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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7604069 | Disc tiller road grader system and method Groundbreaking equipment utilizes a gang of discs and a road grader to provide a consistent depth of tilling without skipping areas of ground. In one embodiment, the road grader weighs ten to twenty tons, has articulating tandem rear wheels, front steering wheels, a... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7407016 | Grading boot attachment The present invention provides a grading boot attachment which when attached to a roadway grading moldboard allows for more accurate and uniform grade cutting or leveling with the moldboard. The attachment includes amounting plate for mounting to the moldboard, a wi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7360327 | Material moving pusher/bucket A pusher/bucket has back plate with wings pivotably mounted at either end, and a drop blade pivotably mounted thereto. The drop blade can be secured in a raised position where it is superimposed over the back plate; when in the raised position, the wings can be posi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7192034 | Load based suspension motion limiting An articulated loader has an articulated chassis and two A-frames. The points of the A-frames face each other. The articulated chassis includes a front portion and a rear portion. Likewise, there is a front or first A-frame and a rear or second A-frame. The A-frames... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7134227 | Adjustable wing plow A plow assembly includes a pair of plow wings which are pivotally mounted at opposite ends of a center plow. Each of the plow wings may pivot between a forwardly angled position and an aligned position. The plow assembly may pivot a trailing plow wing in response to... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7051819 | Means for creating weep holes in a ridge of roadway material A weep hole blade is operably mounted on the heel of the grader blade of a motor grader which is movable between raised and lowered positions with respect to the grader blade to create weep holes or channels in a ridge of roadway material being deposited at the side... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6382329 | Ballast plow A ballast plow that is attached to a KERSHAW ballast regulator wing. The plow will be attached to the wing so that it can be moved toward and away from the wing, and in addition, it can be moved up and down and can be rotated from side to side. The plow w... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6293354 | Disc unit There is provided a disc unit for mounting a plurality of discs to an outer end of a mouldboard of a grader. The disc unit includes a mounting bracket for securing to a rear face of an outer end portion of the mouldboard. A frame is pivotally mounted on t... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6068065 | Roller attachment for road grader An attachment assembly is provided for quickly and conveniently mounting a roller onto and immediately ahead of an elongate blade of a road grader or other vehicle which manipulates and moves the blade over a ground surface. The portable roller has an elo... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6028524 | Method for monitoring the position of a motor grader blade relative to a motor grader frame A system and method for monitoring the position of a motor grader blade relative to a motor grader frame. The method includes the steps of: providing an electronic controller, blade controls having position sensors, and frame controls having position sens... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5890545 | Electric drive bunker rake An all electric riding bunker rake primarily suited for maintaining sand traps, or bunkers on a golf course. It is embodied as a tricycle-style vehicle having a frame supported on three wheels, an electrically actuated rake lifting mechanism at the rear o... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5799736 | Dirt distribution method Highway and road maintenance costs and time are greatly reduced by an improved method of removing the typical mound of earth that accumulates along the edges of the roadway by providing an earth moving blade defined by a lengthwise bottom edge, a forward ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5695013 | Dirt distribution device A dirt distribution device for attachment to the outboard end of an earth moving blade of a grader machine includes a motor driven rotary dirt slinger carried on a platform that is pivotally carried on a support arm that, in turn, pivots on the clamp unit... | 12/09/1997 |
| 4848012 | Multi-purpose earthworking machine multi-operational earthworking machine is disclosed wherein the frame includes a telescopible front wheel assembly to permit a selective varying of the length of the wheel base. A carriage, housing an operator's station, is rotatably mounted on the frame ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4834191 | Plow for motor grader A plow for a motor grader is provided with forwardly pivotable panel members at the two ends of the moldboard so the plow can retain and carry forward removed grade debris without leaving significant windrow residue. The plow also can with suitable forwar... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4700786 | Drag-type road grader A drag-type road grader including a skewable frame and a plurality of blade assemblies extending transversely across the frame. A tongue assembly is mounted on the frame and includes hydraulic cylinders for skewing the frame to alternative parallelogram-s... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4643261 | Motor grader with supplementary surface treatment attachment A rotary broom attachment for a motor grader, which has a mold board and structure to adjust the mold board for vertical elevation, side shift and rotary position about vertical and horizontal axes, is mounted behind and parallel to the mold board and has... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4307524 | Ice removing attachment for a vehicle An ice removing attachment for a vehicle includes an ice cutting roller rotatably supported transversely of a vehicle and including a plurality of spaced apart cutting discs having a plurality of circumferentially staggered cutting blades extended transve... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4253256 | Self-loading dualistic earth excavator with connecting telescopic conveying and dualistic distribution means An improved reciprocatory self-loading dual-ended earth excavation vehicle pivotally connected to two or more unmanned self-leveling and self-maneuvering telescopic conveyor vehicles, the latter in turn are pivotally connected to a multi-function dual-end... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4217707 | Snow retaining gate for snow plow In a snow plow having a horizontally elongated blade that extends lengthwise obliquely to the direction of plow travel, a snow retaining gate is mounted in front of the plow blade to swing flatwise about a horizontal axis near the top of the plow blade an... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4213507 | Grading vehicle A grading vehicle including a bridging vehicle chassis between a front axle and its corresponding wheels and a rear vehicle section having at least one axle with corresponding rear wheels, and control equipment mounted on said chassis, which equipment pro... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4208812 | Snow plow attachment Hydraulically-actuated snow plow attachment swingable in a vertical plane on occasion to a lowered position at which it inhibits lateral flow of snow.... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4197917 | Soil stabilizer including two banks of plough shares A soil stabilizer comprises a front bank of four ploughs inclined at 45° to the direction of movement and a similar rear bank of ploughs. The ploughs are arranged in pairs whereof the front ploughs toss the soil/stabilizer mixture to one side where it is... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4110919 | Ski trail forming and conditioning drag An apparatus and more specifically a drag adapted to form and condition a ski trail, and in particular two generally parallel ski traces as commonly used for cross-country skiing, such that the ski traces are of uniform parallelism and depth and are free ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4077139 | Snow wing gate A snow gate attachment to be used at the end of a snow plow blade, adapted when in operation to prevent snow from discharging from the end of the blade, thereby preventing ridging when crossing driveways and the like. The gate attachment has a frame with ... | 03/07/1978 |
| 3993413 | Road packer A pneumatic tire-type compacter is mounted to be towed behind a road maintainer to pack the road immediately after it is graded. A single hydraulic cylinder raises the packer unit for maneuvering the grader; also, the hydraulic cylinder provides means for... | 11/23/1976 |
