Overlapping pedestals for supporting a block secured to a rotating drum

摘要

A pedestal assembly for an asphalt cutter and/or a longwall shearer includes a cutting bit detachably secured in a tool body mounted within a block with the block fixedly secured to a pedestal. The first end of the pedestal has a recess to overlap the second end of an adjacent pedestal when the pedestals are mounted on the outer surface of a drum of the cutter. The first end of the pedestal further includes a lateral flat surface portion for deflecting material made loose by the cutting bit.