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SIDE SHIFT RAISE CLIMBING SYSTEM

  • US 20090071364A1
  • Filed: 09/11/2008
  • Published: 03/19/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transfer assembly for transferring a raise climber out of an access drift, said transfer assembly comprising:

  • a modified rail being sized to fit in alignment with an existing rail and to provide continuity therebetween for permitting said raise climber to drive from said modified rail onto said existing rail;

    one or more supports attached to and extending upwardly from said modified rail and positioned along said modified rail to be aligned with corresponding transfer rails extending from said access drift into a side-cut in said access drift; and

    a trolley at an upper end of each support, each support sized to provide vertical alignment of said trolley with a corresponding transfer rail when said transfer assembly is aligned with said existing raise climber rail, each trolley configured to suspend from and be moveable along said corresponding transfer rail to permit movement of said transfer assembly laterally with respect to said existing rail and into said side-cut.

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