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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334964 | Combination asphalt finishing machine A combination compacting and smoothing asphalt finishing machine comprising primary finishing elements which may be either compacting tires or smoothing rollers. The primary elements are driven and steered by engine and hydraulic mechanisms conventionally. The machi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7140831 | Attachment for forming shapes following excavation An attachment for a skid steer loader, back hoe or powered excavator that can be used to quickly smooth out the walls of a swimming pool, ditch, etc. following the excavation and the process of using the attachment. The attachment includes a vertical flat surface pe... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7104726 | Trench filling device A device for filling an open trench with the dirt previously removed from the trench lying alongside the trench, using a skid-mounted frame having blades to initially fill the trench and leveling the dirt, followed by a compactor. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7021867 | Method and machine for dynamic ground compaction At least one cable is attached to a load lying on the ground via a releasable connection mechanism. A traction force is applied to the cable to hoist the load up to a prescribed height. That traction force is then eliminated or reduced to initiate a downward movemen... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6793437 | Side-mounted shoulder compaction roller A compaction roller particularly useful for vibration compaction of the shoulder area of roadways. The compactor is designed as an attachment for side-mounting to self-propelled or motorized machinery (e.g. a skid steer front loader). The compaction roller contains:... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6712550 | Roller device for compacting the ground comprising slip control A roller device for compacting the ground comprising a rotatably driven first roller facing, whose speed can be modified, at least within a certain range. Device includes a unit for determining the vertical distance between a surface of a compacted ground lying behi... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6612774 | Method and apparatus for compacting road shoulders A method and apparatus for compacting a road shoulder by a vehicle positioned on a road surface. The apparatus includes a compactor support structure detachably mounted to a front end of the vehicle and including a guide member which slidably receives a h... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6435766 | Method and apparatus for ground working A method and apparatus for ground working. A first step involves providing an apparatus for ground working with telescopically extendible wheel supports which permit the height and angular orientation of the chassis to be adjusted to suit a contour of a d... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6273637 | Dual wheel trench compactor A compactor including a forward and rearward compaction wheel each rotatably supported on a support arm and pivotally connected to a main frame. The forward compaction wheel is pivoted to a position aligned forwardly of and positioned below the rearward c... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6164866 | Aggregate hauling, spreading and compacting machine An apparatus for hauling, spreading and compacting asphalt, gravel and like aggregates is a so-called belly-dump or bottom dump trailer with mechanisms for single pass delivery and compaction of aggregates to form road shoulders and the like.... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5816741 | Remote control for walk-behind compactor A hand-held, portable control device for a walk-behind mobile compactor includes a control box for generating a plurality of electrical control signals. A handle on the control box is adapted to be grasped by a single hand of an operator, without requirin... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5507593 | Uniform compaction of asphalt concrete Apparatus is described for obtaining uniform compaction of asphalt concrete to reduce or prevent cracking of the asphalt concrete surface. A mobile confinement edge force is maintained in contact with the edge surface of an asphalt concrete mat while the ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5336019 | Uniform compaction of asphalt concrete Method and apparatus are described for obtaining uniform compaction of asphalt concrete to reduce or prevent cracking of the asphalt concrete surface. A mobile confinement edge force is maintained in contact with the edge surface of an asphalt concrete ma... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5304013 | Road shoulder compacting apparatus In a vehicle equipped with a road shoulder compacting apparatus, the apparatus includes a ground engagement member for rolling engagement with a shoulder of a road as the vehicle travels along the road, and a support structure carrying the ground engageme... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5082396 | Vibratory roller A vibratory roller is disclosed having a frame comprised of pivotally interconnected front and rear subframes. A motor is mounted on the frame and a steering mechanism is provided to articulate the subframe relative to each other. A roller drum carrier is... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4927289 | Vibratory mechanism for a compaction roller A compaction apparatus including a pair of frames. A compaction drum is mounted for rotation on a first of the frames and resilient isolation mounts interconnect the two frames. A vibratory unit is mounted on the first frme and includes pair of eccentric ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4913581 | Narrow trench tamper A narrow self-propelled trench soil compactor has a vibratory frame assembly connected in a towing relation to a mobile frame having steerable front wheels. The vibratory frame assembly is pivotally connected to the mobile frame for vibratory up and down ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4861189 | System for paving inclined and/or curved surfaces An inclined roadbed is paved by vehicles which are connected by wires to uphill anchor vehicles. A paving vehicle on the inclined surface has a device for projecting a laser beam to a beam-receiving device on its respective anchor vehicle. The height of t... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4808027 | Compaction attachment for backhoe An improved simplified compacting apparatus for mounting on the tool-support boom of a backhoe or other tractor. The apparatus includes a lower member with a convex cylindrical compacting surface which extends through an arc of less than about 180 degrees... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4801219 | System for compacting paved surfaces A compactor having the roller shafts mounted for changing the inclination of the roller through a linkage system. The compactor is connected to an anchor vehicle by a tension member which deters lateral shifting and has a sensor indicating the inclination... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4765774 | Apparatus for redistributing asphalt Apparatus is adapted to be attached adjacent the rear of an asphalt spreader for redistributing asphalt from an adjacent lane beside the spreader onto the lane being surfaced behind the spreader. The apparatus comprises a mount, a motor mounted to the mou... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4732507 | Walk behind soil compactor having a double vibratory drum and an articulated frame An improved walk behind soil compactor having a double vibratory drum and an articulated frame. The compactor includes a rear drive unit having a pair of drive wheels and a forward frame is connected to the forward end of the rear drive unit by an articul... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4702640 | Rotating tube concrete finisher A rotating tube concrete finisher is controlled and driven by an end handle assembly including an internal combustion engine. An outrigger wheel unit is coupled to the end handle assembly to form a stable end support for the end handle assembly and to sup... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4699543 | Slope paving machine A slope paving machine is composed of a wheeled truck, a boom device mounted on and extending from said truck, a pavement finisher which is suspendable from the forward end of said boom device and hingedly connected thereto, and a conveyor mounted on and ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4610567 | Trench compaction device A trench compaction device adapted for mounting on construction and excavation type equipment. The device having a sheepsfoot open-rim wheel design which is static rather than vibratory and uses the down pressure of the equipment to achieve standard densi... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4438819 | Rice levee shaper and packer An improved land vehicle for constructing rice levees comprises a unitary, ground contacting roller-wheel assembly surrounded by a frame member. The shape and size of the roller permits the construction of rice levees having the desired shape and dimensio... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4422796 | Hydraulically adjustable pavement roller A small roller attached to a conventional power-driven paving roller or the like is hydraulically positionable to roll a surface outside of the normal rolling track of the power roller, such as against a building, high curbing, or the like.... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4389799 | Scrub crusher A dual winch for mounting on a tractor comprises a pair of winch drums separately connected via a clutch to a common drive shaft. Each winch drum typically incorporates a planetary gear unit. The cables on the winches are connected to a roller preferably ... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4278368 | Apparatus and method for compacting material PCT No. PCT/US79/00495 Sec. 371 Date July 11, 1979 Sec. 102(e) Date July 11, 1979 PCT Filed July 11, 1979 A compacting apparatus (10) has an impact apparatus (17) and a compactor (19). The impact apparatus (17), such as, for example, a rock breaker, provi... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4260281 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing a fill slope A two-to-one or greater slope is stabilized by rolling a vibratory compactor upslope and simultaneously vibrating the compactor's roller. The compactor comprises a frame on which is rotatably mounted a suitable compaction roller. An engine is rotatably mo... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4165199 | Process and apparatus for applying and compacting castable material in strips on a sloped surface An earthen structure for holding back a body of water has a sloped surface which is paved with an overlapping arrangement of strips constructed of castable material. Each strip is formed by conveying castable material from a mobile receiving hopper that i... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4162102 | Method and device for loosening stony soil A method for loosening stony soil by means of a rotating cutting head fastened to the rear of a tractor and having cutting members to be drawn through the soil and being mounted according to a helical line. Stony soil can be readily loosened to the desired dep... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4100688 | Earth working apparatus An earth working apparatus is disclosed including means for removably coupling a compacting roller into operative engagement with a hydraulically manipulated boom while simultaneously maintaining the excavating bucket of the apparatus in its operative ass... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4070129 | Earth compacting equipment A compaction roller pivotally mounted on an extensible boom-type support, arranged to be lowered at a predetermined angle into an excavated ditch, having control means for changing the angle to a horizontal position and the length of the boom.... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4066374 | Trench compactor A vibratory sheepsfoot is attached to a coupling assembly that is mounted on a hydraulically operated tool bar on the back of a tractor. The coupling assembly is designed to permit adjustability of the vibratory sheepsfoot in a vertical direction. The cou... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4039265 | Ditch-shaping roll and attachment for a road vehicle A roll and an attachment using such a roll are disclosed for a road vehicle for forming a ditch by pressure in a rolling motion or shaping a pre-existing ditch by the same coaction. The roll member includes a centrally-located cylindrical surface adapted ... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3989404 | Dirt compacting and asphalt compacting roller unit A dirt compacting and asphalt compacting roller unit of sufficient weight for utilization in compacting fill dirt introduced into a ditch to fill the ditch, and for utilization in compacting hot asphalt subsequently applied over the previously compacted f... | 11/02/1976 |
