Cutter-loader apparatus having overhung shearer drum
A longwall mining machine includes a drum cutter-loader and face conveyor wherein the drum cutter-loader is overhung and is supported by a support arm adjacent to the mine face. Nozzles direct high pressure liquid jets against the forward edge of the support arm to cut away the mining face and permit the face side support arm to advance as the mining machine advances. In one embodiment the nozzles are provided along an inclined cutting edge at the forward end of the support arm. Such nozzles may be fixed or oscillating. In an alternative embodiment the nozzles are provided in the cylindrical edge zone of the shearer drum and direct the high pressure fluid jets against the cutter edge at the forward end of the support arm.
- Assignee:
- Gebr. Eickhoff Maschinenfabrik and Eisengiesserei MbH (Germany, Federal Republic Of)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4445724
- OSTI ID:
- 6613685
- Resource Relation:
- Patent Priority Date: Priority date 1 Oct 1980, Germany, Federal Republic of (F.R. Germany); Other Information: PAT-APPL-305442
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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