Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material – Hard material disintegrating machines – With material-handling means
Patent
1983-08-31
1985-11-05
Novosad, Stephen J.
Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material
Hard material disintegrating machines
With material-handling means
299 31, 299 69, 175 96, 173 64, 406152, E21C 2724
Patent
active
045509522
ABSTRACT:
The invention disclosed herein is a mining machine with an adjustable hood-scoop assembly. The machine provides a means to remove coal from the face of a seam and extract the removed coal to a position removed from the mining area utilizing a vacuum system. The instant mining machine encloses the total face of the mine seam and acts to remove all solid and gaseous material from the mining area. Use of this apparatus in the mining of coal will provide better insurance for a healthy methane-free environment for the miner. The hood-scoop assembly is constructed to provide both horizontal and vertical moving plates so as to encompass totally the area contacted by the coal removal means, such as a multitude of air hammers. The machine is both braced and made mobile by means of vertical hydraulic jacks. Hydraulic cylinder means on the hood-scoop assembly are provided with specific trackways to insure four-way movement of the adjustable plates as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 4 and 7.
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Goodwin Michael A.
Novosad Stephen J.
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