Patent ID: 8057128
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: E04C

Abstract:
1. A method of securing a cable in a truss shoe of a mine roof support assembly, comprising: providing a truss shoe comprising a one-piece body member comprising a base member having a bearing surface, an opposite surface having a bolt receiving section and a housing spaced from the bolt receiving section, the bolt receiving section having a bore hole terminating at the bearing surface to provide a hole in the bearing surface; inserting a wedge assembly in passageway of the housing; providing a locking tube having a first end, a second end and an longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end of the locking tube, wherein the first end of the locking tube lies in a plane generally normal to the longitudinal axis of the locking tube and the second end of the locking tube lies in a plane that subtends an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of the locking tube; inserting the first end of the locking tube in the passageway with the sloped end in facing relationship to the base member, and rotating the locking member to move the second end of the locking tube into engagement with a riser in the base member to secure the first end of the locking tube in the passageway and to prevent the wedge assembly from moving out of the passageway.