US3859801A - Devices for effecting automatic water spraying in mineral mines - Google Patents

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US3859801A
US3859801A US437093A US43709374A US3859801A US 3859801 A US3859801 A US 3859801A US 437093 A US437093 A US 437093A US 43709374 A US43709374 A US 43709374A US 3859801 A US3859801 A US 3859801A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21F—SAFETY DEVICES, TRANSPORT, FILLING-UP, RESCUE, VENTILATION, OR DRAINING IN OR OF MINES OR TUNNELS
    • E21F5/00—Means or methods for preventing, binding, depositing, or removing dust; Preventing explosions or fires
    • E21F5/02—Means or methods for preventing, binding, depositing, or removing dust; Preventing explosions or fires by wetting or spraying
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    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21C—MINING OR QUARRYING
    • E21C35/00—Details of, or accessories for, machines for slitting or completely freeing the mineral from the seam, not provided for in groups E21C25/00 - E21C33/00, E21C37/00 or E21C39/00
    • E21C35/22—Equipment for preventing the formation of, or for removal of, dust
    • E21C35/226—Control valves for the spraying liquid used in dust suppression systems

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  • ABSTRACT A device for effecting automatic Water spraying in a mine working employing an advanceable roof support system.
  • the device has an elongate body with an inlet for receiving water under pressure and an outlet extending transversally of the inlet for feeding water to spray nozzles.
  • a valve is disposed between the inlet and the outlet and is in the form of a ball urged against a seating by the water pressure.
  • a plunger which can be moved longitudinally by pressure in a control chamber serves to move the ball away from the seating to allow the water to pass from the inlet to the outlet.
  • the control chamber is connected to receive pressure fluid present only when prop retraction or chock shifting of the associated roof support system occurs.
  • the present invention relates generally to mineral mining installations and more particularly to a device for effecting automatic water spraying in such installations.
  • a general object of the invention is to provide an improved device for the above-mentioned purpose.
  • a device for effecting automatic water spraying in a mineral mining installation employing an advanceable roof support system with shifting rams and chocks with hydraulically operated telescopic props; said device comprising an inlet for receiving water under pressure, an outlet for feeding water to a plurality of spray nozzles, a valve with a closure element engageable on a seating and operable to open or close communication between said inlet and outlet, the closure element being urged, during use, against the seating by the water pressure, means for displacing the valve closure element away from said seating to open said valve, and a control chamber for receiving hydraulic pressures fluid when prop retraction or shifting of the roof support system occurs to thereby cause said displacing means to open the valve.
  • the invention provides a mineral mining installation having an advanceable roof support system with chocks employing hydraulically-operated telescopic props, rams for shifting the chocks, and a hydraulic control system therefor, a source of water under pressure, a plurality of nozzles for spraying water to suppress dust and a device for automatically feeding water to said nozzles, said device being in the form of a body having an inlet connected to said water source, an outlet connected to said nozzles, a valve with a closure element engageable on a seating and adapted to open or close communication between the inlet and outlet, the closure element being urged against the seating by the pressure of the water to close the valve, means for displacing the closure element away from the seating to open the valve, and a control chamber for re DCving pressure fluid which causes actuation of the displacing means, the control chamber being connected to the hydraulic system to receive fluid when prop retraction or chock shifting occurs.
  • the closure element can be in the form of a ball which is guided by a guide bushing within a hollow body.
  • the bushing can be disposed between the seating and a detachable plug providing the inlet to the device.
  • the displacing means for the ball can conveniently be in the form ofa plunger which is guided for longitudinal displacement and has a piston at one end which is located in said control chamber.
  • the pressure necessary to actuate the displacing means and effect spraying 5 only occurs when props retract or chocks are advanced. This involves no connection with the working chambers of the props and hence any leakage within the device would not cause any reduction in the prop setting pressure.
  • a single device of a type made in accordance with the invention can be used for a complete roof support system.
  • the device has a main body or housing 10 which is of generally elongate form and receives a detachable plug 11 at one end.
  • the plug 11 has a screw-threaded portion 21 which mates with a corresponding screw-threaded bore 22 at this end of the body 10.
  • a sealing ring 40 is provided between the body 10 and the plug 11.
  • the plug 11 is hollow with a central boring 23 with axial'portions of differing crosssectional diameter extending into the device.
  • the device has a further boring 12 coaxial with the boring 23.
  • the boring 12 again extends into the device and has axial portions of differing crosssectional diameter.
  • the inner portion of the boring 12 forms a control chamber 14.
  • transverse or lateral projection 13 which also has a boring 24 which leads into the device and extends substantially perpendicularly to the common axis of the borings 23, 12.
  • This boring 24 again has axial portions of different cross-sectional diameter.
  • the boring 24 communicates with a further central chamber 25.
  • the boring 23 constitutes an inlet to the device and the boring 24 constitutes an outlet from the device.
  • the outer portions of the boring 23, 24 are adapted, as represented in the drawing, to receive connectors.
  • a valve constituted by a valve closure element in the form of a ball 15 engageable on a valve seating 16 serves to open or close communication between the borings 23, 24 via the chamber 25.
  • a guide bushing 17 is disposed inwardly of the plug 11 and engages on the plug 11 and on the seating 16.
  • the ball 15 is guided for axial displacement by the bushing 17.
  • the valve seating 16 engages on a shoulder 18 and. the plug 11 can be screwed into the body 10 to locate the bushing 17 and the seating 16 and urge the latter against the shoulder 18.
  • a further boring 26 extends between the chambers 25, 14.
  • This boring 26 accommodates the main stem of a plunger 19 which is slidably guided within the boring 26 by means of a sealing ring 20 which is accommodated in a circumferential groove in the stem of the plunger 19.
  • the plunger 19 has an end portion 27 which can extend through the valve seating 16. This portion .27 engages on the ball and constitutes a means for moving the ball 15 away from the seating 16 to permit communication between the borings 23, 24.
  • the other end of the plunger 19 has a piston 28 against which pressure fluid can act to displace the plunger 19 to move the ball 15 from the seating 16.
  • a depicted in thedrawing in its operational environment the device has the inlet boring 23 connected to a source of water under pressure denoted 30.
  • the outer boring 24 is connected to one or more spray nozzles denoted 31.
  • these nozzles 31 are operably associated with a mining installation and serve to spray water from time-to-time to suppress dust.
  • the nozzles 31 are preferably mounted on units of a roof support system alongside a mineral face of a longwall working in such manner as to effect optimum dust suppression.
  • the nozzles 31 can however be located in other workings or in access roads or gates adjoining the main working.
  • the boring 12 is connected to some source of hydraulic pressure fluid generally denoted PS. This source PS is only active at a certain stage during the mining operation.
  • the mining installation has a longwall conveyor C which is coupled via a shifting ram R to a roof support chock CH employing hydraulically-operated telescopic props P.
  • the rarn R has a pressure line L which conveys pressure fluid to the ram R to effect a shifting sequence when the props P have been retracted.
  • the line L may feed a number of such rams R.
  • This pressure line L then constitutes the pressure source PS for operation of the device.
  • Other arrangements can however be adopted to supply pressure fluid to the chamber 14 automatically at some stage in the mining operation. It is considered dangerous to expose the control chamber 14 to the hydraulic fluid supplied to the working chambers of the props P during extension thereof. Where the props P are retracted hydraulically, i.e., the so-called robbing aid, however, it is feasible to expose the chamber 14 to such retraction fluid.
  • the chamber 14 could also be connected to other parts of the hydraulic system.
  • the operation of the device is as follows.
  • the pressure of the water acts through the inlet boring 23 to urge and maintain the ball 15 against its seating 16.
  • no water is discharged throughout the outlet boring 24 to the nozzles 31.
  • the ram R is actuated to effect shifting or the props P begin to retract
  • the pertinent pressure fluid also acts on the piston 28 to displace the plunger 19 inwardly of the device.
  • the movement of the plunger 19 then moves the ball 15 away from its seating 16 against the pressure of the water to allow the water to flow to the nozzles.
  • means for effecting automatic spraying of water to suppress dust comprising:
  • a source of water under pressure a plurality of spray nozzles, a device having a body, an inlet to the body connected to the source of water, an outlet from the body connected to the spray nozzles, a valve in the body with a closure element engageable on a seating under the pressure of the water to close communication between the inlet and the outlet, means in the body for displacing the closure element away from the seating to open communication between the inlet and the outlet and a control chamber, in the body, for receiving pressure fluid which causes actuation of the displacing means, the control chamber being connected to the hydraulic system to receive pressure fluid when prop retraction or chock shifting occurs.
  • a device wherein a guide bushing is disposed between the plug and the valve seating and serves to guide the valve closure element.
  • displacing means is in the form of a plunger which is guided for longitudinal displacement and has a piston at one end which is located in said control chamber.
  • control chamber is disposed at an end of the body remote from said inlet and is coaxial therewith and the outlet is provided within a projection extending transversally of the common axis of the inlet and the control chamber.

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