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Mining equipment

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5425638
Mining equipment adapted for repeated traversing to and fro adjacent to a conveyor arranged along a longwall face in an underground mine, has a mining machine support structure which bridges the conveyor and which has a curtain for guiding airborne dust arising during cutting of mineral by a rotary cutting head mounted on the machine. The air flow passage defined by the curtain has an air flow inducing means therein, such as a fan or water spray.
Assignee:
Coal Industry (patents)Ltd (United Kingdom)
Patent Number(s):
US 4315658
OSTI ID:
5425638
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English