Truck mounted roller

• US 4,193,710 A
• Filed: 06/22/1978
• Issued: 03/18/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Anthony Pietrowski
• Original Assignee: Anthony Pietrowski
• Inventors: Pietrowski, Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Byers, Jr., Nile C.
• Application Number:
  US05/918,066
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 404/128, 404/125, 404/122, 404/86, 404/130, 180/20, 180/79.3, 180/79, 180/132, 172/518, 172/554
• US Class Current: 404/128
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 19/266 fitted to vehicles, road-construction or earth-moving machinery, e.g. auxiliary roll readily movable to operative position E01C19/268, E01C19/4806, E01C19/488, E01C19/52, E01C21/00, E01C23/065 take precedence; provided with means for facilitating transport; Means for transporting rollers; Arrangements or attachments for converting vehicles into rollers, e.g. rolling sleeves for wheels

Abstract

The present invention is a self-transportable truck mounted roller for paving or repairing paved roads. The invention comprises a lightweight roller and roller assembly mounted to the front end of a truck, and includes hydraulic cylinders or other means for raising and lowering the roller. In operation, the roller is lowered enough to displace the weight of the truck from the front wheels onto the roller, thereby providing a highly compressive paving force.

Claims

1. A road-rolling machine comprising a truck having front wheels and a front end, a roller support structure attached to said truck at said front end, a cylindrical roller having an axis of rotation with two ends, means connecting said roller to said support structure to rotate about said axis with said axis normally extending transverse said truck, said support structure including means for raising and lowering said roller relative to said truck front end such that said front end is weighted at least partially upon said roller when said roller is lowered and upon said front wheels when said roller is raised, and means for driving said truck when said roller is raised or lowered, said support structure including means for shifting only one end of said axis of said roller relative to said truck front end for steering said truck when said roller is in a lowered position.

2. A road-rolling machine, as defined in claim 1, said roller includes at least one internal structural reinforcing member extending diametrically across said roller.