(57) A mineral cutter pick adapted to be mounted on a mineral mining machine and to cut
during translational movement in an endless path thereon which pick comprises a body
having a parallel sided shank of rectangular cross-section for accommodation in a
corresponding shaped recess on a support on a mineral cutting machine to mount the
pick on the machine the body having a forward end carrying a cutting tip and said
body having a passage therethrough for liquid which leads from an inlet in a wall
of the shank to at least one liquid outlet adjacent to the cutting tip, the shank
being formed with a recess for accommodating a latch for securing the pick to its
support, the arrangement being such that the liquid inlet in the pick shank is disposed
between the latching recess and the forward end.
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