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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Caterpillar Global Mining America Llc, Houston, PA (US);
Inventor:
Gregory Allen McCoy, Washington, PA (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Global Mining America LLC, Houston, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 27/24 (2006.01); E21C 35/00 (2006.01); E21C 25/52 (2006.01); E21C 27/12 (2006.01); E21C 31/02 (2006.01); E21C 31/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 25/52 (2013.01); E21C 27/128 (2013.01); E21C 27/24 (2013.01); E21C 31/02 (2013.01); E21C 31/12 (2013.01); E21C 35/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A core cutting assembly is disclosed for use with a continuous mining machine having a milling drum. The core cutting assembly may have a drive mechanism configured to rotate about a first axis of the milling drum. The core cutting assembly may also have at least one rotary cutting bit powered by the drive mechanism to rotate about a second axis that is substantially orthogonal to the first axis.