(19)
(11) EP 0 191 570 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.02.1987 Bulletin 1987/06

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.08.1986 Bulletin 1986/34

(21) Application number: 86300522

(22) Date of filing: 27.01.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 29.01.1985 ZA 850687

(71) Applicant: Hall, Alethea Rosalind Melanie
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(72) Inventor:
  • Hall, Alethea Rosalind Melanie
     ()

   


(54) Support member


(57) A support member (10) capable of bearing an axial compressive load may be used as a support in an underground mine. The support member (10) comprises an elongate tube (12) of a flexible plastics material divided by dividing walls of the flexible plastics material into a plurality of compartments (14) running the length of the tube (12) so that the tube (12) divided into compartments (14) has a honeycomb structure. Some or all of the compartments (14) are filled with a particulate filler material (20) such as sand.






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