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SAFETY DEVICES, TRANSPORT, FILLING-UP, RESCUE, VENTILATION, OR DRAINAGE IN OR OF MINES OR TUNNELS [2]

 

 

 

Ventilation of mines or tunnels

 

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/ 00 Ventilation of mines or tunnels; Distribution of ventilating currents (ventilating rooms or spaces in general F 24 F) [2]

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/ 02 Test models (analogue computers therefor G 06 G 7/50)  

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/ 04 Air ducts (suspension devices E 21 F 17/02)  

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/ 06 Duct connections (tube connections in general F 16 L)  

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/ 08 Ventilation arrangements in connection with air ducts, e.g. arrangements for mounting ventilators (ventilators per se F 04 D)  

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/ 10 Air doors (doors in general E 06 B)  

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/ 12 Devices for automatically opening air doors  

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/ 14 Air partitions; Air locks (dams E 21 F 17/103; air locks for foundations E 02 D) [6]  

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/ 16 Shaft covers  

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/ 18 Gravity-flow ventilation (E 21 F 1/02 to E 21 F 1/16 take precedence) [2]  
 

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/ 00 Cooling or drying of air (air-conditioning rooms or spaces in general F 24 F)

Safety devices (flue-gas indicators G 01 N); Rescue devices

 

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/ 00 Means or methods for preventing, binding, depositing, or removing dust; Preventing explosions or fires (dams E 21 F 17/103; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B 05) [6]

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/ 02 by wetting or spraying  

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/ 04 Spraying barriers (spray nipples, spraying in general B 05 B, B 05 D; picks with arrangement of fluid-spraying nozzles E 21 C 35/187)  

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/ 06 Fluids used for spraying  

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/ 08 Rock dusting; Depositing other protective substances  

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/ 10 Devices for rock dusting  

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/ 12 Composition of rock dust  

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/ 14 Fluid barriers or rock dusters made to work by, or at the same time as, shots or explosions  

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/ 16 Layers of hygroscopic or other salts deposited on floors, walls, or the like, for binding dust; Deposition of such layers (dust-absorbing materials in general C 09 K 3/22)  

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/ 18 Impregnating walls, or the like, with liquids for binding dust  

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/ 20 Drawing-off or depositing dust (dust-removing while drilling E 21 C 7/00, while slitting E 21 C 35/22)  
 

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/ 00 Methods or devices for drawing-off gases with or without subsequent use of the gas for any purpose
 

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/ 00 Devices preventing sparking of machines or apparatus (preventing sparking of electric machines or apparatus H 01 K, H 02 K)
 

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/ 00 Rescue devices or other safety devices, e.g. safety chambers, escape ways (breathing aids for curative purposes A 61 H 31/00; respiratory apparatus A 62 B 7/00; revival apparatus A 62 B 33/00 )
 

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/ 00 Transport specially adapted to underground conditions (mine cars B 61 D; transport in general, loading B 65 G)

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/ 02 in galleries  

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/ 04 in gravity inclines; in staple or inclined shafts  

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/ 06 at or adjacent to the working face  

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/ 08 Shifting conveyers or other transport devices from one location at the working face to another (guiding mining machines along conveyers for the cut mineral E 21 C 35/12; in combination with mine roof supports for step-by-step movement E 21 D 23/00)  

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/ 10 Anchorings for conveyers [2]  
 

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/ 00 Methods or devices for placing filling-up materials in underground workings (dams E 21 F 17/103) [6]

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/ 02 Supporting means, e.g. shuttering, for filling-up materials  

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/ 04 Stowing mats; Goaf wire netting; Partition walls  

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/ 06 Filling-up mechanically  

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/ 08 Filling-up hydraulically or pneumatically (hydraulic or pneumatic transport devices B 65 G; pipes, pipe couplings F 16 L)  

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/ 10 Hydraulic or pneumatic filling-up machines  
 

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/ 00 Drainage (keeping dry foundation sites or other areas in the ground E 02 D 19/00) [2]

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/ 02 of tunnels [2]  
 

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/ 00 Methods or devices for use in mines or tunnels, not covered elsewhere (mine lighting F 21, H 05 B) [2]

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/ 02 Suspension devices for tubes or the like, e.g. for ventilating ducts (supporting pipes, cables or protective tubing in general F 16 L 3/00 to F 16 L 7/00)  

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/ 04 Distributing means for power supply [2]  

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/ 06 Distributing electric power; Cable networks; Conduits for cables (circuit arrangements for supplying or distributing electric power in general H 02 J)  

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/ 08 Distributing hydraulic power; Pipe networks for hydraulic liquid (pipe-line systems in general F 17 D)  

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/ 10 Distributing pneumatic power; Pipe networks for compressed air (pipe-line systems in general F 17 D)  

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/ 103 Dams, e.g. for ventilation [6]  

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/ 107 inflatable [6]  

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/ 12 Dam doors  

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/ 16 Modification of mine passages or chambers for storage purposes, especially for liquids or gases (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B 65 G 5/00)  

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/ 18 Special adaptations of signalling or alarm devices (for elevators, escalators or moving walkways B 66 B; gas-sensitive devices per se G 01 N)