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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2008
Jing James Yao, Mississauga, CA;
Robert Eugene Able, Bozeman, MT (US);
Thomas J. Oothoudt, Little Falls, MN (US);
Jing James Yao, Mississauga, CA;
Robert Eugene Able, Bozeman, MT (US);
Thomas J. Oothoudt, Little Falls, MN (US);
Longyear TM, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Abstract
A continuous mining method includes operating a vibratory milling machine having a milling head, a base, and a milling tool to oscillate the milling head in a substantially linear reciprocating fashion relative to the base to move the milling tool along a milling axis; and advancing the vibratory milling machine in a work piece in a cutting direction and wherein milling axis is oriented at an attack angle relative to the cutting direction, the attack angle being between about 0 and about 40 degrees.