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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1981
Filed:
May. 16, 1979
Sigmund Black, Beckley, WV (US);
Joseph V Lagowski, Mabscott, WV (US);
Jerry C Whitt, Beckley, WV (US);
Roger D Plumley, Crab Orchard, WV (US);
Fairchild Incorporated, Beckley, WV (US);
Abstract
An improved advancing mechanism for a dual auger continuous miner of the type adapted to be advanced by a pair of anchoring jack assemblies, a pair of cables extending from the anchoring jack assemblies to a pair of winch mechanisms on the sides of the frame. The mechanism includes a mounting arm mounted on each side of the frame for movement about a vertical axis, a telescoping structure extending longitudinally between each mounting arm and the associated anchoring jack assembly and hydraulic piston and cylinder units for effecting the pivotal movement of each arm and the telescoping movement of each telescoping structure.