Rapid road repair vehicle
First Claim
1. An improved rapid road repair vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle capable of traveling over a surface to be repaired, said vehicle having front and rear ends and an undercarriage, said vehicle further having tires mounted on forward and rearward wheel/axle assemblies, said assemblies mounted onto said undercarriage for supporting said vehicle;
a first row of scanners attached to said vehicle undercarriage near said front end, said scanners capable of detecting and measuring at least one surface imperfection in the surface to be repaired;
a row of cleaning devices attached to said vehicle undercarriage behind said first row of said scanners, said cleaning devices for cleaning the surface imperfection;
a second row of scanners attached to said vehicle undercarriage behind said row of cleaning devices, said second row of scanners for re-measuring the cleaned imperfection, and for calculating the volume of the surface imperfection;
a first array of fast-acting pneumatically dispensing valves/nozzles attached to said vehicle, said array comprising a plurality of interwoven and independently addressable valves/nozzles to apply an amount of aggregate repair material to the surface imperfection to be repaired;
a row of surface tampers attached to said vehicle undercarriage and located behind said first array, said tampers for smoothing the surface of the repaired surface imperfection;
a second array of fast-acting pneumatically dispensing valves/nozzles attached to said vehicle located behind said tampers, said second array comprising a plurality of interwoven and independently addressable valves/nozzles to apply an amount of repair material to the surface imperfection to be repaired;
a row of dispensing valves/nozzles attached to said vehicle undercarriage and located behind said second array, said dispensing valves/nozzles for applying a finish coat/sealer over the repaired surface imperfection;
computer means for addressing and simultaneously controlling the operation of each of said fast-acting pneumatically valves/nozzles comprising said first and said second arrays, wherein a volume of repair material equivalent to the measured volume of the surface imperfection is dispensed into said imperfection by the operation of one or a succession of said valves/nozzles within each said array as said arrays move over said surface imperfection, said computer means for further addressing and controlling the operation of said dispensing valves/nozzles; and
a third row of scanners attached to said vehicle undercarriage near said vehicle rear end, said third row of scanners for recording and cataloging the repair work.
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Abstract
Disclosed are improvments to a rapid road repair vehicle comprising an improved cleaning device arrangement, two dispensing arrays for filling defects more rapidly and efficiently, an array of pre-heaters to heat the road way surface in order to help the repair material better bond to the repaired surface, a means for detecting, measuring, and computing the number, location and volume of each of the detected surface imperfection, and a computer means schema for controlling the operation of the plurality of vehicle subsystems. The improved vehicle is, therefore, better able to perform its intended function of filling surface imperfections while moving over those surfaces at near normal traffic speeds.
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13 Claims
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1. An improved rapid road repair vehicle comprising:
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a vehicle capable of traveling over a surface to be repaired, said vehicle having front and rear ends and an undercarriage, said vehicle further having tires mounted on forward and rearward wheel/axle assemblies, said assemblies mounted onto said undercarriage for supporting said vehicle; a first row of scanners attached to said vehicle undercarriage near said front end, said scanners capable of detecting and measuring at least one surface imperfection in the surface to be repaired; a row of cleaning devices attached to said vehicle undercarriage behind said first row of said scanners, said cleaning devices for cleaning the surface imperfection; a second row of scanners attached to said vehicle undercarriage behind said row of cleaning devices, said second row of scanners for re-measuring the cleaned imperfection, and for calculating the volume of the surface imperfection; a first array of fast-acting pneumatically dispensing valves/nozzles attached to said vehicle, said array comprising a plurality of interwoven and independently addressable valves/nozzles to apply an amount of aggregate repair material to the surface imperfection to be repaired; a row of surface tampers attached to said vehicle undercarriage and located behind said first array, said tampers for smoothing the surface of the repaired surface imperfection; a second array of fast-acting pneumatically dispensing valves/nozzles attached to said vehicle located behind said tampers, said second array comprising a plurality of interwoven and independently addressable valves/nozzles to apply an amount of repair material to the surface imperfection to be repaired; a row of dispensing valves/nozzles attached to said vehicle undercarriage and located behind said second array, said dispensing valves/nozzles for applying a finish coat/sealer over the repaired surface imperfection; computer means for addressing and simultaneously controlling the operation of each of said fast-acting pneumatically valves/nozzles comprising said first and said second arrays, wherein a volume of repair material equivalent to the measured volume of the surface imperfection is dispensed into said imperfection by the operation of one or a succession of said valves/nozzles within each said array as said arrays move over said surface imperfection, said computer means for further addressing and controlling the operation of said dispensing valves/nozzles; and a third row of scanners attached to said vehicle undercarriage near said vehicle rear end, said third row of scanners for recording and cataloging the repair work. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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