Patent ID: 7677674

Claim:
A cutting machine, comprising: a machine frame ( 3 ) carrying a chassis; cutting heads or rollers rotationally mounted on a pivotable cutting arm ( 6 ); a conveyor extending in the direction of a mine face for receiving and removing cut material; and a carriage displaceable on guides extending in a longitudinal direction of the machine, wherein the cutting arm ( 6 ) is pivotably mounted on the carriage ( 4 ); the carriage ( 4 ) carries guide rods ( 12 ) extending in the longitudinal direction of the machine; the guide rods ( 12 ) engage with tubular guides ( 13 ) of the machine frame ( 3 ); and the tubular guides ( 13 ) are arranged between crawler mechanisms ( 2 ), and the tubular guides ( 13 ) are connected to one another by braces or plates ( 17 ) extending transversely to longitudinal axes of the tubular guides ( 13 ).