Mining machine with sliding cutting tool assembly

This application is the national phase of international application PCT/AT98/00269 filed Nov. 3, 1988 which designated the U.S. In a cutting machine (), including rotatably mounted cutting or shearing tools (), a loading ramp and a hauling means () extend in a direction towards a mine face for receiving and hauling cut or sheared material. The cutting or shearing tools () are mounted on a slide which is displaceable on guides extending in the longitudinal direction of the machine. The guides are comprised of tubes or rods connected with a machine flame in the region of the track-laying gears (), preferably within the track-laying gear frame. The slide is comprised of longitudinal spars () and a crossbeam () for mounting the cutting or shearing tools (). The machine frame, at least in its front region adjacent the crossbeam (), is designed as a box section (), within the clear width of which the hauling means () is guided in a manner so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the machine.