Patent ID: 8632134

Claim:
A traction carriage for an underground mining plow, comprising: a traction carriage body which is insertable into a cavity in a plow body and which comprises a guide recess; a coupling piece on a rear side of the guide recess for fastening a plow chain; a front part on a front side of the guide recess, the front part having ends pointing in the direction of travel that form stop surfaces for interacting with counterstop surfaces in the cavity of the plow body; a damping device having a receiving body arranged between the stop surfaces and having a damping action in both directions of travel is integrated into the front part of the traction carriage, the damping device having for each direction of travel a damping plunger whose plunger shaft is displaceable in opposition to a restoring force of at least one damping element relative to the other damping plunger, each damping plunger having a plate on whose front side the plunger shaft is formed and against whose rear side the damping element presses; and a telescopic centering bolt for the damping element that is arranged between the plates; wherein the coupling piece is movable relative to the stop surfaces in opposition to the restoring force.