Road patching equipment
First Claim
1. An asphalt patching machine for delivering and finishing asphalt material in an effected area of a roadway, said asphalt patching machine being attachable to a vehicle having a supply of patching material stored thereon;
- said patching machine having a dispensing and finishing assembly for depositing and finishing patching material from the vehicle to the effected area of roadway;
a conveyor system disposed between the supply of patching material and said dispensing and finishing assembly;
said conveyor system having at least two conveyor sections, said conveyor sections being connected to one another and the vehicle so as to be rotatable relative to one another and the vehicle in a plane substantially parallel to the roadway;
said dispensing and finishing assembly being attached to said conveyor, and including a receiving element;
a delivery element; and
a tamper, said tamper being telescopingly received about an end of said receiving element, said tamper being mounted about a delivery sleeve, a transfer shaft extending through said tamper and said delivery sleeve, eccentrics disposed on said shaft such that rotation of said shaft will cause said tamper to reciprocate to tamp down material delivered to the effected area, said conveyor delivering patching material to said receiving element where it drops to the effected area, said tamper being reciprocable to tamp down and finish the material so deposited, and movable over the effected area.
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Abstract
An improved asphalt patching machine which is mountable to a motor vehicle having a supply of asphalt patch material thereon. The patching machine comprises a dispensing and finishing assembly fed by a multi-part, articulatable conveyor which feeds asphalt patching material to the dispensing and finishing assembly, which is movable in substantially the plane of the roadway, to position the dispensing and finishing assembly over the effected area to be patched. The machine first deposits patching material in the effected area and, thereafter, from the dispensing and finishing assembly, integrates the patch into the existing surrounding roadway.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. An asphalt patching machine for delivering and finishing asphalt material in an effected area of a roadway, said asphalt patching machine being attachable to a vehicle having a supply of patching material stored thereon;
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said patching machine having a dispensing and finishing assembly for depositing and finishing patching material from the vehicle to the effected area of roadway;
a conveyor system disposed between the supply of patching material and said dispensing and finishing assembly;
said conveyor system having at least two conveyor sections, said conveyor sections being connected to one another and the vehicle so as to be rotatable relative to one another and the vehicle in a plane substantially parallel to the roadway;
said dispensing and finishing assembly being attached to said conveyor, and including a receiving element;
a delivery element; and
a tamper, said tamper being telescopingly received about an end of said receiving element,said tamper being mounted about a delivery sleeve, a transfer shaft extending through said tamper and said delivery sleeve, eccentrics disposed on said shaft such that rotation of said shaft will cause said tamper to reciprocate to tamp down material delivered to the effected area, said conveyor delivering patching material to said receiving element where it drops to the effected area, said tamper being reciprocable to tamp down and finish the material so deposited, and movable over the effected area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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4. (canceled)
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5. (canceled)
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12. An asphalt patching machine for delivering and finishing asphalt material in an effected area of a roadway, said asphalt patching machine being attachable to a vehicle having a supply of patching material stored thereon;
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said patching machine having a dispensing and finishing assembly for depositing and finishing patching material from the vehicle to the effected area of roadway;
a conveyor system disposed between the supply of patching material and said dispensing and finishing assembly;
said conveyor system having at least two conveyor sections, said conveyor sections being connected to one another and the vehicle so as to be rotatable relative to one another and the vehicle in a plane substantially parallel to the roadway;
said dispensing and finishing assembly being attached to said conveyor, and including a delivery sleeve and a tamper telescopingly received thereabout, a transfer shaft extending through said tamper and said delivery sleeve, eccentrics disposed on said shaft such that rotation of said shaft will cause said tamper to reciprocate to tamp down material delivered to the effected area;
a roller;
said roller attached to said delivery and finishing assembly;
said roller being movable over the patching material to finish the patch. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. (canceled)
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