Automatic tracking around curved patterns for paint stripers
First Claim
1. A paint striping system for automatic tracking around curved striping patterns, comprising in combination,a towing vehicle structured for a driver to follow a striping pattern visible from the towing vehicle while driving the towing vehicle, said towing vehicle having a rear end trailer hitch extending therefrom to receive a trailing striping unit,an unmanned striper trailer unit having a head end trailer hitch extending therefrom for coupling to the trailer hitch on said towing vehicle by an articulation joint comprising a universal joint connection, andat least one paint striping gun mounted extending laterally from the striper trailer unit at a location rearward of said universal joint connection thereby to automatically track around curved paths in said striping pattern being followed as a function of the articulation of the towing vehicle and striper unit as the driver in the towing vehicle follows the striping pattern in front of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A superior performance highway striping system is provided with various features including single person operation for different kinds of striping requirements and simplified automatic tracking around curved striping patterns provided by articulation at a ball joint between a towing truck and trailer paint striping unit. A common non-dedicated pick-up truck tows a trailer mounted modular paint striping system that may be broken down into a hand pushed parking lot type of striper sub-system or a ride behind motorized airport runway striper sub-system for a versatility of operational environments with one or two coat striping in multiple colors and widths. The towed trailer carries two 55 gallon paint drums of different colored paint, loaded and unloaded by a one person loading winch. Thus, the striping system controlled by a single person provides the versatility of on-highway and off-highway striping.
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14 Claims
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1. A paint striping system for automatic tracking around curved striping patterns, comprising in combination,
a towing vehicle structured for a driver to follow a striping pattern visible from the towing vehicle while driving the towing vehicle, said towing vehicle having a rear end trailer hitch extending therefrom to receive a trailing striping unit, an unmanned striper trailer unit having a head end trailer hitch extending therefrom for coupling to the trailer hitch on said towing vehicle by an articulation joint comprising a universal joint connection, and at least one paint striping gun mounted extending laterally from the striper trailer unit at a location rearward of said universal joint connection thereby to automatically track around curved paths in said striping pattern being followed as a function of the articulation of the towing vehicle and striper unit as the driver in the towing vehicle follows the striping pattern in front of the vehicle.
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6. A paint striping system for automatic tracking around curved striping patterns, comprising in combination,
a towing vehicle structured for a driver to follow a striping pattern visible from the towing vehicle while driving the towing vehicle, said towing vehicle having a rear end trailer hitch extending therefrom to receive a trailing striping unit, a striper trailer unit having a head end trailer hitch extending therefrom for coupling to the trailer hitch on said towing vehicle by an articulation joint comprising a universal joint connection, at least one paint striping gun mounted extending laterally from the striper trailer unit at a location rearward of said universal joint connection thereby to automatically track around a curved striping pattern as a function of the articulation of the towing vehicle and striper unit as the towing vehicle follows the striping pattern in front of the vehicle, and a wheeled trailer unit having a load receiving bed and a removable hand steered paint striping unit removably affixed upon said load receiving bed adapted for control of stripe painting both when being towed by the towing vehicle and as a modular unit, said removable unit comprising a manual walk-behind unit with handlebar steering.
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11. A paint striping system for automatic tracking around curved striping patterns, comprising in combination,
a towing vehicle structured for a driver to follow a striping pattern visible from the towing vehicle while driving the towing vehicle, said towing vehicle having a rear end trailer hitch extending therefrom to receive a trailing striping unit, a striper trailer unit having a head end trailer hitch extending therefrom for coupling to the trailer hitch on said towing vehicle by an articulation joint comprising a universal joint connection, at least one paint striping gun mounted extending laterally from the striper trailer unit at a location rearward of said universal joint connection thereby to automatically track around a curved striping pattern as a function of the articulation of the towing vehicle and striper unit as the towing vehicle follows the striping pattern in front of the vehicle, and a paint striping system carried by said trailer having modular units removable from the trailer for one person operation in off-trailer locations including a walk behind paint striping unit and a ride on power driven striping unit.
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13. A multi-purpose paint striping system for on-highway and off-highway use, comprising in combination, a trailer adapted to be towed by a truck along a highway, and a modular paint striping system carried by the trailer comprising at least one operable paint-striping module for off-loading and operation by a single operator wherein said modular paint striping system comprises an articulated joint between the truck and trailer and paint striping guns extending laterally from at least one side of the joint configured to paint a stripe that tracks around curved paths.
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14. A multi-purpose paint striping system for on-highway and off-highway use, comprising in combination, a trailer adapted to be towed by a truck alonf a highway, and a modular paint striping system carried by the trailer comprising at least one operable paint-striping module for off-loading and operation by a single operator, paint barrel mounting and securing means on a bed platform of said trailer, and a winch for lifting paint barrels up to the bed platform.
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