Cutting apparatus using a clearing arrangement
AssigneeSandvik Intellectual Property AB
InventorsBernhard Ebner, Erich Brandl
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Abstract
A cutting unit for use with a cutting apparatus suitable for creating tunnels or subterranean roadways and the like, includes a cutting arm configured for pivotal movement around at least one pivot axis and a cutting head mounted to the cutting arm. The cutting head includes at least one rotatable cutting element for detaching material from a rock face, and a clearing arrangement mounted to the cutting arm. The clearing arrangement has a clearing blade for pushing detached rock material onto a loading table of the cutting apparatus, the clearing blade being guided by a first guiding mechanism to allow a free movement of the clearing blade in a first direction.
Claims14
A cutting unit for use with a cutting apparatus suitable for creating tunnels or subterranean roadways and the like, the cutting unit comprising:
- a cutting arm configured for pivotal movement around at least one pivot axis:
- a cutting head mounted to the cutting arm, the cutting head including at least one rotatable cutting element for detaching material from a rock face;
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- a clearing arrangement mounted to the cutting arm, wherein the clearing arrangement includes a clearing blade arranged to push detached rock material onto a loading table of the cutting apparatus, the clearing blade being guided by a first guiding mechanism allowing for free movement of the clearing blade in a first direction, the first guiding mechanism including one or more slide shoes allowing for free linear movement of the clearing blade in the first direction.
A cutting apparatus suitable for creating tunnels or subterranean roadways and the like, comprising:
- a loading table arranged to receive detached rock material;
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- a cutting unit including a cutting arm configured for pivotal movement around at least one pivot axis, a cutting head mounted to the cutting arm, the cutting head including at least one rotatable cutting element for detaching material from a rock face, and a clearing arrangement mounted to the cutting arm, wherein the clearing arrangement includes a clearing blade arranged to push detached rock material onto the loading table of the cutting apparatus, the clearing blade being guided by a first guiding mechanism allowing for free movement of the clearing blade in a first direction, the first guiding mechanism including one or more slide shoes allowing for free linear movement of the clearing blade in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.