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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132984 | Multiple preset concrete trowel steering system A self-propelled concrete finishing trowel has a power steering system that facilitates operator selection of a desired steering performance response of the trowel. The power steering system includes a controller that communicates operator steering instructions from... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132983 | Riding concrete trowel with stabilizers In a riding concrete finishing trowel, a stabilizer is operatively disposed between the frame and either the gearbox or a structure that is coupled to the gearbox so as reduce the effects of rotor assembly vibration on the trowel. In one embodiment, the stabilizer t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8075222 | Concrete finishing apparatus A concrete finishing apparatus for smoothing and leveling partially set-up concrete at a support surface includes a frame portion, a first concrete working member and a second concrete working member disposed at the frame portion. The first concrete working member i... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7980783 | Linear lost motion positioning mechanism A linear lost motion mechanism is located within a tubular handle of a machine, such as a concrete finishing machine. The linear lost motion mechanism includes a pitch block configured to selectively frictionally lock with the tubular handle or a component attached ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7891906 | Concrete finishing apparatus A concrete finishing apparatus and method for smoothing and flattening partially set-up concrete to a close-tolerance surface includes a movable unit that is movable and supported at a partially set-up concrete surface and at least one rotatable ring finishing membe... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7815393 | Mounting adapter for concrete surface processing tool A mounting assembly for rotatably mounting a surface processing tool holder on at least one motor driven rotatable arm of a surface processing apparatus, such that the tool can spin freely as the arm is driven by the motor, includes an elongate shank having a smooth... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7785034 | Desegregation system A desegregation system for use with hot mix asphalt, warm mix or with any material that will flow and which includes pieces of material of various sizes and for which uniform mixture is important. The system is substantially within a hopper having a material inlet a... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7775741 | Apparatus and method for surface finishing cured concrete A method and apparatus for finishing cured concrete floors using a riding trowel to which large diameter pans are rotationally secured, the pans having abraders releasably secured to their undersides. The individual abraders are preferably individually removably sec... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775740 | Concrete trowel steering system A self-propelled concrete finishing trowel has a steering system that counteracts a portion of the load associated with operator manipulation of a steering handle. A steering linkage connects the steering handle to a rotor assembly. A steering assist mechanism, pref... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771139 | Concrete trowel transport system A self-propelled concrete finishing trowel has a transport system or dolly that allows the towel to be moved manually. The transport system includes wheels that are connected to a frame of the trowel by a connector such as a rotatable shaft. A single lift device suc... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7690864 | Hydraulic riding trowel with automatic load sensing system A high performance, multiple rotor, hydraulically driven riding trowel for finishing concrete includes a rigid trowel frame with two or more downwardly-projecting, bladed rotor assemblies that frictionally engage the concrete surface. The rotor assemblies are tilted... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7674069 | Concrete finishing trowel A concrete finishing trowel comprising at least one rotor which is mounted on a frame and is provided with a rotatably driven shaft and several blades that are mounted on the driven shaft. A blade deflection mechanism moves the blades on a path that deviates from a ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7604434 | Apparatus for leveling and smoothing a surface An apparatus for leveling and smoothing a surface that permits blades to be easily installed and removed from their corresponding trowel arms. The blades are formed such that attachment of a blade to the trowel arm is achieved by simply attaching the blade using one... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7530762 | Methods and apparatuses for surface finishing cured concrete A method and apparatus for finishing cured concrete floors using a riding trowel to which large diameter pans are attached having a balanced distribution of abraders releasably secured to the undersides of the pans. The individual abraders are preferably individuall... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7524138 | Floor surface finishing device A floor surface finishing device includes a plane leveling machine having a plurality of rotary blades adapted to be rotated in a propeller manner by the driving force from a motor while keeping in contact with a floor surface to be finished. A planar finishing blad... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7481602 | Diamond trowel blade A diamond trowel blade 20 comprises diamond particles that will attach to a power trowel for surface preparation of hardened concrete surfaces. The diamond trowel blade 20 includes a diamond bearing surface 22; a backing plate 24; an inte... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7427175 | Apparatus for finishing concrete A power trowel is provided for finishing concrete. The trowel can be used to finish concrete at different stages of hardening. The handle of the trowel is rotated both to adjust the speed of rotation of the trowel blades and the cant of the trowel blades. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7399140 | Power trowel attachment for a drill A drill attachment for smoothing the edges and corners of a concrete slab is disclosed. The drill attachment includes a shaft that is secured or chucked into an electric drill. Pluralities of troweling blades extend from the central shaft and are secured at their en... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7357202 | User input for vehicle control A user input for controlling acceleration of a vehicle. The user input has a movable member capable of deflection by a user such that a degree of deflection corresponds to a specified velocity commanded by the user. The correspondence between the degree of deflectio... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7316523 | Acoustically matched method and apparatus for screeding concrete Methods and apparatus for screeding freshly placed concrete in which the acoustic impedance of the treating equipment is made substantially equal to the acoustic impedance of the concrete slab. Portions of the screed contacting the plastic concrete are matched to an... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7261623 | Wood floor sanding machine A power sanding machine (10) has three circumferentially spaced cogged belts (40) to drive three discs (52) rotatably mounted to an inner bowl (30) which is rotatably mounted to a housing (12), which in turn is connected to an oper... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255513 | Diamond trowel blade A diamond trowel blade 20 comprises diamond particles that will attach to a power trowel for surface preparation of hardened concrete surfaces. The diamond trowel blade includes a diamond bearing surface 22, for preparing the concrete surface; a backin... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252456 | Portable form and method for using same for concrete strike-off A form for concrete strike-off includes a pan adapted to float on a plastic concrete surface, a rigid straightedge, and a support. The straightedge is coupled on one end to the pan and the support is coupled to the opposing end of the straightedge with the straighte... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7232277 | Remotely-controlled concrete tool assembly A concrete tool assembly (10) used on a concrete surface (16) includes a surfacing apparatus (12) including a frame (18) and one or more trowel assemblies (34A, 34B). Each trowel assembly (34A, 34B) includes on... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222476 | Hand-pushed mower A hand-pushed mower of which blade height setter is provided with a sphere rolling on the ground, many small spheres holding the sphere as to freely roll, a semi-spherical receiving member forming a gap between an upper spherical face of the sphere to hold the many ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207745 | Device for levelling of poured floors, in particular concrete floor A device for levelling a recently poured floor is disclosed wherein the device substantially comprises a frame with a drive motor, the drive shaft of which stands upright, and a rotor connected to the shaft and having two or more blades which are directed radially r... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207232 | Continuously variable transmission, and a transfer case including a continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission including a drive element rotatable about a drive axis, an output element rotatable about an output axis parallel to the drive axis, and an adjusting mechanism with which the drive axis and the output axis can be laterally offset... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7172365 | Method of making and using a dynamically balanced walk behind trowel A method is provided of making and using a walk behind rotary trowel that is “dynamically balanced” so as to minimize the forces/torque that the operator must endure to control and guide the trowel. Characteristics that are accounted for by this method include, ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7153058 | Apparatus for finishing concrete A vibratory screed apparatus includes a vibrator, a screed, and a coupler for coupling the vibrator to the screed. The vibratory screed apparatus may be provided as a concrete-finishing kit which is capable of being assembled and disassembled in the field. A number ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147548 | Grinding and cutting head A grinding and cutting head adapted to be mounted with a rotating disk of a grinding and cutting machine. The head includes a plate having a first surface which mounts at least one carrier. The carrier includes a vertical slot along one side which extends upwardly f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144194 | Surface finisher The surface finisher is an attachment for an angle grinder or other handheld prime mover that precludes the need to finish uncured concrete or other viscous, semi-fluid materials by hand. The surface finisher is a disk having a series of radially disposed blades ext... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7114876 | Acoustically matched concrete finishing pans Pans for power finishing freshly placed concrete in which the acoustic impedance of the treating equipment is made substantially equal to the acoustic impedance of the concrete slab being treated. Preferably, a powered, twin rotor riding trowel is provided with a pa... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108451 | Rotating concrete finishing trowel A rotary cement or concrete finishing trowel has an operating head at one end of the apparatus that includes at least one cement finishing blade rotatably mounted for movement in a horizontal plane for smoothing a concrete floor surface. A drive motor, e.g., a 2-cyc... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104725 | Concrete finishing attachment A concrete finishing attachment for final finishing or troweling of concrete using a portable hand power tool, such as an angle grinder, comprised of a central hub formed into a frustrum shape with a hole located centrally for registration with the spindle or arbor ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7065837 | Guide handle for a manually steered machine A guide handle of a handle assembly for an industrial machine such as a walk behind trowel has the open-ended handlebar characteristics of a so-called “bicycle” style guide handle and the belly bar and gripping versatility characteristics of a “whale tail” s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059801 | Metal plate reinforced plastic trowel blade for power troweling A trowel blade for use with power trowels includes a plastic trowel blade having a reinforcing metal plate affixed to and overlying at least a portion of one face thereof. The blade is adapted for use in combination with a power trowel having a rotor including a plu... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056199 | Connecting foot for orbital movement machines for machining surfaces, in particular orbital sanders, and orbital sanding machine using the said foot The present discovery refers to a connecting foot for a machine constituted by a central cylinder of hard plastic material, possibly fitted with a hole, coaxial to said central cylinder, and by an external coating of rubber. Said rubber also fills the hole forming a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044682 | Mechanical pitch control A concrete finishing machine having a rotatable trowel blade assembly and a mechanism for controllably adjusting the pitch of the trowel blades relative to a wet concrete surface on which the blades rest. The machine's engine's drive shaft rotation itself is utilize... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039986 | Vibration isolation machine handle Disclosed is a vibration dampening handle for power tools. It includes a branch handle attached to a main handle, but at least one resilient connection. The upper connection is through a resilient connection, and the lower connection is typically a solid connection.... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7018132 | Rotating concrete finishing trowel A rotary cement or concrete finishing trowel has an operating head at one end of the apparatus that includes at least one cement finishing blade rotatably mounted for movement in a horizontal plane for smoothing a concrete floor surface. A drive motor, e.g., a 2-cyc... | 03/28/2006 |
