Gift, David William,Schmidt, James Thaddeus,Cooper, Mark
申请号:
AU2014100645
公开号:
AU2014100645A4
申请日:
2014.06.13
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
#$%^&*AU2014100645A420140717.pdf#####Abstract An off-road excavation apparatus comprising: a chassis having a length that extends from a front end to a rear end of the off-road excavation apparatus, the chassis also having a width oriented perpendicular to the length; a cutting component carried by the chassis, the cutting component being suitable for surface mining applications and including a drum on which a plurality of teeth are mounted, the drum being configured to rotate about a central axis; and a dust suppression arrangement for reducing the amount of dust emitted by the off-road excavation apparatus during mining operations, the dust suppression arrangement including a vacuum for drawing dust laden air from a region adjacent to the drum, the dust suppression apparatus also including an air cleaner for removing dust from the air drawn from the region adjacent the drum by the vacuum, the dust suppression arrangement further including a flexible dust barrier extending along at least a portion of the drum, the flexible dust barrier having a construction that is pervious to debris generated by the cutting component, the flexible dust barrier having a free lower end that extends past the central axis.