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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290360 | Excavation apparatus An excavating apparatus having a prime mover with a longitudinal centerline and a main frame with an engine, a ground drive system and an excavation boom operatively attached thereto wherein the excavation boom has a first end and a second end. The first end of the ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290726 | Angular cutting tool A cutting tool holder, a cutting bit, and a retainer maintaining the cutting bit at a prescribed position relative to the tool holder. The cutting bit is received in a slot located in a first lateral surface that extends through the top surface. The retainer is rece... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7171907 | Drive system for a railway hopper car discharge gate A drive system for a railway hopper car discharge gate includes a door panel operated by a rack and pinion drive. The pinion teeth present a substantially cylindrical profile in a plane orthogonal to the axis of pinion rotation. The cylindrical tooth profile substan... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7152348 | Excavation apparatus An excavating apparatus having a prime mover with a longitudinal centerline and a main frame (30) with an engine, a ground drive system and an excavation boom operatively attached thereto wherein the excavation boom has a sub-frame (112) with a first e... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144087 | Systems and methods for milling paving material with increased stability, support, and power Systems and methods for milling paving material. A self-powered milling system includes a cutting head to mill the paving material. The cutting head is powered by a milling system motor that speeds up production and enables the milling of very thick asphalt in a sin... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144192 | Self-propelled road milling machine A self-propelled road milling machine includes a chassis (2) housing a rotatable milling roll (4) between lateral plates (12,13) disposed orthogonal to the axis of the milling roll (4). The milling roll (4) has a base body (14 | 12/05/2006 |
| 7121630 | Substrate protecting material removing device A rotary reel material removal tool for removing an overlaid material from a substrate material includes a rotating cutting reel having blade members and non-cutting bumper members. The bumper members and the blade members are preferably arranged in a generally alte... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108212 | Angular tool and holding block A cutting tool holder, a cutting bit, and a retainer maintaining the cutting bit at a prescribed position relative to the tool holder. The cutting bit is received in a slot located in a first lateral surface that extends through the top surface. The retainer is rece... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7066555 | Reinforced concrete milling/cutting mandrel In accordance with the invention as embodied and broadly described herein, the present invention features a milling mandrel attachable to a milling device and comprising a primary cylindrical barrel; a plurality of cutting bits removably attached to the primary barr... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055270 | Cutting element supported on a drum In a chain excavator including an excavation chain with links routed around a drive sprocket and an end idler with a base plate mounted to a link for supporting excavation implements, a stabilizing element extends rearwardly from directly behind the excavation imple... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7013758 | Apparatus for removing shingles and shingle fasteners from a roof An apparatus for removing shingles and shingle fasteners from a roof. The apparatus comprises a frame and a driver unit coupled to the frame, the driver unit including at least one motor. The apparatus also comprises a stripping unit coupled to the driver unit, the ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6877818 | Construction machine and milling roller In a construction machine comprising a machine frame (2) having a milling roller (18) arranged for rotation therein, the milling roller (18) comprising a roller base body (19) driven by a milling roller drive device (11 to 15 | 04/12/2005 |
| 6832818 | Milling drum for road working machine A tool mounting device for a milling drum, in particular a fine milling drum, is provided which includes a pedestal portion adapted to be connected to a surface of the milling drum. The pedestal portion has an extension from a side of the milling drum. The extension... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6718660 | Motorized road-going vehicle for making trenches in the ground A motorized road-going vehicle for making trenches may include on its chassis a device for digging a trench using a trenching wheel and a device for sucking and collecting the spoil produced while the trench is being dug. The trenching wheel is mounted so that it ca... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6719485 | Compaction roller and method for rubblizing conrete A concrete rubblizing apparatus includes a non-circular multi-lobed roller connected to an axle on a wheeled frame such that the roller rolls upon the ground and the frame is towed by a tractor. Each lobe of the roller includes a set of cleats extending across a wid... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6626500 | Rotary drum cutting head A rotary drum cutting head (40) has pair of rotary drums (16, 18) which present a plurality of cutting implements (42) adapted for milling rock or other excavatable terrain, and a hydraulic motor (46) centrally disposed between the pair of rotary drums (1... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6386641 | Weld joint design for corners A design is disclosed for promoting the formation of weld between a first member and a second member whereby a fin is introduced at the outer corner portion of the first member to minimize the creation of defects such as runout or rollover. While such a d... | 05/14/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5899535 | Self-powered portable rock crusher There is disclosed a rock crushing apparatus having a frame, an anvil mounted therein and a mounting for a rotor. The rotor has hammer elements disposed thereon for cooperation with the anvil. The rotor includes an outside surface, a plurality of recesses... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5842747 | Apparatus for roadway surface reclaiming drum An apparatus for a roadway surface reclaiming drum is disclosed that includes a plurality of flighting sections generally helically attached to a cylindrical surface of the drum at an included angle of about 40° to about 60°. During rotation of the drum... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5844160 | Land mine clearing tool A forwardly-rotatable, driven-drum, land mine clearing tool has a plurality of robust, easily-repairable tool spokes extending radially from the outer surface of the drum. The land mine clearing tool is connected to the front end of a tracked vehicle and ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5810449 | Cutting drum for an open cast apparatus performing its winning action in both directions of travel The operative members in open pit mining apparatus, designed as strata cutting and loading machines are exposed to high wear and tear in practical operation. The cutter tools (3) are so designed that those picks (5) which are cutting are in their operatin... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5791737 | Elliptical disc grinder A grinder comprising an axle; a multiplicity of grinding teeth; and a plurality of grinding teeth suspending discs; the grinding teeth suspending discs being fixedly attached to the axle; each grinding tooth being fixedly attached to one of the grinding t... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5775781 | Pavement marking removal tool and method A method for removing pavement marking and a drum unit for use in practicing the method. The drum unit is mounted in a drive unit on a horizontal rotational axis. A plurality of cutting bit holders, known as blocks, are secured to the outer cylindrical su... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5647641 | Bar for a road milling drum A mining drum assembly for use in the mining of a substrate that has a drum. A plurality of bars, each one of the bars has a plurality of laterally-spaced apart mining bit assemblies connected thereto, are affixed to the surface of the drum. The bars defi... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5639180 | Milled roadway surface A mining drum assembly for use in the mining of a substrate that has a drum. A plurality of bars, each one of the bars has a plurality of laterally-spaced apart mining bit assemblies connected thereto, are affixed to the surface of the drum. The bars defi... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5581914 | Snow cutting tooth for rotating cutter bar of ski slope tiller A snow cutting tooth design and an associated cutter assembly design incorporating such teeth, wherein the tooth is constructed with a unitary body of steel plate welded to the outside surface of a tubular cutter bar, with bevelled edges creating acute sn... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5536073 | Road milling drum assembly and method of milling A mining drum assembly for use in the mining of a substrate that has a drum. A plurality of bars, each one of the bars has a plurality of laterally-spaced apart mining bit assemblies connected thereto, are affixed to the surface of the drum. The bars defi... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5101583 | Articulated toothed excavating drum for road side ditches of desired profile A ditch digging and/or cleaning apparatus designed to cut a multitude of ditch profiles includes a rotating drum on which are permanently attached tooth supports. On these supports are fastened spikes and teeth, different types for different terrain. Remo... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5083839 | Apparatus for grooving or grinding pavement A rotary grooving or grinding drum is mounted about a drive shaft. The drum has an inner core of steel, an intermediate sleeve of neoprene rubber and an outer sleeve of steel. The neoprene intermediate sleeve provides absorption of the shocks, jars and ha... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5078540 | Asphalt pavement milling machine and cutter drum therefor A cutter drum of the type adapted for use in milling a roadway surface is disclosed, and which comprises a plurality of flighting assemblies fixed to the surface of the drum in a helical configuration. Each flighting assembly comprises a base plate which ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5052757 | Flighting section and tooth holder A rotary drive cutter for use on the rodway surface reclaiming machines is disclosed which includes spiral flighting fixed to an axially rotatable drum, the flighting includes a plurality of regularly spaced recesses for receiving tool holders each being ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5016943 | Milling device for cutting up road surfaces A milling device for cutting up road surfaces which includes a roller-type milling body including a rotatably-mounted spiral conveyor, a plurality of rotary cutters carried on the spiral conveyor, the rotary cutters mounted for free rotation about their r... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4946227 | Bucket wheel assembly A bucket wheel assembly for excavating solid material from the ground which can be slurried with water has a series of buckets mounted on a framework rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis, the buckets, being secured to the framework at spaced po... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4838729 | Soil stabilizing apparatus An apparatus to stabilize a surface. The apparatus includes a carrier arranged for movement over the surface to be stabilized. A reel is mounted on the carrier for rotation about an axis of rotation transverse to the direction of movement of the carrier. ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4822107 | Cutter and method to remove surface coatings A cutter-type apparatus is mounted on a tractor for positioning and locomotion to remove coatings from planar supporting surfaces of concrete, steel or similar materials. The apparatus defines a cutter that is variably positionable from horizontal to vert... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4762371 | Road planning equipment The invention provides road planing equipment. A beam which lies substantially horizontally in relation to the ground carries a cutting unit for movement thereon. As the cutting unit moves along the beam, it planes the road surface to a controlled depth. ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4755001 | Road planar A digging machine for planing a road. The machine has a massive main frame supported by large endless tracks. An elongated digging member has spaced shafts located at the opposed ends thereof. One of the shafts pivotally supports the digging member from t... | 07/05/1988 |
