Underwater mining machine

An underwater mining machine includes a chassis mounted on a powered drive arrangement for driving the chassis on an underwater surface, the chassis having a front end and a rear end and being adapted to be manoeuvrable and driven in at least a forward direction, a rotatable cutting drum secured to...

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Main Authors MICHAEL ESTMENT DINGLE, RICHARD FREDERICK MANN, ALAN STEPHEN JONES, MARK LAWRENCE JACKSON, IGNATIUS CORNELUIS CLAASSEN, ROBERTO DE PRETTO, MICHAEL JOHN TAYLOR, MICHAEL HAYDEN SPIRES, KEVIN DAVID RICHARDSON
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.10.1998
Edition6
Subjects
DREDGING
EARTH DRILLING
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
FOUNDATIONS
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
MINING
MINING OR QUARRYING
SOIL SHIFTING
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Summary:An underwater mining machine includes a chassis mounted on a powered drive arrangement for driving the chassis on an underwater surface, the chassis having a front end and a rear end and being adapted to be manoeuvrable and driven in at least a forward direction, a rotatable cutting drum secured to a boom which is attached to a cradle mounted on the chassis, and material gathering arms adapted to gather material which has been excavated or broken up by the cutting drum.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU19980067410