Underwater mining machine

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1998-03-24

1999-12-21

Bagnell, David

Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material

With separation of materials

Material mined or excavated underwater

299 75, 37324, 37343, E21C 5000

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060039523

ABSTRACT:
An underwater mining machine includes a chassis mounted on a powered drive arrangement for driving the chassis on an underwater surface, the chassis having a front end and a rear end and being adapted to be manoeuvrable and driven in at least a forward direction, a rotatable cutting drum secured to a boom which is attached to a cradle mounted on the chassis, and material gathering arms adapted to gather material which has been excavated or broken up by the cutting drum.

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patent: 3314174 (1967-04-01), Haggard
patent: 3437382 (1969-04-01), Meissner
patent: 3724901 (1973-04-01), Rollins
patent: 4232903 (1980-11-01), Welling
patent: 4685742 (1987-08-01), Moreau
patent: 4746170 (1988-05-01), Etherington et al.

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