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Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1979

Filed:

Mar. 01, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:

David E Godfrey, Burnt Hills, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73579 ; 299-1 ;
Abstract

The frequency response of the cutting tool of a coal mining machine is monitored at a resonant frequency of the cutting tool, using a vibration transducer mounted on a non-rotating support arm, to detect the difference between coal and rock or other enclosing material. The horizon control sensor maintains the mining machine within the undulating coal seam.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Godfrey, David. (1979). Coal seam sensor (U.S. Patent No. 4143552). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4143552

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