LINE MARKING APPARATUS WITH DISTANCE MEASUREMENT

• US 20150375091A1
• Filed: 07/15/2013
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FleetLimited
• Original Assignee: Fleet (Line Markers) Ltd
• Inventors: MCGUFFIE, IAIN PETER
• Granted Patent: US 9,833,688 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 19/065 Line markings, e.g. tapes; Methods therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 2019/067 Machines for marking
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/07 providing data for correcting measured positioning data, e.g. DGPS [differential GPS] or ionosphere corrections

Abstract

A line marking apparatus comprises a body (21) mounted so as to be mobile, a line marking head (29) movable relative to the body, and means (35, 37, 41, 43) for determining the distance travelled by the apparatus from a determined point.

Claims

1. A line marking apparatus comprising a body (21) mounted so as to be mobile, a line marking head (29) movable relative to the body, and means (35, 37, 41, 43) for determining the distance traveled by the apparatus from a determined point.

2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the means (35, 37, 41, 43) for determining distance determines the distance moved by the line marking head (29) from the determined point.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 and including a display (53) for displaying distance traveled.

4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, including a position sensor (35) for use in determining the distance travelled.

5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, including means from determining the amount of line marking material used for the determined point.

6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the means for determining distance (35, 37, 41, 43) is adapted to turn the flow of line marking material to the line marking head (29) on and/or off depending on distance measured.

7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 and including means for adjusting the line marking head (29) to adjust the width of a line being marked at predetermined distance measurements.

8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 and including means (51) for determining data relating to distance against time.

9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 and including means (51) for providing real-time data on the use of the line-marking material compared with distance travelled.

10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 including means (51) for determining settings for operation of the apparatus for any particular line width based on distance and time measurements together with one or more of concentration of line marking material and flow rate of line marking material.

11. An apparatus as claimed in claim 10 and including means (51) for relating the speed of the apparatus to the flow rate of line marking material or vice versa for any particular line width.