MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631011035 A) filed by Prasanta Kumar Bhattacharyya; and Pratima Bhattacharyya, Bardhaman, West Bengal, on Feb. 2, for 'an automatic mine cage free-fall arresting safety system.'

Inventor(s) include Pratima Bhattacharyya; and Prasanta Kumar Bhattacharyya.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 6, under issue no. 06/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a modified suspension gear and mine cage safety system for arresting the free fall of a mine cage in the event of detachment of the winding rope. The system comprises a triangular suspension plate connected to the ...