above situation, the hoisting velocity of this vehicle reduces in this working platform He below this working platform.

In addition, lack the guiding completely of this vehicle and this vehicle can not be guided generally completely to cause health and safety risk when shipper.This is because this vehicle is impossible with absolute aligning of such as one high tolerance through engineering approaches landing field.This causes the large dangerous gap squeezed folder point (pinchpoint) and must cross over when loading and unloading people.

In addition, make charging basket or well-bucket aim at discharge ramp etc. and safely this charging basket or well-bucket tumbled to unload institute's mined material the needing plenty of time.

Charging basket and the well-bucket mine that therefore slowed down is cut a hole into process, and is the basic reason of some the health and safety risks be associated with mobile human in well and material.

As a kind of part of innovation plan of health and safety making speed of shaft sinking double and improve sinking shaft miner, develop a kind of new sinking shaft system.This system utilizes disc milling cutter to make rock rupture to replace to drill and explosion rock.This system also adopts a material handling system, this material handling system utilize truck for transporting rock and for the cage of shipper and material to replace charging basket.

A kind of these disc milling cutters that use are embodied to make the mechanical digging system of rock rupture by the mine boring machine of a mine 10 or sinking machine 12 being arranged in Fig. 1.Machine 12 comprises an one-tenth well equipment, i.e. bit 14 and a working platform 16 for excavating mine 10, and on this working platform, concrete lining and well service facility are installed in the excavation of personnel and well concurrently.Describe this mine boring machine in WO2011/000037, one of them to rotate on lower end that bit is installed in a mainframe and the multiple disc milling cutters be equipped with for excavating rock.What this bit produced cuts out thing by the discharging/loading depot be upwards sent in this working platform, and is transferred to truck so that gug is to well top.

The challenge that truck will overcome is used in process of construction

Based on producing the truck used in exploitation, inventor is having realized that if truck can be used to transport by some way and unload material in sinking shaft, and so sinking shaft speed is by much larger than the situation utilizing charging basket.In addition, if an alternative charging basket shipper and material can be used to independent of these truck movements independent cage in this well, so will be safer and more effective.These two possibilities all need to overcome identical challenge, comprise and provide complete vehicle to guide across multiple guidance system always, the wherein system of these guidance systems in conjunction with regular length and the system of flexible length.

In the embodiment illustrated in fig. 1, bit 14 and working platform 16 also will be descending at different time.Therefore working platform 16 will change relative to the height of the bottom of mine 10.In addition, due to security reason, truck travel across this working platform by along these guiding pieces desirably fixing.

Due to these reasons, more than the guidance system of a type-in other words, a variable-length guiding piece of this working platform must be extended to from this mine and extend through a fixed guide of this working platform.

In the embodiment illustrated in fig. 1, the variable-length guidance system that of the gap of leap between the bottom of working platform and this bit or shaft bottom other is needed.

The shortcoming of this type systematic is that truck is not easy transition between dissimilar guiding piece.

Although truck can use in process use the campaign in the ore deposit of single type guide wherein, truck still can not work traditionally in the construction period process in ore deposit.A reason of this situation is that truck needs to guide completely always.Therefore and be not suitable for the application that wherein there is multiple guidance system truck.

Inventor recognizes, these shortcomings are the important factor in order of the understanding for a long time that truck is unsuitable for using in construction period process.

System of the present invention

In order to guide the movement of the vehicle embodied by truck 18 at present, mine 10 is equipped with a mine shaft conveyance system 100, and this mine shaft conveyance system comprises a guidance system 20 as discussed below and a Hoisting System 102 for making truck 18 rise along guidance system 20 and/or decline.

Hoisting System 102 is attached on the top of truck 18 with a kind of known way, and is applied in mine 10 and controllably makes truck 18 increase and decline necessary power.

Guidance system 20 guides the movement of truck 18, to guarantee that such as this truck is not freely rotating along in mine 10 uplink/downlink process.These trucks 18 are advanced along guidance system 20 or are run to guide truck 18 to advance (that is, rise and/or decline) in mine 10.

As shown in fig. 1, guidance system 20 extends downwardly into bit 14 along the length of mine 10.Guidance system 20 can be divided into 3 sections:

1. one first or " top " guiding segments 24,

2. one second, " bottom " or " working platform " guiding segments 22, and

3. one the 3rd or " excavation regions " guiding segments 26.

These guiding segments 24,22,26 in series extend to an excavation regions 29 from mine 10 upper area 28, and in this excavation regions, material is excavated to deepen mine 10 from mine 10.

In order to accelerate the construction period in ore deposit, desirably need not provide and extending (that is, adding in growth process at mine) separate payment for transport point mined material and conveying people and/or equipment.Therefore, if use with for the identical system of transport point mined material by personnel and material delivery to this working platform, this is useful.

O top guiding segments 24

Top guiding segments 24 extends the change of the distance adapted between working platform guiding segments 22 and a upper area 28 of mine 10 from working platform guiding segments 22.Therefore, truck 18 can be advanced as illustrated in fig. 1 along top guiding segments 24 between well top (such as, an overhead loading/discharge region) and working platform 16.Will be appreciated that upper area 28 will not be ground level, and will be lower than ground level for staple shaft application.

Along with mine 10 extends, increase from upper area 28 to the distance of working platform 16.Therefore, increase like the distance-like of working platform guiding segments 22 from upper area 28.

Change so top guiding segments 24 has variable-length with this type of adapting to distance between upper area 28 and working platform guiding segments 22.May wish similarly to make working platform 16 increase, and therefore, except or to substitute be tensile, top guiding segments 24 can be received short.

As shown in Figure 2, top guiding segments 24 comprises a pair platform rope 30, and this upwards extends the stack shell of platform rope along mine 10.Should be understood that, any amount of rope or substituting guiding device can be used as desired, and these ropes can be made up of any suitable material (typically steel).Such as, top guiding segments 24 can form wire rope or hawser, winding steel pipe or coil pipe, steel band, chain etc.Inside can be wrapped in or be wrapped in any other outside elongated shaped materials or structure can be used as top guiding segments 24.

In a preferred embodiment, top guiding segments 24 comprises multipair platform rope 30, makes it possible to side by side along the multiple vehicle of this aboveground lower guiding.In such an embodiment, top guiding segments 24 comprise 3 to or 4 pairs of platform ropes 30, thus to allow simultaneously along this aboveground lower guiding 3 to 4 vehicle.

With further reference to Fig. 1, these platform ropes 30 are received on sheave or hawser dish 34, and these sheaves or hawser dish unwinding make these platform ropes 30 extend and receive short with being wound around.Therefore top guiding segments 24 is tensile and can receives short.These sheaves 34 are installed in a headframe 36, and this headframe extends on the open upper end of mine 10.These ropes 30 are therefore downward directly to downward-extension from these sheaves 34 along mine 10.

These sheaves 34 make these platform ropes 30 maintain enough tension force, to guarantee that vehicle 18 along top guiding segments 24 uplink/downlink and then can not obviously can rotate or lateral shift.In other words, these platform ropes 30 maintain orientation and the position of this vehicle at vehicle 18 along help during mine 10 uplink/downlink.In certain embodiments, although be tensile and can receive short, these platform ropes 30 in practice because making working platform 16 and/or other equipments suspend by under being in enough tension force, make them will form the component of rigidity substantially relative to any power applied to these platform ropes 30 by truck 18.

The opposite ends of these platform ropes 30 is connected on the top of working platform 16 by any suitable hawser bracing wire or other devices (such as, tubular rivet, change).These platform ropes 30 can be alternately wound around by the sheave be installed on working platform 16.In alternative arrangement, first (top) guiding segments 24 can extend in working platform 16, makes working platform 16 from one compared with low spot or be even folded down from the bottom of working platform 16 like this.This type of changes all are intended to the part forming this disclosure.

In addition, these platform ropes 30 can be directly connected in working platform guiding segments 22.But platform rope 30 of the present invention is connected on working platform 16, and as shown in fig. 1, working platform section 22 extends along path that is parallel but not conllinear.This is because different guiding devices, i.e. sleeve pipe 32 and conduit 40, be preferred guiding device for using together with dissimilar guiding piece, namely dissimilar guiding piece is these wire rope of top guiding segments 24 or the fixed guide 38 of platform rope 30 and working platform guiding segments 22 accordingly.

O working platform guiding segments 22

As mentioned above, the length of top guiding segments 24 is desirably flexibly, to make this top guiding segments can extend along with the extension of mine 10.By contrast, the length of working platform 16 is relatively-stationary, and therefore this flexibility (that is, be tensile/can receive short) is dispensable for working platform guiding segments 22.

Additionally, when vehicle 18 be arranged in working platform 16, from unloading personnel vehicle 18 and material time, desirably the load/unload point place of vehicle 18 in working platform 16 is as one man orientation.Due to this reason, working platform guiding segments 22 is rigidity and is fixing in position relative to working platform 16.Therefore, truck 18 and cage are stopped in the consistent position in working platform guiding segments 22 with can having consistent known orientation, to make it possible to fast and to be effectively loaded into by rock in this truck and to make personnel and equipment can safely from this cage out.

As shown in Figure 3, these working platform guiding segments 22 comprise the multiple fixed guides 38 be attached to rigidly with different interval on working platform 16.These trapped orbits 38 slide in conduit 40 (discussing about Fig. 8 and Fig. 9), make truck 18 can be advanced through working platform 16 like this.

These conduits 40 must be that side is open, can slip over multiple connector (not shown) between these fixed guide 38 and working platform 16 to make truck 18.

Desirably guarantee that truck 18 was installed to safely in working platform guiding segments 22 before the end of top guiding segments 24 is left in its transition.Therefore, these fixed guides 38 at these platform ropes 30 (namely, top guiding segments 24) and working platform 16 between connector above extend short distance, make when vehicle 18 is received in head section 18 ' like this, before these platform ropes 30 stop the guiding to this head section, these fixed guides 38 guide truck 18 just to start.

Via head section 18 ', the guiding of truck 18 and direct the overlapping a little of guiding by these fixed guides 38 pairs of trucks 18 are also guaranteed that the orientation of truck 18 is controlled always by these platform ropes 30.

O excavation regions guiding segments 26

Although the part of the embodiment shown in excavation regions guiding segments 26 pie graph 1, but should be understood that, such guiding segments 26 can be dispensable, and can provide top guiding segments 24 and bottom or working platform guiding segments 22 and asynchronously provide excavation regions guiding segments 26.

Similarly, excavation regions guiding segments 26 desirably may be provided and asynchronously supply top guiding segments 24 and working platform guiding segments 22.

Excavation regions guiding segments 26 is tensile and can receives short, to adapt to the movement relative to working platform 16 of the movement of working platform 16 or parts (such as, bit 14).In other words, the excavation regions guiding segments 26 of Fig. 1 also forms a variable-length guiding segments.

Along with bit 14 moves away from working platform 16, excavation regions guiding segments 26 is extended.Similarly, along with working platform 16 moves towards bit 14, excavation regions guiding segments 26 is received short.

It may be crucial that working platform 16 and bit 14 can be advanced for suitably forming mine 10 at different time.Excavated in the process of mine 10 by bit 14, the personnel in working platform 16 add lining cutting for mine 10.Therefore, although working platform 16 keeps static, bit 14 will advance.For this reason, excavation regions guiding segments 26 has variable-length, and is tensile, and without the need to making working platform guiding segments 22 correspondingly extend and/or receiving short.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, bit 14 can advance 10.5m and then stop to cut, now, working platform 16 advances 10.5m downwards towards bit 14 10 times along mine, and can start to add lining cutting to the next 10.5m section of mine 10 in working platform 16.Therefore, along with the propelling of bit 14, excavation regions guiding segments 26 is extended, make working platform 16 can to remain in appropriate location like this until installed concrete component (set) and/or service facility (such as, pipeline, circuit etc.), and along with the propelling of working platform 16, excavation regions guiding segments 26 is received short.

On the contrary, excavation regions guiding segments 26 is received short along with the elongation of top guiding segments 24.This is because the elongation of top guiding segments 24 causes working platform 16 to decline towards bit 14.It should be noted that top guiding segments 24 is extended along with working platform 16 and moving down of working platform guiding segments 22.

Excavation regions guiding segments 26 comprises a scalable directing assembly, and it comprises multiple scalable guiding piece, such as scalable guiding piece 44 as shown in Figure 5.Scalable guiding piece 44 guarantees to exist all the time the guiding pieces extended along the whole distances between working platform 16 and bit 14, makes a vehicle can be directed between which like this, even if it is also like this that this distance changes.Due to the confined space and the key property of equipment between working platform 16 and bit 14 and wherein, so when advancing along variable-length lower guide section 26, the rotation of this vehicle is undesirable.Therefore, multiple scalable guidance system is preferred, because their constraints are moved, even if it is also like this that the length of this guidance system changes along the rotation of a vehicle of this guidance system movement and transverse/horizontal.Except multiple scalable guiding piece, the guiding piece of other flexible length can be used in this section, such as rope etc.

In traditional sinking shaft operation, in tapping process, charging basket is used to take out institute's shot rock from a mine.Because charging basket is circular, with regard to rotation, there is not large problem.By contrast, the vehicle 18 shown in this can have another kind of shape, and such as they can have square or rectangular cross section, and therefore rotation is undesirable.For this reason, excavation regions guiding segments 26 can form a kind of system separating supply with above-mentioned whole guidance system 20 completely, and is designed to be assembled to an existing well system.This excavation regions guiding segments 26 (namely, variable-length guidance system) also will be used for guiding a vehicle along mine 10, and will extend from working platform 16, excavation regions guiding segments 26 be tensile maybe can receive short, to adapt to the change of the distance between working platform 16 and the lower area 42 of a mine 10.

Excavation regions guiding segments 26 as shown in Figure 5 extends to an one-tenth well equipment, such as bit 14, or extends on the direction of this one-tenth well equipment, and therefore extends becoming the change of the distance between well equipment along with working platform 16 with this or receive short.

The scalable guiding piece 44 of excavation regions guiding segments 26 comprises a upper rall 46 and a lower guide 48, and this lower guide is received in a lower end of upper rall 46 slidably.The lower end of fixed guide 38 is received in the upper end of upper rall 46.Along with the propelling of bit 14, lower guide 48 is stretched out from upper rall 46.On the contrary, along with working platform 16 advances towards bit 14, lower guide 48 is recovered in upper rall 46.

Because the larger guide rail in the guide rail of any two arranged concentric is by presenting an edge of these conduits 40 of vehicle 18 of may stumbling in the process raised or reduce (depending on that guide rail that diameter is larger is upper rall in the guide rail of these two arranged concentric or lower guide), so these conduits 40 open on their top and bottom.

Should be understood that, scalable directing assembly can comprise the guide rail of any amount of arranged concentric.Such as, scalable guiding piece 44 can only include single guide rail (such as, upper rall 46), and this single guide rail receives the fixed guide 34 be attached on working platform 16.Like this, fixed guide 34 and upper rall 46 will together with form a scalable guidance system 44.Similarly, lower guide 48 can be set size to be received in fixed guide 34, omits upper rall 46 thus.

It is to be further understood that, if at the connector of the lower end of fixed guide 38 without sufficient length between fixed guide 38 and working platform 16, upper rall 46 in fact upwards may be received short along fixed guide 38 when working platform 16 advances, and stretches out from fixed guide 38 when bit advances.

Therefore, guidance system 20 comprise upwards extend from working platform 16 a variable-length top guiding segments 24, between other guiding segments 24,26, be fixed to a regular length working platform guiding segments 22 working platform 16 and variable-length bottom (that is, an excavation regions) guiding segments 26 from working platform 16 towards the lower area of mine 10 to downward-extension.

O truck

Particularly advantageous by truck 18 (and as mentioned below 64) as vehicle, because truck can from top or side infill, from bottom discharge, such as, use arc-shaped door truck and be positioned at these trucks by by the corresponding breech lock of the position of discharging.Under contrast, charging basket must typically manually be reversed, and is therefore generally top-open type, to make material can drop out in discharge process.For this reason, charging basket has the chain hung on these sides usually, and this makes charging basket to load with such as one/and that emptying point is suitably aimed at is more difficult than the situation of always completely directed truck.Therefore truck is the safer and more effective alternative of the one of charging basket.

In order to make truck 18 can advance along these platform ropes 30, these platform ropes 30 are being arranged on operation in the multiple operation sleeve pipes 32 in the head section 18 ' (illustrating in figs. 2 and 3) receiving truck 18.Head section 18 ' guides the movement of truck 18 between the upper area 28 and working platform 16 of mine 10.

Although truck 18 can have any suitable configuration, in the present embodiment, this truck is represented by the configuration of utilization numeral 64 mark as shown in figs. 8 and 9.In other replacement schemes, truck 18 can comprise another device, such as one attached 18 " cage.For illustration purposes, this attached cage 18 " be shown as in fig. 2 and be received in a head section 18 ', and illustrated individually in figure 3.

As shown in Figure 2, head section 18'(will be referred to herein interchangeably as " cross head " or " rigging " hereinafter) receive attached cage 18 " and help along the top guiding segments 24 of guidance system 20 to guide attached cage 18 ".

Attached cage 18 " for transporting personnel's (in bottom cage 50), but also may be used for convey goods (air chimney 41 such as, as shown in the top cage 52 in Fig. 2).

In order to transition between top guiding segments 24 and working platform guiding segments 22, head section 18' and attached cage 18 " separate.For the ease of this separation, top guiding segments 24 and working platform guiding segments 22 are met at a transitional region (not shown) place, in this transitional region, and head section 18' and attached cage 18 " be separated.

This transitional region can form the terminating point of these platform ropes 30 simply, and is adapted to advancing of prevention head section 18' downwards, and allows attached 18 simultaneously " continue to advance downwards along working platform guiding segments 22.Cage

For this reason, it is also desirable that at head section 18' and attached cage 18 " on independent guiding device is provided.For this reason, multiple sleeve pipe 32 is arranged on so that along top guiding segments 24 guiding head section 18' on head section 18', and multiple passage 40 is arranged on attached cage 18 " upper to guide attached cage 18 along working platform guiding segments 22 after working platform 16 seat connects at head section 18' ".

Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 shows the lateral view of a head section 18'.Head section 18' comprises receiving section 54, head seat connects section 56, base portion is sat and connect section 58, conjugative component 60 and guiding elements 62.

In a embodiment the most basic, a kind of for comprising along the vehicle guidance system of mine movable vehicle or truck 18: a working platform guiding segments 22, wherein truck 18 (this truck can comprise attached cage 18 as shown in Figures 2 and 3 ", the vehicle of truck 64 as shown in figs or another kind of type) is moveable along working platform guiding segments 22; A top guiding segments 24, this top guiding segments is along mine 10 and working platform guiding segments 22 located in series; And a head section 18', this head section is for receiving vehicle 18.Head section 18' and top guiding segments 24 are cooperated, to make vehicle 64,18 " can advance along top guiding segments 24 from working platform guiding segments 22 when being received by head section 18'.Truck 18 comprises to be sat one that connection member (such as, head is sat and connect section 56) cooperates and sits connection member (such as, truck is sat and connect section 114) with one of head section 18'.Truck 64 or attached cage 18 " seat connection member (such as; truck is sat and connect section 114) adjoin with the seat connection member of head section 18' (such as; head is sat and connect section 56), be connected in head section 18 ' to make vehicle 18 sit.

Head section 18 ' is in fact a passive device of this system.Passive in the following scope of this head section: the movement of head section 18' is given by the movement of a vehicle 18 (head section 18 connects against this vehicle seat), or given by moving down of working platform 16 when head section 18' sits connect against working platform 16.In other words, vehicle 18 and head section 18' along first or top guiding segments 24 moving process in, head section 18 ' is suspended on this vehicle 18.

Receiving section 54 is for holding or receive a vehicle 18, such as truck 64 as discussed below or attached cage 18 as described above ".Receiving section 54 guides the movement in the moving process of vehicle 18 between working platform 16 and a upper level (such as, ground level) of mine 10.

Receiving section 54 is limited by four vertical and substantially parallel corner posts 66, and the end of these corner posts is interconnected by beam.These beams are included in head and sit one group of four horizontal beam 68 connecing in the region of section 56 and sit one group of similar four horizontal beam 70 connect in the region of section 58 at base portion.These corner posts 66 limit the substantially rectangular side of receiving section 54, top and bottom together with beam 68,70.

To find out from the different in width of head section 18' as shown in figures 6 and 7, the horizontal beam 68,70 of these groups comprises two comparatively short beam and two longer beams separately, makes the top of receiving section 54 and bottom be rectangular substantially like this.Therefore, receiving section 54 has two short sides and two long side surfaces, and these two short sides and two long side surfaces are that these short beams and long beam are accordingly across the side that it extends.

These posts 66 and beam 68,70 can be formed by any suitable material and be formed by rectangle hollow shaped steel at present, and this steel is added a cover to avoid internal fragmentation to block (hang-up) in end.

Receiving section 54 comprise further generally in the plane of these oblong lateral surface of receiving section 54, be in the multiple rack beams 72 extended between these corner posts 66 at the point in the middle of these ends of these corner posts 66.In the present embodiment, these beams 72 be substantially horizontal and with these beams 68,70 parallel.These beams 72 are sat at head and are connect section 56 and base portion and sit and connect equi-spaced apart between section 58, and are connected on these vertical corner posts 66 by bolt 74 in their end.

Receiving section 54 these comparatively (as shown in Figure 6) on long side surface, multipair diagonal strut 76 extends to the end opposite of the next beam 72 of vertical direction and below from the opposition side of an end of a beam 72.Only such diagonal strut 76 extends from the beam 72 of top and bottommost, because those beams 72 only have below a beam 72 under consideration accordingly and the adjacent beams 72 of top.These beams 72 are resisted receiving section 54 and are formed a kind of mechanism (that is, resisting structure component 66,68,72 and 76 relatively rotates around bolt 74) together with pillar 76, thus provide the rigidity of structure to receiving section 54.

On these short sides of receiving section 54 (as shown in Figure 7), there is not this type of diagonal strut.

The quantity of beam 72 and pillar 76 can optionally be selected, and such as can comprise the pillar 76 of 2 or more beams 66 and respective numbers.

These posts 66, beam 68,70,72 and pillar 76 is oriented separately and/or by shaping to hinder Debris accumulation.Such as, the standard angle shaped steel that these rack beams 72 and diagonal strut 76 can be opened by the inside to receiving section 54 is formed.Because fragment will typically drop on the surrounding of receiving section 54 instead of pass it, so angle section (anglesection) unlikely collects fragment.

These posts, beam 68,70,72 form the structure lattice structure or interconnected part that form receiving section 54 together with pillar 76.These structural element limit the volume of receiving section 54, and in this volume, goods, vehicle and institute's mined material can be advanced in a suitable container or truck.In order to provide necessary intensity, these structural element are preferably formed from steel, but can alternately be made up of other materials, such as aluminium for some application.

Multiple guiding pieces 55 for guiding a vehicle 18 to enter and leave receiving section 54 stretch out from the inner side of receiving section 54 (describing hereinafter).These guiding pieces 55 have the shape identical with second or the guiding piece of working platform guiding segments 22.These guiding pieces 55 of the present embodiment are formed by the angle-steel stretched out from the inner side of receiving section 54 in turning.Angle-steel with to extend downwardly in working platform 16 and the angle-steel of the formed objects and specification that form a part for working platform guiding segments 22 is aimed at (that is, jointly extending or conllinear with it).These guiding pieces 55 and working platform guiding segments 22 by as one man shaping, and are aimed at when head section 18' sits connect against working platform 16, to be provided for truck 18 shift-in or to shift out the consistent path of navigation of of receiving section 54.Head is sat and connect section 56 is connect for sitting against truck 18, makes head section 18' and vehicle 18 upwards advance along top guiding segments 24 from working platform 16 adjacently like this.Head seat connects section 56 provides a rigid structural frame, and in the process of upwards advancing from working platform 16, the weight of head section 18' can be suspended on this rigid structural frame.

Head seat connects section 56 and is defined by these corner posts 66 in side edge, sits extension bar 77 and defines, and defined by multiple cross member 78 across these long side surfaces of receiving section 54 at top place by multiple beam 68 and head.Across these short sides of receiving section 54, head seat connects section 56 and is limited by multiple cross member 80.Multiple cross member 80 extends across the short sides of these of receiving section 54 at the level place slightly higher than multiple cross member 78, to be spaced a distance with ensuing lower beam 72, this distance is identical with the distance between that beam 72 and ensuing lower beam 72.

When vehicle 18 is thus lifted to receiving section 54 from working platform 16, head seat connects section 56 and connects near vehicle 18 or against this vehicle seat.Vehicle 18 against head sit connect section 56 sit connect after, when vehicle 18 is moving upward away from working platform 16 along top guiding segments 24, head section 18 ' is advanced with this vehicle.

These heads are sat extension bar 77 and are located symmetrically about an axis Y of receiving section 54.This symmetry location guarantees that vehicle 18 is placed in the middle in head section 18' in the process upwards up along top guiding segments 24.These beams 68 that these heads to be sat between these beams 68 that extension bar 77 extends at these long side surfaces across receiving section 54 substantially perpendicularly, extend with the short side across receiving section 54 generally parallel extend.These heads are sat extension bar 77 and are supported the upper end that extension bar 82 is sat at multiple diagonal angle, and these diagonal angles are sat extension bar and sat between extension bar 77 and these cross members 78 at these heads and extend.These diagonal angles are sat extension bar 82 and are sat against the top of vehicle 18 and connect, as discussed below (hereafter about Figure 10 and Figure 11 described by).

As found out best in the figure 7, it is paired that extension bar 82 is sat at these diagonal angles, and wherein extension bar 82 is oriented to sit towards a corresponding head extension bar 77 symmetrically each end about the axis Y of receiving section 54 is sat at a pair diagonal angle.

Multiple impact liner 84 is attached to these diagonal angles by any suitable device and sits on extension bar 82, to sit extension bar 82 sit shock when connecing to reduce by a vehicle 18 at it against these diagonal angles.In a preferred embodiment, be attached to before these heads sit on extension bar 77 and these cross members 78 a corresponding diagonal angle being sat extension bar 82, these impact liners are configured for receiving the sleeve that extension bar 82 is sat at this diagonal angle separately.These impact liners 84 are positioned in the downside that extension bar 82 is sat at these diagonal angles.Although each diagonal angle is sat extension bar 82 and is provided with an independent impact liner 84 in this case, the downside that single impact liner 84 can sit extension bar 82 across more than one diagonal angle extends.Such as, the downside that extension bar 82 is sat at two diagonal angles that single impact liner 84 can be sat in extension bar 82 across specific a pair diagonal angle extends.

These impact liners 84 can be formed by any suitable material, such as rubber, neoprene or soft metal.These impact liners 84 can alternatively not be designed to absorb too many (if present) shock, and can alternatively be formed by a kind of high-abrasive material.Sit on extension bar 82 do not have damping thing to adapt to these diagonal angles, the hoisting velocity of vehicle 18 can slow to one " creeping speed ", and this sits to connect the speed that can not be caused the vibration of significant quantity by head section 18'.

The use of multiple impact liner 84 is preferred, because they eliminate the needs to vehicle 18 being slowed to " creeping speed ".Therefore, decrease vehicle 18 and pass through this well required time, which in turn increases the overall growth of slag tap removing speed and therefore sinking rate.

Base portion is sat and connect section 58 is connect against this working platform seat after having gone downwards on working platform 16 at head section 18'.In practice, when truck 18 is advanced from top guiding segments 24 along working platform guiding segments 22, head section 18' will sit against working platform 16 and connect.When head section 18' seat is connected on working platform 16, or be connected on this working platform early than this head section seat a little, truck 18 is released to continue to be passed down through working platform 16 for unloading and/or loading from head section 18'.

Base portion seat connects section 58 and is defined by these vertical posts 66 in its corner, is defined generally, and defined by multiple cross member 86 at top place at bottom place by multiple beam 70.Multiple cross member 86 extends between multiple corner post 66 across these sides of receiving section 54, and these cross members 86 are bolted on these corner posts.In fact base section 58 provides a crashproof framework of rigid structures, for the weight of the supporting head part section 18' when connecing against working platform 16 seat.

Base portion seat connects section 58 and comprises four guided plates 90, and these four guided plates extend from these corner posts 66 on the contrary short side of head section 18', outwards extend from these short side perpendicular.Each guided plate 90 is plane and is arranged in a perpendicular, and respective panels 90 is upwards tapered towards a corresponding corner post 66.

Base portion is sat and is connect section 58 and be also provided with multiple crashproof cushion on the lower end being suspended on these vertical corner posts 66 downwards or block 88.These crashproof cushions or block 88 reduce head section 18' against working platform 16 sit connect time shock or pulse load.

These crashproof cushions or block 88 can be installed to (or if desired along beam 70) on these corner posts 66 by any suitable device.At present, these crashproof cushions or block 88 comprise the little square contact pin of of the rubbery damping thing material be molded on a plate (not shown), and a bolt (not shown) is given prominence to from this plate.This bolt extends through an aperture in the end cap of corner post 66 or other apertures, and is fastened on appropriate location by being tightened onto on this bolt by a nut (not shown).

Because working platform 16 typically will be provided with rubber anti-collision liner (hereafter described), may not need to provide multiple crashproof cushion or block 88.

In moving process, head section 18' is directed along top guiding segments 24.For this reason, head section 18' is provided with two to guiding rope bearing 92.Often pair guide one in rope bearing 92 to guide rope bearing 92' to sit at head to meet section 56 place soldered or be otherwise attached on head section 18'.Corresponding guide for a pair in rope bearing 92 another guide rope bearing 92 " sit at base portion that to meet section 58 place soldered or be otherwise attached on head section 18'.

Each guiding rope bearing 92', 92 " comprise a roller group 96, this roller group is run along these platform ropes (being demarcated by dotted line Z) of top guiding segments 24.Roller group 96 is fixed on an installed part 94 and is installed on receiving section 54 for by respective roller subgroup 96.

Each installed part 94 comprises a U-bend plate, and wherein the end of the arm of this U-shaped is attached (such as, welding) on receiving section 54, and respective roller subgroup 96 is attached (such as, welding) on the base portion of this U-shaped.The installed part of other types will be applicable to particular case, or at all not have installed part when these roller groups 96 are directly mounted on receiving section 54 wherein, and this type of modification all are intended to fall in the scope of this disclosure.

Each roller group 96 comprises the multiple annular roller (not shown) be housed in a cylindrical housings 98.Housing 98 comprises hinged two half-unit, makes as an installation head section 18' like this, and housing 98 can close around a platform rope Z.

Taper (such as, a torpedo) plate 110 is attached on the outside of housing 96.When head section 18' upwards advances in mine shaft conveyance system 100, these plates 110 enter in multiple recessed guiding piece (not shown) to make head section 18' stablize.

Will be appreciated that, these guide rope bearing 92 can replace another guide (such as, replaceable bronze sleeve pipe and/or lance shape guide shoe) to be applicable to a kind of dissimilar top guiding segments 24 (such as, being arranged on the guide rail in the lining cutting of this mine).

Therefore head section 18' is configured to make this ropes extend to truck 18 through head section 18'.Therefore, when truck 18 its sit in upper pathway be connected in head section 18' time, head section 18' and truck 18 pull vehicle 18 by this ropes and upwards rise along mine 10.

Will be appreciated that, the component of different interconnection (such as, component 66,68,70,72) in all components can be connected with other attachment methods with bolt, welding, multipair clamping plate by nut, all these methods can use and be intended to fall in the scope of this disclosure.In addition, those components can be formed by any suitable material with any suitable cross section.

Although can use any suitable breech lock, breech lock 60 is " Kimberley (Kimberley) " the safe breech locks of type.Two long side surfaces that this breech lock is included in receiving section 54 are installed to a tubular rivet 124 on these cross members 86.A lever 126 is pivotally mounted in tubular rivet 124, so as between a position latching (not shown, but the arm of lever 126 is levels in this position latching) and a non-position latching as shown in the figure pivotable.Lever 126 is biased to this breech lock by a Jar with spring 130 and locates, and this Jar with spring extends to about midway from a diagonal strut 76 along the arm of lever 126.

Lever 126 is molded to and makes this lever latched in its " static " position.Position latching time static is by lever arm 126 and buckle 128 at an angle (being 90 ° at present) instead of aim at (such as with buckle 128, become 180 °) realize, make when lever 126 is descending under its own weight like this, buckle 128 (is truck 64 against truck 18 at present, although will be appreciated that, below disclose and can be applied to truck 18, the such as attached cage 18 of other types similarly "; but this truck 64 is arc-shaped door trucks) a pin 132 (see Fig. 6) rotate, thus buckle pin 132.

Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 shows a truck 64 of a stacking field for institute's mined material to be transported to the top area being arranged in mine hoisting system 100 from a working platform 16.Truck 64 comprises a framework 112, and this framework is defined in transport point mined material process the container holding institute's mined material.

A truck is sat and is met the top place that section 114 is positioned at this framework.Truck is sat and is connect the part that section 114 forms framework 112, and comprises sitting multiple diagonal panels 116 of the identical angle initialization of the angle of extension bar 82 with these diagonal angles.

The place extension that a sheath for mooring rope 118 meets from the summit of truck 64, i.e. these diagonal panels 166.Sheath for mooring rope 118 is attached on the lower end of a ropes 120, thus rope 120 is attached to truck 64.Ropes 120 is sling by mine hoisting system 100 to make truck 64 raise along this mine (such as, along working platform guiding segments 22 and top guiding segments 24) or reduce.

Truck 64 comprises chute 122 further.Along with truck 64 shift-in and shift out receiving section 54, these chutes 122 run against multiple guiding piece 55.These chutes 122 comprise angle-style wear plate, and these wear plates extend around the turning of framework 112 and give prominence to from these turnings.But will be appreciated that these chutes 122 can comprise a series of roller or be suitable for any other mechanism of cooperating with multiple guiding piece 55, to guarantee when entering/leaving receiving section 54, truck 64 is suitably aimed at head section 18.

One " in the use " situation of head section 18' and truck 64, shown in Figure 10 and Figure 11, the figures illustrate the truck 64 be contained in the receiving section 54 of head section 18'.As shown in Figure 11, when up from working platform 16 or descending towards working platform 16, these diagonal angles seat fishplate bar 116 of truck 64 is sat with these impact liners 84 of head section 18' and is connect (such as, being adjacent).Because these guiding pieces 55 with receiving section 54 of these chutes 122 in these turnings of truck 64 adjoin, truck 64 keeps aiming at head section 18'.

Rope sheath 118 is sat between extension bar 77 at these heads and is extended, and makes ropes 120 make truck 64 and head section 18' raise or reduce together like this.In this case, when in transport, in fact head section 18' hangs on truck 64.

At the top place of Hoisting System 100, these guide these plates 110 of rope bearing 92 to be received in multiple recessed guiding piece, to make head section 18' stable and thus also to make truck 64 stablize.Then an arc-shaped door car door 134 is opened to discharge institute's mined material from truck 64.Then arc-shaped door car door 134 closes, thus it is descending that truck 64 is ready to.

When starting descending, these guide these plates 110 of rope bearing 92 to skid off these recessed guiding pieces and truck 64 continues downwards along top guiding segments 24.In descending process, head section 18' sits adjacent between extension bar 82 by means of these diagonal panels 116 of truck 64 and these diagonal angles of head section 18' and hangs on truck 64.Therefore, the downstream rate of head section 18' is the downstream rate of truck 64.

When close to working platform 16, breech lock 60 moves to non-position latching by the trigger 136 be installed on working platform 16.The form of trigger 136 in bent plate.The plate of trigger 136 extends straight up from working platform 16 and has one and bends, make like this top section 138 of trigger 136 with vertical at an angle, thus to extend away from head section 18'.

In descending process, together with head section 18' is latched in truck 64, wherein the lever arm 126 of breech lock 60 flatly extends and gives prominence to from the short side of receiving section 54.When head section 18' is close to working platform 16, lever arm 126 adjoins with the top section 138 of trigger 136.When head section 18' further descending, the top section 138 of trigger 136 overcomes the biased of Jar with spring 130, and is pushed in non-position latching by lever arm 126.Due to head section 18' effectively " suspension " on truck 64, head section 18' and truck 64 are as one man advanced downwards further towards working platform 16, even if it has also been like this for removing after bolt-lock from head section 18' at truck 64.

Head section 18' against working platform 16 sit connect not long ago, downstream rate slows to " creeping speed " and the seat fishplate bar 90 of head section 18' is received in the multiple recessed guiding piece (not shown) on working platform 16.This guarantees that head section 18' suitably aims at working platform 16, thus guarantees that these guiding pieces 55 are aimed at the working platform guiding segments 22 in working platform 16.

Then head section 18' will rest on an impact liner being installed on working platform 16.Now, truck 64 skids off head section 18' along multiple guiding piece 55 and slides in working platform guiding segments 22.When doing like this, hawser cover or sheath 118 and rope 120 are sat descending between extension bar 77 at these heads and are passed down through the volume of receiving section 54.

Will be appreciated that whenever be positioned at working platform 16 at truck 64, this hawser is all sat between extension bar 77 at these heads and is extended through receiving section 54.

To be filled and just after up, truck 64 advances to receiving section 54 along these guiding pieces 55 from working platform guiding segments 22 at truck 64.Truck 64 is slowed to " creeping speed " immediately preceding sitting the upstream rate before connecing with head section 18', so that guaranteeing that seat connects is controlled event.Sit against the head of head section 18' these diagonal angles connecing section 56 and sit extension bar 82 once fishplate bar 11 is sat at these diagonal angles of truck 64 and sit and connect, wherein sheath for mooring rope 118 is medially positioned at these heads and sits between extension bar 77, and the upstream rate of truck 64 just increases.

After being picked up by truck 64 immediately preceding head section 18', upwards advance against the vertical portion of trigger 136 in the tip of lever arm 126.Bend once the tip of lever arm 126 arrives this, it just starts to move along the top section 138 of trigger 136.Now, along with head section 18' and truck 64 up, Jar with spring 130 promotes lever arm 126 gradually and back enters in position latching.

Therefore, truck 64 together with head section 18' automotive latch so that from working platform 16 towards the top of mine hoisting system 100 the up content for dumping truck 64.

Head section 18 ' therefore only can with truck 64 as one man (that is, when seat connects) upstream or downstream.Head section 18' is in fact a passive configuration, and this passive configuration makes truck 64 can seamlessly transit between the fixing guidance system of a rigidity (such as working platform guiding segments 22) and a variable-length guidance system (such as forming many platform ropes of the part of top guiding segments 24).In fact, head section 18' forms a guiding frame of advancing, when truck 64 is advanced along top guiding segments 24, this guiding frame of advancing is picked up by truck 64, and head section 18' serves as an interface between these guiding pieces of truck 64 and top guiding segments 24.Technician will be appreciated that, in many cases, only these diagonal angles by the mutual and head section 18' between multiple guiding piece 55 and chute 122 sit extension bar 82 sit be connected on truck 64 these diagonal panels 116 on set the location of head section 18' on truck 64 after, breech lock 60 just forms a safety precaution.

Figure 12 to Figure 14 shows head section 142 and an alternative version for transporting part and personnel's vehicle 140 from bank to bank.

Head section 142 comprises a framework 144 with a square horizontal cross-section.Framework 144 comprises formation multiple horizontal strut of a rigid structures and a cross tie part of diagonal strut and support together.Framework 144 is opened on side, to be convenient to enter a part transport section 146 on the top of the personnel's carrier part 148 being positioned at vehicle 140.

Framework 144 comprises equally by the angle-steel such as discussed about head section 18' above and bearing 92', 92 " multiple corner posts 150 of being formed.

Head section 142 comprises multiple flat head portion and sits extension bar 152, and in the process of vehicle 140 movement between working platform 16 and the top of mine hoisting system 100, vehicle 140 is sat extension bar seat against these flat head portion and connect.These flat head portion are sat extension bar 152 and are operated in the mode identical with head section 18' with this head section, and will understand these features of head section 142 from the discussion above about head section 18'.

The part transport section 146 of vehicle 140 is defined by four corner posts 154.A upper end 156 of each corner post 154 tapers inwardly or angled to help these corner posts 154 to aim at the angle section of these corner posts 150.In order to reduce the friction between these corner posts 154 of vehicle 140 and these corner posts 150 of head section 142, multiple wear plate 158 is located by the top and bottom being fixed on part transport section 146 in couples.These wear plates 158 of every centering are in use against multiple contrary flange or the arm of the angle section of these corner posts 150 of head section 142.

These wear plates can use any suitable method to tighten together and can be formed by any suitable material.

Vehicle 140 comprises a seat and connects block 160.Seat connects block 160 and comprises: sit extension bar 162 for a pair, and this to sit for a pair on top that extension bar is attached to vehicle 140 and located and sits connect to sit extension bar 152 against head section 142 multiple; And a hawser block 164, when vehicle 140 seat is connected in head section 142, this hawser block is sat between extension bar 152 at these heads of head section 142 and is extended.Hawser block 164 is downwards outwardly, to help these heads hawser block 164 being medially aligned in head section 142 to sit between extension bar 152, thus these of vehicle 140 are sat these heads that extension bar 162 is positioned at head section 142 and sit on extension bar 152.

Personnel's carrier part 148 is suspended on part transport section 146.The length of part transport section 146 is identical with the length of head section 142, and make when head section 142 is advanced together with vehicle 140 like this, personnel's carrier part 148 is below the bottommost beam 166 of head section 142.

Personnel's carrier part 146 comprises multiple working platform guiding pieces of the form in recessed guide support 168, and these working platform guiding pieces are advanced along the first guiding segments 22.Arrange to compare with truck 64 with head section 18' mentioned above, these guiding pieces (that is, corner post) 144 of head section 142 do not extend jointly with the first guiding segments 22.Alternatively, when vehicle 140 shift-in or when shifting out head section 142, these corner posts 154 are directed in head section 142 by these corner posts 150 of head section 142.When vehicle 140 is advanced along the working platform guiding segments 22 extended in working platform 16, these recessed guide supports 168 slide along multiple guiding pieces of working platform guiding segments 22, these guiding pieces are C-type steel at present, and wherein the open sides of C-type steel deviates from vehicle 140.

Although not shown breech lock in the present embodiment, will be appreciated that and vehicle 140 is connected in head section 142 by use breech lock or other connectors.In fact, particularly when a vehicle conveying people, this safety precaution is installed to guarantee that there is a mechanical attachment between head section 142 and vehicle 140 will will be a legal requirements usually.

At the top place of Hoisting System 100, these guide these plates 110 of rope bearing 92 to be received in multiple recessed guiding piece, to make head section 142 stable and thus also to make vehicle 140 stablize.Then personnel and material can be loaded onto in vehicle 140 or therefrom take out.

When starting descending, these guide these plates 110 of rope bearing 92 to skid off these recessed guiding pieces and vehicle 140 continues downwards along top guiding segments 24.In descending process, head section 142 is sat adjacent between extension bar 152 by means of these these tops sitting extension bar 162 and head section 142 of vehicle 140 and hangs on vehicle 140.Therefore, the downstream rate of head section 142 is downstream rates of vehicle 140.

Head section 142 against working platform 16 sit connect not long ago, the multiple recessed seat of head section 142 connects on the multiple convex short column (not shown) that support 170 is received on working platform 16.

Head section 142 against working platform 16 sit connect not long ago, these convex guiding pieces that these recessed guide supports 168 are received in working platform guiding segments 22 upwards extend from working platform 16 on the end of a bit of distance.The bottom of these recessed guide supports 168 is outwardly, to adapt to the misalignment of the less degree of the guiding piece of these recessed guide supports 168 and working platform guiding segments 22.

The recessed guide support 168 in these bottoms receives the male portion upwards extended of working platform guiding segments 22, and along with vehicle 140 declines gradually, the recessed guide support 168 in these tops is finally received on the male portion upwards extended of working platform guiding segments 22.

Declined until head section 142 contacts with this working platform immediately preceding vehicle 140 and head section 142, the multiple recessed seat of head section 142 connects on these convex short column (not shown) that support 170 is received on working platform 16.This guarantees that head section 142 is suitably aimed at working platform 16.

Now, head section 142 will rest on an impact liner being installed on working platform 16.Now, vehicle 140 skids off head section 142 along multiple guiding piece (forming corner post 150) and slides in working platform guiding segments 22.When doing like this, hawser cover or sheath 118 and rope 120 are sat descending between extension bar 152 at these heads and are passed down through the volume of head section 142.

This seat termination process can occur when vehicle 18 is to proceed to downwards in working platform 16 along the speed that the speed that the first guiding segments 24 is descending is substantially the same with vehicle 18.Alternately, vehicle 18 can be sat against working platform 16 early than head section 142 a little and connect and slowed down.In these two examples, multiple impact liner can be provided to reduce the impact load of head section 142 pairs of working platformes 16.As another replacement scheme, vehicle 18 can be slowed to one " creeping speed " before head section 142 connects against working platform 16 seat.

Will be appreciated that whenever be positioned at working platform 16 at vehicle 140, this hawser is all sat between extension bar 142 at these heads and is extended through head section 142.

Vehicle 140 be filled and/or its load be stored and vehicle 140 just after up, vehicle 140 advances to head section 142 along these guiding pieces (corner post 150) from working platform guiding segments 22.Vehicle 140 is slowed to " creeping speed " immediately preceding sitting the upstream rate before connecing with head section 142, so that guaranteeing that seat connects is controlled event.Sat extension bar 152 against these tops of head section 142 and sit once these of vehicle 140 sit extension bar 162 and connect, wherein sheath for mooring rope 118 is medially positioned at these heads and sits between extension bar 152, and the upstream rate of vehicle 140 just increases.

Head section 142 therefore only can with vehicle 140 as one man (that is, when seat connects thereon) upstream or downstream.Head section 142 is in fact a passive configuration, and this passive configuration makes vehicle 140 can seamlessly transit between the fixing guidance system of a rigidity (such as working platform guiding segments 22) and a variable-length guidance system (such as forming many platform ropes of the part of top guiding segments 24).In fact, head section 142 forms a guiding frame of advancing, when vehicle 140 is advanced along top guiding segments 24, this guiding frame of advancing is picked up by vehicle 140, and head section 142 serves as an interface between these guiding pieces of vehicle 140 and top guiding segments 24.

Finally, multiple vehicle can operate in this well simultaneously.This first guiding segments of this transportation system and this second guiding segments can guide each in the plurality of vehicle.Personnel and/or material can be transported to the one or more vehicle transporting institute's mined material in different one or more in these vehicle.

During claims below and front and continued of the present invention illustrate, except the hint due to clear and definite language or certainty, beyond context separately requires, word " comprises " or variant is that the meaning be included uses as " including " or " including ", namely specifies the existence of described feature but and is not precluded within existence or the interpolation of other feature in different embodiments of the invention.

Should be appreciated that if at this with reference to any prior art publication, then this reference does not form a kind of accreditation, namely thinks that this publication is in Australia or any other national part constituting common sense in this area.

Claims

1. in shaft building process along a transportation system for mine movable vehicle, this transportation system comprises:

First guiding segments;

Second guiding segments, this second guiding segments is along this mine and this first guiding segments located in series, and this vehicle is moveable along this second guiding segments; And

One for receiving the head section of this vehicle, this head section and this first guiding segments cooperation, to make this vehicle can advance along this first guiding segments from this second guiding segments when being received by this head section.

2. transportation system according to claim 1, wherein this head section comprises a receiving section, and in the process that this vehicle is advanced along this first guiding segments, this vehicle is received in this receiving section at least in part.

3. transportation system according to claim 1 and 2, wherein this head section comprises a seat connection member, and in the process that this vehicle is advanced along this first guiding segments, this seat connection member is sat and is connected on this vehicle.

4. transportation system according to claim 3, wherein this seat connection member and this vehicle adjoin.

5. the transportation system according to above any one claim, wherein this head section is configured to be suspended on this vehicle in the process of this first guiding segments movement at this vehicle and this head section.

6. the transportation system according to above any one claim, wherein this head section is configured to allow the ropes be attached on this vehicle to pass, and makes this vehicle increase and/or decline along this mine by this ropes.

7. transportation system according to claim 6, wherein this head section is arranged to make this ropes can extend to this vehicle through this head section.

8. the transportation system according to above any one claim, wherein when this vehicle is advanced from this first guiding segments along this second guiding segments, this head section is sat and is connected on a working platform.

9. the transportation system according to above any one claim, wherein this head section is not advanced along this second guiding segments.

10. the transportation system according to above any one claim, wherein this mine is substantially vertical.

11. transportation systems according to above any one claim, wherein this first guiding segments is a variable-length guiding segments, and this second guiding segments is a regular length guiding segments.

12. transportation systems according to above any one claim, the rotation that wherein this first guiding segments and this second guiding segments retrain this vehicle is moved and swings movement.

13. transportation systems according to claim 12, wherein this first guiding segments and this second guiding segments prevent the rotation of this vehicle from moving and swinging movement substantially.

14. transportation systems according to above any one claim, this transportation system is used for guiding multiple vehicle simultaneously.

15. transportation systems according to claim 14, wherein this first guiding segments and this second guiding segments guide each in the plurality of vehicle.

16. transportation systems according to claims 14 or 15, are wherein transported to the one or more vehicle transporting institute's mined material in different one or more in these vehicle of personnel and/or material.

17. 1 kinds of guidance systems, this guidance system is used for guiding this vehicle when making a vehicle rise in a mine and/or decline in shaft building process, and this system comprises:

A middle part regular length guiding segments; And

18. guidance systems according to claim 17, wherein these guiding pieces are configured to allow this vehicle to be transitioned into another from a guiding segments.

19. guidance systems according to claim 17 or 18, wherein this top guiding segments extends to the upper area of this mine from this central section.

20. according to claim 17 to the guidance system according to any one of 19, and wherein this central section can be fixed on a working platform.

21. according to claim 17 to the guidance system according to any one of 20, this guidance system comprises a variable-length lower guide section further, and this variable-length lower guide section extends to adapt to the change of the distance between this central section and a lower area of this mine from this central section.

22. guidance systems according to claim 21, wherein this lower guide section extends from this central section on the direction of an one-tenth well equipment.

23. guidance systems according to claim 21, wherein this lower guide section extends to this one-tenth well equipment.

24. guidance systems according to claim 21 or 22, wherein this lower guide section extends away from the movement of this central section with this one-tenth well equipment, and receives short with this central section towards the movement of this one-tenth well equipment.

25. guidance systems according to any one of claim 21 to 23, wherein this lower guide section comprises a scalable directing assembly.

26. guidance systems according to claim 25, wherein this scalable directing assembly comprises the guide rail of multiple concentric arrangement.

27. guidance systems according to any one of claim 21 to 25, wherein this lower guide section be without the need to this top guiding segments corresponding elongation and/or receive short and tensile.

28. guidance systems according to any one of claim 21 to 26, wherein this lower guide section is received short along with the elongation of this top guiding segments.

29. guidance systems according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein this top guiding segments moving down and extend with this central section.

30. guidance systems according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein this central section comprises one or more regular length guide rail.

31. guidance systems according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein this top section extends to an overhead loading/discharge region from this central section.

32. guidance systems according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein this top guiding segments comprises one or more rope.

33. guidance systems according to claim 32, are wherein somebody's turn to do or every root rope is wound around around a sheave, and this sheave rotates to make this corresponding rope elongation and to receive short.

34. guidance systems according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein this top guiding segments and this central section are met at a transitional region place, and this vehicle comprises a head section and a base section, this transitional region is adapted to this head section of prevention and advances downwards, and allows this base section to continue to advance along this central section downwards simultaneously.

35. guidance systems according to above any one claim, this guidance system is used for using in a substantially vertical mine.

36. 1 kinds of mine shaft conveyance systems, this mine shaft conveyance system comprises a guidance system according to any one of the preceding claims, and a Hoisting System for making vehicle rise along this guidance system and/or decline.