Method of mining and an improved mining machine with a shovel moveable relative to a vehicle chassis
AssigneeJoy MM Delaware, Inc.
InventorsBrad Neilson, William A. Furniss, Will Eddowes, Guy Phillips
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Abstract
A continuous miner having a cutting head and a conveyor mounted on a moveable chassis, the miner including a shovel mounted on a supporting structure, the shovel being translatable relative to the miner, and means for translating the shovel relative to the moveable chassis so as to be able to be moved from a rearward location to a forward location relative to the moveable chassis.
Claims22
A continuous miner comprising a cutting head and a conveyor mounted on a moveable chassis, said miner also including a shovel mounted on a supporting structure, said shovel having mounted thereon at least one bolting apparatus, said shovel being translatable relative to said miner, and means for translating said shovel relative to said moveable chassis from a rearward location to a forward location relative to said moveable chassis whereby said bolting apparatus can be operated in said forward location.
A continuous miner as claimed in claim 19, wherein said arm is rotated by means of a hydraulic cylinder.
A continuous miner comprising a cutting head and a conveyor mounted on a moveable chassis, said miner also including a shovel mounted on a supporting structure, said shovel being translatable relative to said miner, and means for translating said shovel relative to said moveable chassis so as to be able to be moved from a rearward location to a forward location relative to said moveable chassis.
A method of mining a mine entry with a continuous miner, said method including the steps of:
- mining said mine entry with a cutting head mounted on said miner and gathering the ore thus mined;
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- moving bolting apparatus relative to said cutting head from a location occupied while the cutting head is mining to a forward location so that said bolting apparatus can perform bolting operations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.