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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7698838 | Hoe equipped excavator having increased range In one embodiment of the invention, a hoe equipped excavator includes a base, a boom pivotally mounted at one end on the base, a stick pivotally coupled at one end to the other end of the boom, a tool pivotally coupled to the other end of the stick, a boom link plat... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7293374 | Crawler frame for construction machine A crawler frame includes a center frame and right and left track frames disposed at right and left sides of the center frame so as to extend in a back and forth direction, wherein legs for connecting a central frame section of the center frame to the track frames ar... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293375 | Crawler frame for construction machine In a crawler frame in which legs in a center frame are formed from cast steel, a simple structure is achieved by reducing the number of components. To this end, the crawler frame, which has a center frame composed of a central frame section for supporting a swing be... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7163112 | Material transloading equipment The invention concerns a material transloading equipment unit with an undercarriage and a turntable connected with this undercarriage by means of a track ring, on which an arm that can be pivoted by means of at least one hoisting cylinder is pivot-mounted. According... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152349 | Dragline bucket rigging and control apparatus A large electric dragline having a housing (35) and boom (37) is provided with spaced apart in-line sheaves (34) and (36) at boom point to separate hoist ropes (31) and (32) which are led to the front and rear of bucket (... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7036249 | Tooth adapter having an elastomeric clamp assembly and method for using same A tooth adapter having an elastomeric clamp assembly and a method for using the same are provided. The system includes a tooth adapter having a first end operable to receive a removable tooth point and a second end having an upper blade and a lower blade, the upper ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7024805 | Dragline excavating machine with direct drive hoist and drag drums A dragline excavating machine includes a gearless direct drive AC drive motor for driving each of the hoist and the drag drums in the system. The gearless AC motor is driven using a digital system which receives AC power from the utility system rectifies the power u... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6910544 | Work machine arrangement In the operation of work machines of the type having an extensible arm, the maximum reach of the arm for a given work machine is limited by such factors as the vehicle's weight, body size and engine placement. The present invention provides for a work machine arrang... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6718661 | Boom A new and improved appliance boom having opposite ends. One of the ends is adapted to be secured to the bucket of an articulated powered bucket loader. The other end is adapted to be secured to an appliance. The boom has means for guiding appliance control cables fr... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6240661 | Method and apparatus for replacing internal splines in a power mining shovel drive train A power mining shovel including a drive train drivingly connected to ground-engaging device, the drive train including a drive train shaft, and a disc brake apparatus operably connected to the drive train shaft for selectively preventing rotation of the d... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6185847 | Continuous shovel The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for excavating material from a mining or reclamation operation, and is generally considered useful in open cast mining operations. The apparatus has a first conveyor and a second conveyor attached to ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6152656 | Material delivery system A material delivery system conveys material from a supply location at or above an area surface to a working location below the area surface. The delivery system includes a supply hopper located at the supply location and having an inlet for receiving mate... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6067734 | Dragline walking mechanism with improved planetary transmission A dragline comprising a main housing, a moving mechanism for moving the main housing over the ground, and a planetary transmission driving the moving mechanism, the planetary transmission including a transmission housing, a sun gear, a ring gear and plane... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5970636 | Dump block An integral dump block for use in a dragline bucket that comprises a sheave to movably support a dump line, a central pin rotatably supporting the sheave, and a housing to couple the pin to lift lines. Bearings are disposed within the sheave and each side... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5642577 | Dragline with high headroom between upper and lower structures Heavy machinery comprising a lower support structure having an upper surface, and an upper structure having a generally horizontal lower surface facing the upper surface of the lower structure, the upper structure being supported above the lower structure... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5636459 | Dragline including improved boom A dragline comprising a main housing, a bucket hoist mechanism mounted on the housing, a bucket drag mechanism mounted on the main housing, a moving mechanism for moving the main housing over the ground, a boom having upper and lower ends and a rectangula... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5452529 | Retaining device A digging bucket has a lip, a lip aperture with a forward surface, a digging component mounted on the lip, and a component retaining device. The device comprises a keeper wedge with protrusions bearing against the component and a wedge member interposed b... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5408767 | Excavation controlling apparatus for dipper shovel An excavation controlling apparatus which can effect precise driving control off a dipper in accordance with an actual operation condition with a simple structure of a low cost. A dipper handle extension instruction calculation section calculates a dipper... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5398396 | Method and apparatus for withdrawing a machine shaft The new method relates to a machinery assembly having (a) a housing, (b) an eccentric confined in the housing, (c) a shaft extending into the eccentric and (d) a shaft axis of rotation. A method for moving the shaft with respect to the housing includes th... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5321902 | Dump block for strip mine rigging apparatus The present dump block (100) comprises an internal plate (106) attached to an external plate (108) with a rotatably mounted sheave (110) therebetween. The external plate (108) presents a smooth convex surface. Bearings (126) are mounted between the sheave... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5245882 | Apparatus for drive component disconnection The invention involves a machine, e.g., a walking dragline having a drive gear, a driven member which loads (and wears) gear teeth unequally and an interconnecting shaft. The quill-mounted gear is separately supported by bearings. The shaft can be moved a... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5121561 | Load reducing and alignment system for drag line excavators A load reduction and alignment system for drag line excavators which have annular rail tracks on which multiple support roller assemblies are positioned. The load stress from the excavator is distributed and reduced by increasing the number of rollers wit... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4256342 | Dragline equipped with hopper means and loading means A novel dragline is provided which is equipped with hopper means and loading means. More specifically, the dragline of the invention comprises a hopper means mounted on the front portion of a revolving frame rotatably mounted on a mobile base, the hopper ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4174579 | Twin boom dragline A dragline has two booms at a ninety degree angle with the dragrope between them. Each boom has a variable speed hoist mechanism and both hoist ropes are connected to the bucket. Either boom can be used as a digging boom, with the other serving as a dumpi... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4167072 | Boom arrangement for dragline An excavating machine comprising a pivotal boom supporting at its outer end a drag bucket with the aid of a first line, and a bucket support arm articulated to the boom and a second line extending from said drag bucket to the outer end of the bucket suppo... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4134221 | Earth planer An earth grading machine has a powered reciprocable earth moving element guided by a vertically inclinable track member. Means for adjusting the vertical inclination of the track member includes support means accommodating pivotal movement of the track me... | 01/16/1979 |
| 3992791 | Slope grader with longitudinally movable guide frame An attachment for a jib crane to enable it to be used for grading and carrying out other work on sloping banks has a more or less horizontal auxiliary jib mounted beneath the main jib of the crane, a carriage movable fore and aft along the auxiliary jib, ... | 11/23/1976 |
