An apparatus for catching a shaft conveyor means (5) in the event of overtravel of a conveyor device, including an overtravel brake device, wherein coupling devices (80,90) are provided for automatic, form-fitting engagement with one another for fixing on the brake device and on the shaft conveyor means (50).

An apparatus for catching a shaft conveyor means (5) in the event of overtravel of a conveyor device, including an overtravel brake device, wherein coupling devices (80,90) are provided for automatic, form-fitting engagement with one another for fixing on the brake device and on the shaft conveyor means (50).

A shaft hoisting plant has a conveyance and an overwind brake device for the conveyance, a travel path for the conveyance, and an overwind path adjoining a lower and/or upper end of the travel path. The overwind brake device includes retaining bars arranged in pairs in a manner spaced apart from one another and extending in a longitudinal direction, energy-absorbing material arranged in the form of plates arranged one above another in the longitudinal direction between the retaining bars. A plow is movable relative to the retaining elements, such that, upon overwinding of the conveyance, the plow deforms and/or destroys the energy-absorbing material between the retaining elements.

A shaft hoisting plant has a conveyance and an overwind brake device for the conveyance, a travel path for the conveyance, and an overwind path adjoining a lower and/or upper end of the travel path. The overwind brake device includes retaining bars arranged in pairs in a manner spaced apart from one another and extending in a longitudinal direction, energy-absorbing material arranged in the form of plates arranged one above another in the longitudinal direction between the retaining bars. A plow is movable relative to the retaining elements, such that, upon overwinding of the conveyance, the plow deforms and/or destroys the energy-absorbing material between the retaining elements.

A hoist system for hoisting a conveyance from a mineshaft, comprising: a head frame mounted over the mineshaft; a hoist connected to the conveyance by an elongate flexible hoisting element so as to be operable to hoist the conveyance from the mineshaft by winding the hoisting element; an upper crash barrier located on the head frame so as to be engageable by the conveyance to prevent upward movement of the conveyance beyond the crash barrier in an overwind condition; and an upper conveyance retarder to retard upward movement of the conveyance as it approaches the crash barrier.

A hoist system for hoisting a conveyance from a mineshaft, comprising: a head frame mounted over the mineshaft; a hoist connected to the conveyance by an elongate flexible hoisting element so as to be operable to hoist the conveyance from the mineshaft by winding the hoisting element; an upper crash barrier located on the head frame so as to be engageable by the conveyance to prevent upward movement of the conveyance beyond the crash barrier in an overwind condition; and an upper conveyance retarder to retard upward movement of the conveyance as it approaches the crash barrier.