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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7901010 | Movable seats A construction machine for the treatment of ground surfaces includes a chassis carrying a machine frame, a driveable work drum supported from the machine frame and including an outer surface and exchangeable tools fastened to the outer surface, a working space defin... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7850249 | Floor covering removal machine A floor covering removal machine for removing a floor covering that is secured to a floor that includes a drive frame formed with an underside caster assembly, and feed, ejection, and oppositely arranged cutter sides. A variable speed, reversible, motorized drum is ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7360473 | Shingle removal tool A shingle removal tool having a head; at least two teeth coupled with the head, the teeth being spaced apart and parallel to each other, each tooth having an acute angle near an end of the tooth that is opposite the head for engaging shingles; and a barb coupled wit... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350322 | Dewatering system apparatus and method for dredging buckets A dewatering apparatus for removing water from the interior volume of a closed, loaded clamshell dredging bucket. The dewatering system comprises at least one conduit adapted for support from a clamshell type dredging bucket. The conduit has a first end adapted for ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331636 | Electric milling machine A milling machine comprising a housing including a frame, a front wheel assembly supporting the housing, at least a first rear wheel assembly and a second rear wheel assembly supporting the housing, a milling drum mounted within the housing and extending below the h... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7252021 | Roof shingle and nail remover A hand tool for removing roofing shingles and nails. The toll has a head attached to an elongated handle. The head has a wedge-shaped cross profile. The head is comprised of a plurality of identical, parallel blades, having a relatively flat, pointed leading edge ad... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7235003 | Method and apparatus for grinding of concrete floors A method for dry finishing of a floor surface consisting of concrete, stone, marble, terrazzo, densite or other hard materials is disclosed. The method comprises finishing of the floor surface using a cutting, grinding and/or polishing tool. In the method, a vapor o... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222556 | Shingle removing machine The shingle removing machine includes a frame supporting a power source, which, in turn, drives a lateral axle with a wheel at each end thereof, with each wheel having an eccentric pin driving a blade drive arm. Separate wheels support the frame. Each blade drive ar... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210992 | Machine for preparing floors for refinishing A floor preparation machine that uses a number of vertical needles positioned in a tight rectangular pattern. The needles vibrate against the floor surface to prepare the floor surface. The needles are driven by a cam and cam follower. As the cam is turned by a moto... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7112005 | Scraper apparatus and method A scraper apparatus includes a cart and a scraping arrangement located at a front of the cart. The scraping arrangement includes blades that are driven along a joint or crack by the cart to remove excess filling material deposited in the joint or crack of a working ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097383 | Substrate removal apparatus A substrate removal apparatus capable of cutting a plurality of aligned, precision slots in a variety of surfaces, such as concrete, asphalt pavement, and other composite substrates, utilizes high-pressure liquid cutting devices. Slots may be cut in pavement for suc... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093906 | Floor scraping machine with floating blade A machine for scraping a floor covering from a floor has rear drive wheels and a forward blade assembly. Arms which each rotate independently on the frame at one end are connected to the blade assembly which independently rotate on their other ends. Thus, the blade ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082686 | Angled shank blade An angled shank blade for a carpet or tile stripping machine with a flat bottomed blade for engaging the surface of a floor. The leading edge of the blade having an angle of about 20 degrees, followed by a tapered top surface portion and a rear portion. An angled bl... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7000605 | Engraver apparatus and method A concrete engraver apparatus including a carrier for use with a hand-held engraver. The hand-held engraver is detachably mounted to the carrier. The carrier has wheels and a handle attached to an enclosure. The enclosure includes a vacuum mount for attaching a vacu... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994403 | Apparatus and method for removing floor tile An apparatus and a method that is used to mechanically remove flooring tiles intact from the foundation and then after the foundation and tile surfaces have been prepared, the same tile is reset undamaged. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988776 | Floor scraping machine with floating blade A machine for scraping a floor covering from a floor has rear drive wheels and a forward blade assembly. Arms which each rotate independently on the frame at one end are connected to the blade assembly which independently rotate on their other ends. Thus, the blade ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6957869 | Road marking removal system A bucket razor body has a coupling end and a scraping end facing away from the bucket. The coupling end has an upper and lower wall with a slot between the walls. The upper wall has threaded apertures with associated bolts for releasably coupling to front end loader... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6923508 | Stripping means for milling rolls of a construction machine as well as a construction machine and a method In a stripping means for milling rolls (2) of a construction machine, comprising at least one stripping blade (8) arranged behind the milling roll (2) in traveling direction so as to be adjustable in height, which is able to glide over the surfa... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6813834 | Angled shank blade An angled shank blade for a carpet or tile stripping machine with a flat blade for engaging the surface of a floor. A shank attached to the blade at an angle for receiving the weight of the floor stripping machine and keeping the blade parallel to the floor. The bla... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6786556 | Concrete grinder apparatus A concrete grinding apparatus for use with a hand-held concrete grinder that can be detachably mounted in either a right-facing orientation or a left-facing orientation. The apparatus providing a variable wheelbase to modify grinder pressure acting upon a working su... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6755481 | Cutting blade and method for cutting pavement in a circle A method for cutting pavement of an asphalt road or a concrete road in a circle for installation of a manhole, by using a cutting blade which has a pavement cutting edge serves as a tip for cutting the pavement and side edges serve as an inclined cutting surface to ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6739957 | Apparatus for reciprocally powering one or more working tools A surface abrader apparatus includes a casing, a motor mounted on the casing, one or more working tools, and an operating mechanism mounted to the casing and supporting the working tools outside of the casing. The operating mechanism is drivingly coupled to the moto... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6672675 | Traverse carriage A traverse carriage and operator arrangement for transversely adjusting the abrader unit or units of a mobile surface abrading apparatus. In a preferred embodiment the traverse carriage is mounted on a cross-member by means of rollers and is operated by a... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6666522 | Floor-stripping tool A floor-stripping tool for attachment to a standard pallet truck, thereby converting the pallet truck into a self-propelled floor stripper. The chassis structure of the tool includes fork holders, and stabilizing brackets. A blade attaches to a blade hold... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6609762 | Walk behind floor stripping machine with hydraulic drive A hydraulically powered self-propelled stripping machine having an electric motor for providing oscillating motion to a cutting head member. The electric motor driving a hydraulic pump for pumping hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic motor for driving the wheel... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6547336 | Open cast mining device and apparatus for testing the cutting minability of critical material A surface mining and testing apparatus and system provides for the adaptation of a surface miner to the specific geological conditions of a new area of use. The special features of the surface miner are the arrangement of the milling roller (5) in front o... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543126 | Machine for removing and loading a flat roof A machine which greatly reduces the labor required for repairing flat roofs on commercial and industrial buildings. Formerly, old roofing material usually had to be removed manually from the roof deck before new material could be installed. Removal of thi... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6540305 | Electric floor covering removal apparatus An electric floor covering removal apparatus which is characterized typically by an electric motor fitted in a frame for driving a fan, a pair of hydrostatic pumps hydraulically connected to independent, hydraulically-operated wheel motors and a hydraulic... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6523906 | Floor covering removal apparatus A mobile apparatus for removing floor coverings. The apparatus has a main frame supported by wheels and includes a scraper blade mounted on the front of the frame and a rotary cutter assembly mounted underneath the frame with controls whereby the scraping... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6517164 | Hammer-ripper excavating system A hammer-ripper system for use with the mounting on the boom arm, of an excavator/backhoe, of a conventional hydraulically-operated hammer fitted with a "shortened" chisel. A "ripping-type" device like a chisel tooth mounts to a lever with its pivot point... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6513881 | Apparatus for removing a floor covering An apparatus for removing at least one surface layer from a floor. The apparatus includes a body frame mountable by a machine operator. A blade tool assembly having a scraping blade is secured to the front of the main body frame and can be used for removi... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6494542 | Apparatus for roughening concrete slat surfaces A milling apparatus for preparing concrete floor surfaces consists of rear wheel motorized cart connected in tandem to a traction milling machine having a frame mounted drum for milling engagement with the floor and forward and rearward means for vertical... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6453774 | Tool for removing roofing shingles A shingle removal tool includes a cutting head attached to a handle, the cutting head having a flat leading portion on which a series of nail engaging slots are formed creating a series of sharp tapered cutting edges at a leading end and a fulcrum edge at... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6443526 | Lubrication of oscillating head elements for floor stripping machines and method of using the same Apparatus usable in power-operated floor stripping apparatus that includes a frame, a drive carried on the frame, wheels supporting the frame, a handle to guide the frame, and a cutting blade carried by a head which is pivotally mounted to the frame, the ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6435620 | Multiple jet hydrodemolition apparatus and method Apparatus for the hydrodemolition of concrete layer including a movable vehicle, a bed having a guideway extending transversely to a direction of movement of the vehicle, a nozzle assembly having a guide slidably engaging the guideway and a plurality of n... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6428108 | Tile and carpet removal apparatus An apparatus and method for removing floor covering. The apparatus includes a frame that attaches to the front end of a loader type vehicle. An arm connects to and extends forward from the frame, and has a tapered end portion with a terminal end to which ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425638 | Pavement cutter A pavement cutter that saves construction materials and prevents repaired pavements from subsiding or collapsing includes a first tilting mechanism attached to a front wheel axis as a base for a tilting mechanism where the base chassis tilts around the re... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6409424 | Asphalt rake with ride up capability A raking device for breaking up a surface has a plurality of rakes mounted on a rake frame and arranged to produce an upwardly directed result in force in response to a horizontally directed force arising from encountering an obstruction in a path of trav... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6364419 | System for working the surface of a road An assembly is provided for excavating cavities in a road surface for a variety of purposes, among them, the formation of rumble strips, the installation of light reflective road markers, the milling of potholes, boring of holes for various purposes and t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6343981 | Vehicle for scraping a floor A vehicle for scraping a floor has an adjustable blade with various widths mountable thereon and is an appropriate vehicle size for moving through a standard door.... | 02/05/2002 |
