Transverse-mounted slurry sealant box assembly
First Claim
1. A sealant box assembly connectable to a vehicle and adapted to fill transverse roadway cracks, said roadway having a center line, which comprises:
- a sealant box adapted to receive and dispense fluent material onto a roadway;
a boom assembly which carries said sealant box and has a drive for moving said sealant box along the length of said boom assembly, transversely of said roadway, one end of said boom assembly positioned for said sealant box to be located at the center line of said roadway while said vehicle is spaced apart therefrom;
a chute extending from said vehicle to said sealant box for filling said sealant box with fluent material; and
a mounting assembly connectable to the vehicle and pivotally connected to the boom assembly for its vertical movement.
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Abstract
The present invention is addressed to the foregoing described need in the art for a mechanized means for filling transverse cracks in roadways. Broadly, the sealant box assembly of the present invention is connectable to a vehicle and adapted to fill transverse roadway cracks wherein the roadway has a center line. Such assembly comprises a sealant box adapted to receive and dispense fluent material onto a roadway; a boom assembly which carries the sealant box and has a drive for moving said sealant box along its length. One end of the boom assembly is positioned for the sealant box to be located at the center line of the roadway while the vehicle is spaced apart therefrom. A chute extends from the vehicle to the sealant box for filling the sealant box with fluent material. Finally, a mounting assembly is connectable to the vehicle and is pivotally connected to the boom assembly for its vertical movement. Advantageously, the mounting assembly is pivotally connected to the boom assembly for both vertical and rotational movement thereof.
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22 Claims
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1. A sealant box assembly connectable to a vehicle and adapted to fill transverse roadway cracks, said roadway having a center line, which comprises:
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a sealant box adapted to receive and dispense fluent material onto a roadway; a boom assembly which carries said sealant box and has a drive for moving said sealant box along the length of said boom assembly, transversely of said roadway, one end of said boom assembly positioned for said sealant box to be located at the center line of said roadway while said vehicle is spaced apart therefrom; a chute extending from said vehicle to said sealant box for filling said sealant box with fluent material; and a mounting assembly connectable to the vehicle and pivotally connected to the boom assembly for its vertical movement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for filling transverse roadway cracks in a roadway having a center line which comprises:
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filling with fluent material a sealant box which is adapted to receive and dispense fluent material onto a roadway, said sealant box being carried by a boom assembly which has a drive for moving the sealant box along the length of said boom assembly, transversely of said roadway; positioning said sealant box at one end of a crack to be filled; activating said boom assembly drive for moving said sealant box along the length of said boom assembly for said sealant box to dispense the fluent material onto the roadway to fill the transverse crack; and disengaging said drive and lifting the boom assembly and sealant box from the roadway. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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