With Auxiliary Cutter Patents (Class 299/34.02)
  • Patent number: 8459749
    Abstract: A roof cutter holder adjustment device for a roof cutter holder arranged in a vertically adjustable manner on a plow body of a winning plow, comprising a worm wheel for interacting with a rack-like tooth system on the roof cutter holder, an input shaft for actuating the worm wheel, and comprising a head plate which has a passage for the input shaft and which can be fastened or is fastened to the plow body in a rotationally fixed manner. In order to enable the roof cutter holder adjustment device to be mounted and released in a simple manner, the head plate has at least one fastening device, to which a securing element which can be put onto the free end of the input shaft can be fastened in a rotationally fixed manner in the mounted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Adam Klabisch, Gerhard Siepenkort, Klaus Duhnke, Norbert Hesse
  • Publication number: 20120038204
    Abstract: A ploughing device for mining, with a ploughing tool having a plurality of plough bodies being interconnected by means of detachable coupling members, and with a longwall conveyor forming a plough guiding means, wherein at least one ploughing body is provided with pivotable cutter carriers. In order to have a ploughing device for mining different seam thicknesses in an efficient manner even and with low number of spare parts to be stored, the ploughing tool has three plough bodies, one forming a central ploughing body, at the end of which are connected a first and second lateral ploughing body by means of a first and second coupling members, wherein the coupling members in each case consist of a toggle bolt with toggle shaft and toggle heads being insertable on open-edged toggle pockets on the bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: BUCYRUS EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Adam Klabisch, Norbert Hesse, Gerhard Siepenkort