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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1993
Filed:
May. 28, 1991
John Turner, Renton, WA (US);
Neil J Dahmen, Seattle, WA (US);
The Robbins Company, Kent, WA (US);
Abstract
A gantry-type mobile mining machine includes a cutterwheel having an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the tunnel work face and carried by a boom assembly pivotally movable about an axis also substantially parallel to the tunnel work face and to the cutterwheel axis of rotation. A rotation assembly supports the boom assembly and cutterwheel and causes rotation of the cutterwheel and the boom assembly about an axis substantially perpendicular to the tunnel work face and to the cutterwheel axis of rotation, so that radial motion of the cutterwheel is possible in any desired direction generally parallel to the tunnel work face. A traverse assembly supported on a frame causes traverse movement of the cutterwheel, boom assembly and rotation assembly on the frame. Thrust cylinders thrust forward as a unit the cutterwheel, boom assembly and rotation assembly relative to the frame. A holding assembly secures the frame in the tunnel during thrusting by the thrust cylinders. A transport assembly supports and moves the frame of the machine during repositioning and tramming of the machine relative to the work face.