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Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2018
Applicant:

Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab, Sandviken, SE;

Inventors:

Luis Garcia, Zeltweg, AT;

Guenther Staber, Murau, AT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21D 9/10 (2006.01); E21C 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21D 9/104 (2013.01); E21C 27/124 (2013.01); E21D 9/102 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cutting head for cutting apparatus suitable for creating tunnels or subterranean roadways and the like. The cutting head includes a rotatable cutting head body and a plurality of cutting units mounted thereon. The cutting units include at least first and second different types of cutting units. The first type of cutting unit has a first rotatable cutter having a first disc body and a first arrangement of buttons for abrading rock. The first buttons are mounted in a radially peripheral portion of the disc body and protrude outwardly therefrom. The second type of cutting unit has a second rotatable cutter having a second disc body and a second arrangement of buttons. The second buttons are mounted in a radially peripheral portion of the disc body and protrude outwardly therefrom. The different types of cutting units differ from one another by at least the arrangements of their buttons.


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