Apparatus for applying a traffic stripe to a road
First Claim
1. An apparatus for applying a traffic stripe, comprising:
- a vehicle including a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels;
steering means, disposed on said vehicle, for steering said front wheels;
applying means, disposed outward of said front wheels and adjacent to one of said front wheels, for applying a traffic stripe to a road;
connecting means for pivotally connecting said applying means to said vehicle, said connecting means defining an axis about which said applying means pivots relative to the vehicle; and
turning means, connected to said applying means, disposed forward of said pivot axis and acting in response to the steering of said front wheels, for turning said applying means in the same direction as said front wheels when said front wheels are turned.
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Abstract
An apparatus for applying a traffic stripe includes a vehicle having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels and members, disposed on the vehicle, for steering the front wheels. Also included is a traffic stripe applying system, disposed outward of the front wheels and adjacent to one of the front wheels, for applying a traffic stripe to a road. A connector pivotally connects this applying system to the vehicle and defines an axis about which the applying system pivots relative to the vehicle. In addition, connected to the applying system, disposed forward of the pivot axis and acting in response to the steering of the front wheels, is a member or members for turning the applying system in the same direction as the front wheels when the front wheels are turned. In a preferred embodiment, this turning member or members also turns the traffic strip applying system at a greater angle than the front wheels when the front wheels are turned in a direction towards the applying system.
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59 Claims
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1. An apparatus for applying a traffic stripe, comprising:
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a vehicle including a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels; steering means, disposed on said vehicle, for steering said front wheels; applying means, disposed outward of said front wheels and adjacent to one of said front wheels, for applying a traffic stripe to a road; connecting means for pivotally connecting said applying means to said vehicle, said connecting means defining an axis about which said applying means pivots relative to the vehicle; and turning means, connected to said applying means, disposed forward of said pivot axis and acting in response to the steering of said front wheels, for turning said applying means in the same direction as said front wheels when said front wheels are turned. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for applying a traffic stripe to a road comprising:
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a vehicle including a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels; steering means, disposed on said vehicle, for steering said front wheels; applying means, disposed outward of said front wheels and adjacent one of said front wheels, for applying a traffic stripe to a road; connecting means for pivotally connecting said applying means to said vehicle, said means defining an axis about which said applying means pivots relative to the vehicle; and turning means, connected to said applying means, disposed forward of said pivot axis and acting in response to the steering of said front wheels, for turning said applying means in the same direction and at a greater angle than said front wheels when said front wheels are turned in a direction towards said applying means. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An apparatus for applying both straight and curved traffic stripes to a road comprising:
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a vehicle including a frame and front and rear axles attached to said frame; wheel spindles attached to both ends of each of said axles with said spindles attached to said front axle being rotatably attached to said front axle; four wheels with each wheel mounted on one of said wheel spindles; means for steering said front wheels including; a rotatable steering linkage disposed adjacent said front axle; means, disposed adjacent said front axle and connected to said steering linkage, for rotating said steering linkage in response to a directional input; a pair of steering arms, each arm connected to one of said front wheel spindles, for transferring steering motion to the front wheel spindles; a tie rod connected to each steering arm; and means for rotating at least one of said steering arms in response to rotation of the steering linkage; means for applying a traffic stripe on a road, said means disposed outward from and adjacent one of said front wheels; means for connecting said stripe applying means to said vehicle, including means, adjacent said applying means and defining a pivot axis, for rotatably pivoting said applying means about said vehicle; a stripe applying means linkage including a first end disposed forward of said pivot axis and rotatably attached to said applying means and having a second end extending in a direction generally towards said vehicle; and a stripe applying means rotation directing arm having a first end, connected to the front steering arm which is closest to said stripe applying means, which moves responsive to movement of the front wheel steering arm to which it is connected, and having a second end disposed inward from the front wheel steering arm to which it is connected and connected to the second end of said stripe applying means linkage. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49)
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50. An apparatus for applying a continuous reflective stripe and an adjacent interrupted reflective stripe to a road comprising:
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a vehicle including at least three wheels and a frame; means, connected to said vehicle, for applying reflective stripes to the road including; means for spraying a plurality of thermoplastic stripes generally parallel to a center line of the frame of said vehicle when said wheels of said vehicle are aligned substantially parallel to the center line of the frame of said vehicle; means, disposed rearward of and in alignment with said thermoplastic spraying means, for spraying reflective material over said plurality of thermoplastic stripes; said thermoplastic spraying means further comprises a housing including first and second outlets; means, connected to said housing, for controlling said thermoplastic spraying means so that one of said outlets of said thermoplastic spraying means housing can be continuously open for spraying a thermoplastic stripe on the road while the other of said outlets can be intermittingly opened for spraying thermoplastic stripes for predetermined lengths on the road and intermittingly closed to prevent spraying for predetermined gaps; and means, connected to said reflective material spraying means, for controlling said reflective material spraying means so that said reflective material is primarily sprayed only over the plurality of thermoplastic stripes. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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