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Trench backfill device

  • US 4,539,765 A
  • Filed: 01/13/1984
  • Issued: 09/10/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for back-filling a trench with spoil, the device comprising a forecarriage having pivotally mounted skids adapted to fit into the trench in contact with the walls thereof to locate the forecarriage centrally in the trench and a main frame located behind the forecarriage and connected thereto by a pivot means, the forecarriage comprising one or more pairs of rollers mounted on said skids and adapted to engage with a pipeline laid in the trench and thereby guide the device, the main frame carrying one or more angled blades and lateral stabilisers adapted to contact the ground outside the soil, the said stabilisers being adapted to provide a force which in the event that the said main frame tries to move to an angle to the line of the trench, will tend to restore the main frame so that it travels in the direction of the line of the trench.

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