- Richard Sutcliffe
Richard Sutcliffe (
January 26 1849 -July 23 1930 ) was an Irish-born British mining engineer and inventor. He was born on a farm inTipperary Ireland and worked at coal mines in Ireland between 1857 and 1885. [ [http://askaboutireland.ie/show_narrative_page.do?page_id=3286 AAI | Physical Landscape ] ] He moved toBarnsley ,England in August 1885 In 1892 he invented wth world's first coal cutting machine. In 1905 he invented the world's first undergroundconveyor belt . This invention revolutionized the mining industry by greatly reducing the amount of labour needed to transport coal. His company, Richard Sutcliffe Ltd., based inWakefield , England, pioneered the manufacture of conveyor belts used in the mining and assembly line industries. His company devised many other types of mining equipment. His company also produced four documentaries about the manufacturing industry, directed byLindsay Anderson between 1948 and 1954.After his death, his children took over his business which over the years has moved and changed. Today, his decendents run the company as a manufacturer of playground equipment.
References and Further Reading
*Sutcliffe, Richard Joseph Sutcliffe, Edward D. "Richard Sutcliffe: The Pioneer of Underground Belt Conveying." Surrey, UK: R.W. Simpson & Co, 1948
External links
* [http://www.sutcliffeplay.co.uk/sutcliffe_new/news2.asp?News_Order=45 Sutcliffe Play : Playground Equipment - Design and Manufacture ] at www.sutcliffeplay.co.uk
* [http://www.google.com/patents?lr=&q=%22Richard+Sutcliffe%22 "Richard Sutcliffe" - Google Patents ] at www.google.com US patents
* [http://v3.espacenet.com/results?sf=a&FIRST=1&CY=gb&LG=en&DB=EPODOC&TI=&AB=&PN=&
] at v3.espacenet.com Worldwide patents held
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