Patent ID: 7926640

Claim:
A haulage device for continuous removal of material excavated below ground, which can be continuously slaved between a mining machine and a continuous road haulage means over a defined path and narrow curve radii of the mining machine while hauling continuously without interruption, the haulage device comprising: a closed-belt conveyor ( 9 ): a suspended rail system ( 3 ); and a movable transfer conveyor ( 7 ), said closed-belt conveyor ( 9 ) being movable on the suspended rail system ( 3 ), and said closed-belt conveyor ( 9 ) comprising a receiving end arranged adjacent to the mining machine ( 8 ), and adapted to be coupled with the movable transfer conveyor ( 7 ), and a transfer end arranged away from the mining machine ( 8 ) and arranged adjacent to the continuous road haulage means ( 2 ), said transfer end being connected with a clamping device exerting a defined tensile stress over a defined displacement path of the transfer end of the closed-belt conveyor ( 9 ) in a displaceable transfer position onto the continuous road haulage means ( 2 ).