US2730344A

US2730344A - Coal mining machine with rotary cutting and dislodging drum

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Publication number: US2730344A
Application number: US116684A
Authority: US
Inventors: Cartlidge Frank
Original assignee: Goodman Manufacturing Co LP
Current assignee: Goodman Manufacturing Co LP
Priority date: 1949-09-20
Filing date: 1949-09-20
Publication date: 1956-01-10
Anticipated expiration: 1973-01-10

Description

Jan. 10, 1956 F. CARTLIDGE 2,730,344

com. MINING MACHINE WITH ROTARY CUTTING AND DISLODGING DRUM 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 20, 1949 Jan. 10, 1956 F. CARTLIDGE 2,730,344

COAL MINING MACHINE WITH ROTARY CUTTING AND DISLQDGING DRUM 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 20, 1949 INVENTOR. ran/K Tax" )je W.

Jan. 10, 1956 F. CARTLIDGE 2,730,344

COAL MINING MACHINE WITH ROTARY CUTTING AND nxsmncmc DRUM Filed Sept. 20, 1949 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR. WM (mil/a e QQ Q. M

ATToreA Ey Jan. 10, 1956 F. CARTLIDGE 2,730,344

COAL MINING MACHINE WITH ROTARY CUTTING AND DISLODGING DRUM 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Sept. 20, 1949 INVENTOR. Fkmzk Cari/1' e 939k ATTORNEY United States Patent.

COAL MINING MACHINE WITH ROTARY CUT- TING AND DISLODGING DRUM Frank Cartlidge, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Goodman Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Iliinois This invention relates to an improved apparatus for the continuous cutting and removing of coal'from the solid without the usual undercutting, shooting, and loading operations. 7

A principal object of my invention is to provide a new and improved form of combined mining and loading machine arranged with a view toward providing a machine of the utmost simplicity and ease of operation and maneuverability producing more lump coal and utilizing far less power for the amount of coal mined than with former machines of this type.

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel and improved form of combined cutting and dislodging element arranged to cut and dislodge a far larger percentage of coarse and lump coal from the solid face of a mine than has formerly been done by the cutting and loading elements heretofore known.

2 thereto and having a cutting and dislodging element 15 projecting forwardly therefrom and transversely pivoted to the forward end thereof for movement about the axis of a transverse shaft 17.

A conveyor 19 is mounted in a downwardly spaced frame structure 20 of the extensible frame 14 at its forward end and extends rearwardly from the forward end of said frame structure in an upwardly inclined direction and along the main frame 10 beyond the rear end thereof, for the discharge of the mined coal into suitable receptacles such as mine cars, rubber tire mounted shuttle cars or any of the well known forms of conveyors of the type used underground in mines. A side-raking gathering mechanism 23 is provided at the front end of the conveyor 19' to pick up the mined coal from the ground and discharge it onto the reeciving end of the conveyor 19.

The intermediate frame 12 extends forwardly from a sleeve 24 about which it pivots, along the top of the main A further and more specific object of my invention is to reduce the power consumption and fine coal heretofore produced by continuous cutting and loading machines by providing two kerf cutters spaced rather widely apart and by providing a rotary kerf cutter therebetween and driven thereby and having means mounted thereon to extend into the kerfs cut thereby and engage and roll off the cores between the kerfs in the form of lump and relatively coarse coal.

These and other objects of my invention will appear from time to time as the following specification proceeds and with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l constitutes a plan view of the forward portion of a continuous cutting and loading machine constructed in accordance with my invention, with certain parts thereof broken away and certain other parts shown in substantially horizontal section; a

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the forward part of the machine with certain parts thereof shown in substantially longitudinal section;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontalsectional view taken through one of the cutter bars an showing certain details of construction thereof;

Figure 4 is an enlarged end view of the cutting and dislodging element looking toward the front end thereof and showing the element in operation in a coal face, with certain parts thereof broken away and certain other parts shown substantially in vertical section;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially along line 55 of Figure 4; and

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially along line 6-6 of Figure 4.

Referring now to the drawings; the embodiment of my invention illustrated therein includes generally a main frame 10 suitably mounted on and propelled about the mine by a pair of laterallyspaced continuous tread devices 11, 11. A laterally movable intermediate frame 12 is mounted on the forward end of said main frame for pivotal movement with respect thereto about a vertical axis and has an extensible frame 14 supported and guided thereon for extensible and retractable movement with respect frame 10 and is slidably supported on a segmental bearing 29 mounted on the top surface of the main frame 10 and conforming to the form thereof. An arcuate shoulderedunder forward end portion 30 of the main frame 10 is slidably engaged by a segmental retaining gib 31 secured to the bottom of a flange 32, depending from the forward end of the intermediate frame 12, and holding said intermediate frame against vertical displacement during operation of the machine.

The intermediate frame 12 and cutting and dislodging element 15 are positioned laterally about the axis of the sleeve 24 and are held in position by means of a suitable double-acting cylinder (not shown) having a piston rod 36 pivotally connected at its forward end to an arm 37 extending laterally from and herein shown as being formed integrally with the intermediate frame 12 for laterally swinging the same.

As herein shown, the extensible frame14 has two laterally spaced

motors

45, 45 secured to and projecting rearwardly from parallel spaced

housing structures

46, 46 of said extensible frame (Figure 1). The

motors

45, 45 are herein shown as being well known forms of electric motors and serve to drive the cutting and dislodging element 15 and the gathering mechanism 23. Their weight also tends to offset the tendency for the front end of the machine to lift due to reactive forces of the mine face on the cutting element 15 when the latter is sumped thereagainst.

Cylinders

50, 50 of the double-acting type and having piston rods 51, 51 extensible therefrom are provided to extensibly or retractably move the extensible frame 14 with respect to the intermediate frame 12 to feed the cutting and dislodging element 15 into the solid mine face and withdraw it therefrom. The

cylinders

50, 50 are clamped to the intermediate frame 12 by longitudinally spaced clamps 53, 53 and extend longitudinally along said guide plates beyond the forward ends thereof. The piston rods 51, 51 extend through and are secured to ears 54, 54 extending inwardly from

housing structures

46, 46 for'the drive gearing for driving the cutting and dislodging element 15 from the motor 45, as by nuts 57, 57.

The cutting and dislodging element 15 is herein shown as including two connected laterally spaced cutter bars 165, mounted for vertical feeding movement about the transverse shaft 17, supported in the

housing structures

46, 46 of the extensible frame 14. -A cutter chain 166 having

cutter bits

167, 167 projecting therefrom is guided for orbital movement about each cutter bar 165 in a well known manner. The

cutter bars

165, 165 are connected adjacent their forward ends by a rotary kerf cutter and breaker 169.

Each cutter bar 165 has a laterally spaced and longitudinally extending bracket 170 secured to the outer side of a rear guide portion 171 thereof and extending rearwardly therefrom. The bracket 170 is pivotally mounted for movement about an axis coaxial with the axis of the shaft 17 on an inwardly extending annular boss 172 of the housing structure 46 (Figure 3). The rear guide 171 is provided with the usual gibbed guides opening'toward the top and bottom thereof and in alignment with a cutter chain drive sprocket 176 journaled on the transverse shaft 17. A bevel gear 180 is splined on the hub of the sprocket 176 and is journaled within the annular boss 172. A cutter head 186 is mounted for adjustable movement with respect to the rear guide 171. The cutter head 186 has a tongue 188 projecting rearwardly therefrom and slid-ably mounted in a guide slot 189 formed in the rear guide 171 and opening toward the forward .end thereof. An adjusting screw 190 threaded within a cross bar 191 of the tongue 188 and abutting a lug 193 on the rear guide 17-1is provided to adjust the tension of the cutter chain l66.

A transverse shaft 192 is'mounted at-its opposite ends in the

cutter heads

186, 186 and is secured thereto as by

nuts

194, 194 threaded on opposite ends thereof.

Hubs

195, 195 of the rotary kerf cutting and breaking element are journaled on said shaft adjacent opposite ends thereof and have

sprockets

196, 196 keyed thereto and meshing with and driven from the

cutter chains

166, 166.

The cutting and dislodging element 15 is elevated and lowered by means of two laterally spaced double-acting fluid pressure cylinders 197, 197'having piston-rods 198, 198 extensible therefrom. Each of the cylinders 197 is trunnioned intermediate its endstoa trunnion support 199 extending forwardly from the lower portion of the housing structure 46. Each piston rod 198- is pivotally connected at its upper end to a lever 200, intermediate the ends thereof, on a transverse pin 201. The lever 200 is pivoted adjacent its rear end to an ear 202 extending forwardly from the upper forward portion of the housing structure 46. The opposite end of the lever 200 has a depending link 203 pivotally connected thereto and herein shown as having a substantially ball-shaped lower end portion engageable within a segmental spherical socket 205 formed in a boss 206 extending outwardly from the rear guide 171 of the cutter bar 165 (Figure 2).

The drive from each motor 45 to its associated cutter chain drive sprocket 176 includes a motor pinion 207 which drives a longitudinal shaft 216 spaced from the axis of the motor pinion 207 and parallel thereto, through a spur gear train indicated generally by the reference character 215. The shaft 216 has a friction slip clutch 217 thereon and drives the-same. The friction slip clutch 217 has driving connection with a bevel pinion 222 spaced in advance and beneath the shaft-216, through a s'purgear train indicated generally-by reference character 219. The bevel pinion-222 meshes with-and has driving engagement with the bevel gear 180 for driving the cutter chain drive sprocket 176.

It should here be noted that

thecutter chains

166, 166 travel in aforward direction along the upper guides of mounted on the drum and that the number and positions thereof may vary to take care of various mining conditions.

Intermediate each series of three blocks 231 is positioned a rolling breaking member 235 adapted to engage one side wall of the kerf and roll off the core between two kerfs with a rolling wedging action. As shown in Figure 4, each rolling breaking member 235 is rotatably mounted on a pivotal pin 236 which is mounted in and projects from a boss 237 extending angularly outwardly from the face of the drum 229. Said pins and bosses are herein shown as being inclined at angles inclined

transthe cutter bars

165, 165 and downwardly along the

sprockets

196, 196 and that the

bits

167, 167 are set to cut when the cutting element 15 is sumped into the coal face along the mine roof and is vertically fed from the mine roof to the mine floor.

The endless chains 67, 67 of the gathering mechanism 24 are driven from the motors 45, through spur gears 223, 223 meshing with and driven from the

spur gears

209, 209 and suitably connected with the universal and extensible couplings 77, 77 to drivesaid couplings.

The rotary kerf cutting and breaking member 169 includes a rotary drum 229 secured at its opposite ends to the

hubs

195, 195, as by welding. The drum 229 has a plurality of

cutter blocks

231, 231 projecting from the face thereof and having

cutter bits

233, 233 detachably mounted therein and projecting therefrom. The blocks 231, 23lare herein shown as being aligned around the periphery of the drum 229 'anda's s'paced'late'rally along the face thereof. The

blocks

231, 231 likewise are so versely to radial lines extending through the center of the drum 229. One of said b0sses237 is herein shown as being positioned between each set of three blocks and said bosses between each set of blocks are shown as being spaced on opposite sides of a center line extending through said blocks to position the rollers journaled thereon so that one roller will engage one side wall of the kerf and the other rollerwill engage the opposite side wall of the kerf. The number and arrangement of the rolling breaking members of course may vary, and the size of the drum 229 may vary to accommodate more or less cutters and breaking members to take care of varying mining conditions.

The rolling

breaking members

235, 235 are herein shown as being of a frusto-conical form so arranged as to extend into the kerf and engage only one side wall thereof to assure free rotation of said rollers during the rolling wedging operation, although they may be of other forms as long as they are freely rotatable within the kerf when wedging the cores between adjacent kerfs.

It may be seen with reference to Figures 4, 5 and 6 that the

cutter bits

233, 233 are arranged to cut a plurality of parallel relatively widely spaced vertical kerfs spaced inwardly of the kerfs cut by the

bits

167, 167 during horizontal feeding movement of the cutting and dislodging element 15 during the sumping and withdrawing operations and during vertical feeding movement thereof from the mine roof to the mine bottom. It may further be seen that the rolling breaking-members are shown as being arranged to alternately come into engagement with opposite side wallsof the kerfs and present inclined rolling surfaces so formed as to laterally roll off the cores between the kerfs with a wedging action along the cleavage planes of the coal'as the rotary kerf cutting and breaking element advances into and along the coal face and thus roll'and wedge 0E coarse and lump coal in place of the fine coal cut by the usual cutter bars spaced closely together. It may also be seen that the rotary cutter and breaker will require far less power to drive it than the closely spaced cutter chains in frictional engagement with their chain guides, heretofore used to' continuously cut and load coal.

It'will be understood that the term cleavage planes of the coal as used herein refers to those randomly oriented planes (as indicated by the cross-hatching in Fig. 4) along which cleavage under pressure takes place, and is not in any way limited to the planes called bedding planes which generally lie horizontal or parallel to the coal seam.

While I have herein shown and described one form in which-my 'present'invention maybe embodied, it will be understood that various modifications and variations thereof'may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts thereof.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a continuous cutting and dislodging element, a 'rotary'drum mounted for rotatable movement about an 'axis'extending parallel to a working face, a plurality of rows of cutter bits mounted around the periphery of said drum and spaced laterally along the surface thereof and projecting therefrom to cut a plurality of parallel kerfs in a mine face, and roller means mounted on said drum to extend into the kerfs cut by said bits, said roller means being rotatable about axes inclined with respect to the face of said drum and extending from the face of said drum from points outside of said rows into the path of said cutter bits and each having an inclined engaging face engageable with one wall of the kerf and presenting continuously rotating wedging faces inclined with respect to one wall of the kerf and shearing off the cores between the kerfs along the cleavage planes of the coal.

2. In a continuous cutting and dislodging element, a 1'0- tary drum mounted for rotatable movement about an axis extending parallel to a working face, a plurality of rows of cutter bits mounted around the periphery of said drum and spaced laterally along the face thereof, and projecting therefrom to cut a plurality of parallel kerfs in a solid mine face, and a plurality of rollers mounted on said drum extending into alignment with the path of travel of said bits for rotation about axes extending at angles to the face of said drum, alternate of said rollers extending from opposite sides of the center lines of said bits and presenting rolling wedging faces movable into the kerfs cut by said bits upon the advance of said drum and bits into the coal face and into angular engagement with the walls thereof, the face of one of said rollers engaging one wall of the kerf and the face of the next roller engaging the opposite wall of the kerf, to shear off the cores between the kerfs cut by said bits along the cleavage planes of the coal upon rotatale movement of said drum.

3. In a continuous cutting and dislodging element, a rotary drum mounted for rotatable movement about an axis extending parallel to a working face, a plurality of rows of cutter bits mounted around the periphery of said drum and spaced laterally along the surface thereof and projecting therefrom to cut a plurality of parallel kerfs in a solid mine face, and a plurality of conical rollers mounted on and extending from said drum and having reduced ends extending into substantial alignment with the paths traversed by said bits, and said rollers being mounted for rotation about axes inclined transversely with respect to the face of said drum and said rollers presenting rolling wedging faces movable into the kerfs cut by said bits upon the advance of said drum and bits into the coal face each roller engaging one wall only of the kerf and rolling therealong to shear ofi the cores between said kerfs along the cleavage planes of the coal.

4. In a continuous cutting and dislodging element, a rotary drum mounted for rotation about an axis extending parallel to a working face, a plurality of rows of cutter bits mounted around the periphery of said drum and spaced laterally along the surface thereof and projecting therefrom to cut a plurality of parallel kerfs in a mine face,

and a plurality of conical rollers mounted on said drum outside of said rows of cutter bits and inclined to extend into the space between adjacent said cutter bits in said rows and having reduced ends in substantial alignment with the circular paths traversed by said bits, each of said rollers being mounted for rotation about an axis extending at an angle to the face of said drum, and alternate of said rollers extending from opposite sides of the center line of said bits and presenting rolling wedging faces extending into the kerfs cut by said bits and alternately engaging opposite walls of the kerf, and rolling along and shearing off the cores between the kerfs cut by said bits along the cleavage planes of the coal.

5. In a continuous cutting and dislodging element for coal and the like, a rotary drum, a plurality of cutter bit carrying cutter blocks mounted around the periphery of said drum in laterally spaced aligned rows, to cut a plurality of parallel kerfs in the mine face, a plurality of rollers mounted on said drum for rotation about axes extending from said drum outside of the margins of said blocks in the space between adjacent blocks at angles to the periphery of said drumf'and intersecting the paths of travel of said blocks, said rollers extending outwardly from the surface of said drum at least as far as the outer margins of said blocks and presenting inclined rolling wedging faces engageable with the walls of the kerfs and shearing the cores between the kerfs from the face along the cleavage planes of the coal.

6. In a continuous cutting and dislodging element for coal and the like, a rotary drum, a plurality of cutter bit carrying cutter blocks mounted around the periphery of said drum in laterally spaced aligned rows, to cut a plurality of parallel kerfs in a mine face, and a plurality of alternately arranged wedging rollers spaced between said blocks and rotatably mounted on and extending from the face of said drum for rotation about axes inclined with respect to the face of said drum, one of said rollers extending from a point spaced laterally from an associated block angularly towards said block and outwardly from said drum a distance suflicient to extend for substantially the full depth of the kerf, and a next adjacent one said rollers extending angularly from said drum from an opposite side of an associated block in the same row as said first roller and angularly toward said associated block, said rollers presenting alternately arranged inclined rolling wedging faces alternately engaging opposite walls of the kerf and rolling therealong and shearing the coal from the solid laterally along its cleavage planes.

7. In a continuous cutting and dislodging element for coal and the like, a rotary drum, a plurality of cutter bit carrying cutter blocks mounted around the periphery of said drum in aligned rows spaced laterally along the surface thereof and projecting therefrom to cut a plurality of parallel kerfs, and a plurality of angularly disposed allochiral rollers associated with each row of cutter blocks and rotatably mounted on said drum for rotation with respect thereto, and the axes of rotation of said rollers extending from points spaced laterally from said blocks angularly towards said blocks, and said rollers extending in the region of the outer margins of said blocks and presenting rolling engaging faces angularly disposed with respect to one wall of the kerf and generally parallel to the other wall of the kerf and alternately engageable with opposite side walls of the kerf and forming rolling wedges shearing off the cores between adjacent kerfs.

8. In a continuous cutting and dislodging element for coal and the like, a rotary drum, a plurality of cutter bit carrying cutter blocks mounted around the periphery of said drum in laterally spaced aligned rows, a plurality of angularly disposed allochiral rollers associated with each row of cutter blocks and rotatably mounted on said drum for rotation about angularly disposed axes, the axes of rotation of said rollers extending alternately from points spaced laterally from said rows of blocks into the space between adjacent blocks, and said rollers having generally conical faces extending from the outside of said rows into the space between adjacent blocks, the face of each of said rollers on one side of said rows of blocks presenting an angular shearing face engaging the core between the kerfs cut by said bits and shearing the same from the coal face as said rollers are progressed thereinto, by advancing movement of said dislodging drum into and along the coal face, and the face of each roller on the opposite sides of said rows of blocks extending generally along said blocks within the kerfs cut by said bits generally parallel to the kerf wall free from the core, to accommodate the rollers for free rotation by engagement with the inclined faces thereof with the cores between the kerfs.

9. In a continuous cutting and dislodging element for coal and the like, two parallel spaced vertically extending cutter bars having cutter chains guided for orbital movement thereabout and power means for driving said cutter chains about said cutter bars and direction changing sprockets at the forward ends of said cutter bars meshed with said cutter chains, a rotary dislodging drum mounted between said cutter bars and rotatably driven by said sprockets, said drum having a plurality of laterally spaced rows of cutter blocks projecting from the periphery thereof and having cutter bits projecting therefrom to cut a plurality of relatively widely spaced parallel kerfs in a mine face between the kerfs cut by said cutter chains, and a plurality of alternately arranged angularly disposed wedging rollers extending from the periphery of said drum into said rows between said blocks, and rotatably mounted on said drum for rotation about axes inclined with respect to the face of said drum, said rollers presenting alternately arranged inclined rolling faces in registery with the cores between the kerfs cut by said chains and cutter bits and extending into the kerfs cut thereby and alternately advancing into engagement with the cores on opposite sides of the kerfs, and rolling therealong and shearing the coal from the solid laterally along its cleavage planes upon rotation of said dr'um by said cutter chains and feeding movement thereof.

10. In a continuous mining machine, a mobile main frame, an extensible frame mounted thereon for extensible movement with respect thereto, a cutting and dislodging element mounted on said extensible frame and advanced into the coal face by extensible movement thereof, said cutting and dislodging element including two laterally spaced cutter bars pivotally mounted on said extensible frame for vertical movement with respect thereto and having cutter bit carrying chains orbitally guided thereabout, a dislodging drum rotatably mounted between said cutter bars and driven from said cutter chains, said drum having a plurality of rows of cutter bits projecting from the periphery thereof for cutting a plurality of parallel spaced kerfs between the kerfs cut by said cutter chains and also having a plurality of angularly disposed rollers associated with each row of cutter bits and rotatably mounted on said drum for retation with respect thereto, the axes of rotation of said rollers alternately extending angularly from the periphery of said drum from opposite sides of said cutter bits into the spaces between adjacent bits, and the faces of said rollers presenting wedging faces on one side of said bits engageable with the core upon the movement of said cutter bars and drum along the coal face, and free from the core left by said bits on the opposite sides of said bits, to accommodate free rotation of said rollers by engagement with the core and rotatable movement of said drum during the operation of shearing the cores between the kerfs.

11. in a continuous mining machine for coal and the like, a mobile main frame, an extensible frame mounted thereon for extensible movement with respect thereto and having two parallel spaced vertically extending cutter bars transversely pivoted thereon having cutter chains orbitally guided thereabout and also-having power means for extending said frame and cutter-bars horizontally into a coal face, and for moving said cutter bars vertically therealong and other power means for driving said cutter chains about said cutter bars, the improvements comprising a rotary dislodging drum mounted between said cutter bars and rotatably driven by said cutter chains, said drum having a plurality of rows of cutter bit carrying cutter blocks mounted around the periphery thereof and a plurality of alternately arranged wedging rollers extending into the spaces between said blocks and ro tatable about axes alternately inclined in opposite directions laterally with respect to said drum, said wedging rollers being of a generally conical form having a face inclined with respect to .the kerf wall on one side of said rows of cutter bits and generally parallel to the kerf wall on the opposite sides of said r ws of cutter bits, and each being engageable with a core on one side of the kerf and shearing off the cores by advancing movement of said cutter bits into the coal face.

'12. in a continuous cutting and dislodging element for coal and the like, two parallel spaced vertically extending cutter bars having cutter chains guided for orbital movement thereabout, power means for driving said cutter chains about said cutter bars, and direction-changing sprockets at the forward ends of said cutter bars meshed with said cutter chains, a rotary dislodging drum ro tatably mounted between said cutter bars and driven by said sprockets, said drum having a plurality of laterally spaced rows of cutter blocks projecting from the periphery thereof and having cutter bits projecting therefrom, to cut a plurality of relatively widely spaced paraliel kerfs in a mine face between the kerfs cut by said cutter chains, and a plurality of alternately arranged angularly disposed breaker members extending from the periphery of said drum into said rows of cutter blocks, between said blocks and presenting shearing faces engaging one wall only of the core, and shearing off the cores between the kerfs along the cleavage planes of the coal.

13. In a continuous mining machine for coal and the like, a mobile main frame, an extensible frame mounted thereon for extensible movement with respect thereto and having two parallel spaced vertically extending cutter bars transversely pivoted thereon having cutter chains orbitally guided thereabout, and also having power means for extending said frame and cutter bars horizontally into a coal face, and for moving said cutter bars vertica1ly-therealong, and having other power means for driving said cutter chains, about said cutter bars, the improvements comprising a rotary dislodging drum mounted between said cutter bars and rotatably driven by said cutter chains, said drum having a plurality of rows of cutter bit-carrying cutter blocks mounted around the periphery thereof and a plurality of alternately arranged core-breaking members extending into the spaces between said blocks in said rows of cutter blocks, and alternately inclined in opposite directions laterally with respect to the face of said drum, said core breaker members being positioned to alternately engage the cores on opposite sides of the kerf and shear off the cores by advancing movement of said rows of cutter bits into the coal face.

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