MINING TUNNELLING MACHINE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC E21C27/24 

FIELD: mining.

SUBSTANCE: mining tunnelling combine comprises a displacement mechanism and a boom or a frame. On the frame there are at least two rotary cutting heads and two cutting rollers. Axes of cutting heads rotation pass in direction of tunnelling or are arranged at the sharp angle relative to tunnelling direction. Two cutting rollers are installed in parallel and behind the cutting heads, and may be arranged on the foot and on the roof, accordingly. Both cutting rollers comprise end sections capable of sliding to the profile width to form a substantially rectangular profile of cutting. At the same time each cutting roller is separately hingedly connected with the boom or the frame with the possibility of height adjustment, and each cutting roller has a diameter corresponding to at least one fifth of diameter of cutting heads cutting.

EFFECT: formation of a rectangular profile of a tunnel by a mining machine, exclusion of operation to remove curved profiles, higher safety.

5 cl, 5 dwg