CUTTER FOR MINING MACHINES (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC E21C35/183 

FIELD: mining.

SUBSTANCE: cutter includes cylindrical holder and working head with conical part equipped with button insert and reinforced element in the form of hard-face rings between which rings made from material of lower hardness and interacting with them are located. Cutter is provided with frame installed on working head so that it can be rotated; at that, hard-face and intermediate rings are installed on the frame. As per the first version, intermediate rings are provided with slots throughout the height, and edges of hard-face rings contacting with them on the side of their bigger base are provided with projections arranged in slots of intermediate rings. As per the second version, contacting edges of hard-face and intermediate rings are provided with congruent projections and cavities having the shape of sine curve in front plane.

EFFECT: improving cutter operating efficiency.

3 cl, 2 dwg