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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100480 | Scraper device, as well as construction machine A scraper device for a milling drum mounted in a construction machine at a machine frame between lateral walls with a milling drum axis, with a two-part scraper blade arranged in a height-adjustable fashion behind the milling drum when seen in the direction of trave... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7552976 | Automated roofing material removal machine and method A roofing material removal machine and method for removing roofing materials wherein the machine travels along guide rails mounted on a roof surface and roofing material lifting elements carried by the machine are operated to lift the roofing materials as the machin... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7458645 | Milling machine with cleaning moldboard In one aspect of the invention, a system for removing a layer of a paved surface includes a vehicle adapted to traverse a paved surface in a selected direction. A milling drum attached to the vehicle may be adapted to rotate around an axle substantially normal the s... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7370916 | Rear loader road milling machine with height-adjustable sealing device A rear-loader road milling machine with a milling roll, which is arranged in a roller housing open on the bottom, and having an opening between a front part of the roller housing and a road surface, that faces in a direction of travel, which can be closed with a sea... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7284345 | Milling device for floors, rock, excavated material or other material The milling apparatus (1) has a bucket with a receiving chamber and has a milling unit with a milling rotor (14). The receiving chamber has a receiving opening (4) and is embodied as a bucket (2). On the bottom of the bucket (2), a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7225803 | Pavement saw and vacuum apparatus A pavement cutting and vacuum system is provided that includes a transport vehicle having a holding tank carried thereby; a pavement surface cutting machine having a blade for cutting a pavement surface during a cutting operation; and a vacuum system including a vac... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7204378 | Goods transshipment apparatus A goods transshipment apparatus having a mobile substructure with a superstructure mounted so as to be rotatable relative to said substructure and having a driver's cab and engine compartment and a jib or jib system jointed to the superstructure wherein the superstr... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198428 | Comminution machine A comminution machine included in an earth working machine which can be moved over a terrestrial area to be worked in a direction of working comprises a rotating roller comminution device. A grader blade is mounted on the comminution machine down stream from the com... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192215 | Apparatus and method for erasing road lane markings An apparatus for erasing a road marking on a road lane comprising a chassis adapted to travel over the road lane; a heating source mounted to the chassis for directly or indirectly applying heat to the road marking; and a positively driven rotatable brush mounted to... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178273 | Cutting device for cutting trenches in the ground A cutting device for cutting trenches in the ground having at least one cutting wheel drivable in rotary manner and at least one first cutting element, located on the cutting wheel, for removing soil material during a rotation of the cutting wheel in one rotation di... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175364 | Suction device and suction method for the disposal of dust in milling machines Disclosed is an automotive milling machine for machining ground surfaces, comprising an engine frame (2), a movable milling drum (8) which is mounted on the engine frame (2), at least one conveying device (14, 18) which is arranged on the... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168501 | Rotor system for ground milling or mine milling A rotor system for ground milling or mine milling comprising a base rotor provided with a number of support plates for accommodating tools. The tool support plates are detachably joined to the base rotor in the rotor system. A number of segments are radially arrange... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7131704 | Shiftable conveyor for road milling machine A material collection device for particles received from a processing device on a road processing machine. The material collection device comprises a guide having a material discard opening and an attachment face. A conveyor support is shiftably fixed to the guide a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7029072 | Modified rumble strip cutter A rumble strip cutting machine having a drum that can be shifted from one side of the machine to the other. The machine includes a piston wheel that imparts an up and down motion to the frame so that rumble strips can be cut at desired intervals as the machine is dr... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6948779 | Cutting roller for a continuously operating surface miner A mining member designed as a cutting roller for a continuously operating surface miner for mining mineral raw materials of high strength. The roller body is equipped for this purpose with mini-disk bits of identical design. Since different conditions occur over the... | 09/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6626499 | Device for breaking up the outer layers of the ground For the breaking-up and removal of ground outer layers there serves an device that is constructed as a dredge shovel. On its rear side lying opposite the receiving opening it is provided with a milling and cutting arrangement that has a predetermined mill... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6619755 | Machine for automatically removing temporary raised pavement markers (TRPMs) from roadway surfaces Apparatus for removing temporary raised pavement markers (TRPM) from roadway surfaces comprises a platform, and a plurality of cutter blades rotatably disposed beneath the platform for encountering and severing the upstanding vertical reflective portions ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6457779 | Device for milling ground surfaces, specially roadways A device for milling off ground surfaces, especially roadways In a device for milling off ground surfaces (2), especially roadways, comprising a track assembly (4) supporting a machine frame (6), a rolling mill (8) supported in the machine frame (6) and e... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6318351 | Waste containment system for an abrading or cutting device Abrading and cutting devices such as saws include waste containment systems and methods to improve removal of slurry or other contaminants from a work area during operations, and separation of slurry from a carrying medium such as air. A vacuum bar includ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6296318 | Device for milling off ground surfaces especially roadways In a device for milling off ground surfaces, especially roadways, having a wheel frame carrying a machine frame, a milling roller supported in the machine frame and extending transversely to the direction of travel, at least one conveyor means arranged in... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6227620 | Forward mounted asphalt road mill apparatus A compact, easily transportable, surface preparation or road mill apparatus which includes a road mill housing or surface treatment unit having a cutter drum powered by its own power source. The apparatus also includes a mounting device for attachment of ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6224163 | Milling roller module for a surface miner A milling roller module for a surface miner, includes a milling roller operating with undershot for loosening the material from the block being mined, a support frame for fastening the milling roller to the surface miner, and a takeup chute for supporting... | 05/01/2001 |
| 5908224 | Vacuumatic concrete planer A vacuumatic concrete planer for preventing dust from escaping the dust collecting bag attached to the vacuum blower assembly . The vacuumatic concrete planer includes a wheeled housing, a motor being mounted to the housing, a grinder blade assembly being... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5823707 | Self-propelled remote-controlled stone crusher designed to operate inside trenches A self-propelled stone crusher includes systems designed to operate the various machine functions by remote control (30), for operating on open ground or inside trenches, collecting and crushing rocks and stones which are then unloaded and levelled behind... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5772497 | Movable surface treatment device A motor is disposed above the protective covering or chassis of a movable surface treatment device. Via its vertically arranged power take-off shaft, the motor drives the horizontally extending rotor shafts, on which respectively one rotor cage is dispose... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5730501 | Continuous track mounted, self propelled open cast mining apparatus The open cast mining apparatus comprises two sets of running gear between which a cutting drum is provided on a chassis. The conveyor tract is formed by an axial discharge conveyor inside the cutting drum, a vertical worm conveyor and a conveyor in the di... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5695256 | Road excavator with a rotary cutter A road excavator is a drivable vehicle equipped with an excavating apparatus which has a rotary cutter for excavating a paved highway surface, first and second conveyors for exporting an excavated material outside of the excavator, a collector which is pl... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5605381 | Pavement marking eradicator A pavement marking eradicator (10) for removing pavement marking from pavement. The eradicator has a grinding apparatus (13) having a safety skirt (31) to which is mounted a collector (39) of a vacuum system (14). The vacuum system also has a cyclone (36)... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5577808 | Quarry miner A ground supported vehicle for excavating the ground is extremely large and must be dismantled into several sections in order to transport it down a roadway or a railway. The vehicle has a mid-section that is located between opposed ends. A digging appara... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5575538 | Rock saw with centerline conveyor assembly and method of digging a narrow trench A rock saw has a cutting wheel and a conveyor assembly capable of retrieving automatically essentially all materials excavated by the cutting wheel and of discharging the retrieved materials into an adjacent truck or the like. The conveyor assembly includ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5564408 | Pavement treatment method and apparatus An improved pavement treatment apparatus and method are disclosed, for example for concrete and asphalt saws, which may include a vacuum apparatus for removing water and slag. The apparatus also may include an improved blade guard and a pump system for re... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5533790 | Floor milling machines A floor milling machine is provided which comprises a chassis structure supported by front and real ground-engaging wheels respectively and a rotatable milling drum mounted on the chassis structure. The machine is particularly designed for use indoors, an... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5490339 | Trenching system for earth surface use, as on paved streets, roads, highways and the like The present invention relates to a center-line trenching system for use at the earth's surface such as on a paved street, road, highway or the like. The system includes a rubber tired drive machine movable over the earth's surface for advancing a side-by-... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5354146 | Pavement diamond grinder A pavement grinder for grinding and grooving pavement surfaces has a grinding carriage with a rotating arbor supporting a number of radial blades. The arbor is directly coupled to shafts of hydraulic motors with an adapter between the arbor shaft and the ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5152583 | Continuous-operation extraction machinery for strip mining with a cylindrical extractor A continuous-operation extraction apparatus for strip mining that is self propelled on continuous track treads. A cylindrically-shaped cutting extractor has cutting tools arranged on its peripheral surface. Recesses are provided in this peripheral surface... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5092659 | Continuous track-mounted, self-propelled open-cast mining machine A continuous track-mounted, self-propelled continuously operating open-cast mining machine having a drum-shaped mining device with cutting tools arranged around the circumference of the drum. The cutting drum is equipped with cutting teeth which can cut i... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5092657 | Stratum boundary sensor for continuous excavators Probes attached to the moldboard blade penetrate in situ formations while digging with a continuous excavator, thus enabling the direct and simultaneous sensing of characteristic strata property data signals both above and below the digging depth of the e... | 03/03/1992 |
