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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123432 | Soil-compactor with power steering At the end of a guide handle of a vibration plate service as soil-compactor an actuating element is mounted which can be moved in relation to the guide handle. Each position of the actuating element is detected by a sensor device which transmits a corresponding sign... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8047741 | Road-milling machine or machine for working deposits The invention relates to a road-milling machine or machine for working deposits, such as deposits of coal, ores, minerals, etc. by surface mining. The machine according to the invention has an arrangement 14 for detecting the path followed by a milled edge | 11/01/2011 |
| 8033751 | Gyro compensated inclinometer for cross slope control of concrete screed A control system for controlling movement of individual hydraulically moveable ends of a screed head carried by a boom of a machine so as to maintain a selected elevation position between each end of the screed head and a reference in a concrete paving application a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7942604 | Propulsion and steering system for a road milling machine A propulsion system is for a road milling machine with a rotatable cutter drum (3). The system includes four crawler assemblies (12) movably coupled with the mainframe so as to define front and rear, and left and right, pairs of crawler assemblies. Fou... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7651295 | Extension screed for a paving vehicle An extension screed is for a paving vehicle screed assembly that includes a main screed. The extension screed includes two base members movably connectable with the main screed and two vertical actuators each extending between the main screed and a separate base mem... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7641419 | Heating control system for a screed A control system for heating a screed assembly of a paving machine is provided. The control system includes a plurality of resistive heating elements positioned adjacent to a screed plate of the screed assembly. An electrical power supply is selectively connected wi... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7572080 | Heating control system for a screed A control system for heating a screed assembly of a paving machine is provided. The control system includes a plurality of resistive heating elements positioned adjacent to a screed plate of the screed assembly. An electrical power supply is selectively connected wi... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7422391 | Road milling machine with optimized operation A road milling machine having a milling roller with a plurality of chisels. A signal receiving unit is assigned to a machine component which is directly or indirectly involved in the milling process or to another machine component. The signal receiving unit detects ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7349566 | Image processing network An image processing network for processing image files and coupled to an outside data communication network comprising a plurality of remote image capture units, the units scanning documents and creating a plurality of image files of said documents; the image proces... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331636 | Electric milling machine A milling machine comprising a housing including a frame, a front wheel assembly supporting the housing, at least a first rear wheel assembly and a second rear wheel assembly supporting the housing, a milling drum mounted within the housing and extending below the h... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316520 | Low surface area shearing device An apparatus for use in shearing paving material applied to a surface is provided. This apparatus includes a blade for shearing the asphalt mixture to a desired thickness, cylinders for raising and lowering the blade in response to elevational changes in the surface... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7306398 | Highway marker transfer vehicle A wheeled vehicle, preferably a trailer, carries highway markers in a storage frame that is horizontally rotated to selectively align each of a plurality of parallel, circularly spaced, slide bearings, each configured to confine a linear array of highway markers aga... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300225 | Apparatus and method for heating road building equipment A method and apparatus for heating hot mix asphalt (HMA), via collecting fumes from HMA while the HMA is on-board a vehicle and in motion within the vehicle, and igniting the HMA with engine exhaust and using the heat of combustion of the HMA to heat HMA, such as vi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294204 | Apparatus for painting traffic marks on road surface An apparatus for painting traffic marks on a road surface without requiring any professional painting skills. The apparatus having: a first support and second support being parallel to each other and a coupling unit to couple the supports. There is also a gantry uni... | 11/13/2007 |
| RE39834 | Apparatus and method for three-dimensional contouring A contouring device and method for contouring three-dimensionally curved surfaces includes an elongated contouring assembly that is supported at opposite ends by a pair of fluid cylinders. The fluid cylinders are controlled to raise and lower the ends of the contour... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7226239 | System for measuring material properties from a moving construction vehicle A system is for sensing a property of a material mat from a construction vehicle. The system includes a sensor for sensing the material property and a positioning mechanism connected with the vehicle and with the sensor. The mechanism displaces the sensor between fi... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7198429 | Segmented concrete screed A segmented concrete screed for screeding concrete on a concrete casting bed includes a plurality of individual screed units each of which may be raised and lowered independently of the others such that screeding operations may selectively bypass obstructions in the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195423 | Powered strike-off plow A wheeled strike-off apparatus is movable over a surface of uncured concrete or subgrade materials and is operable to establish a desired grade of the uncured concrete surface or subgrade surface. The apparatus includes a wheeled support and a plow assembly. The whe... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175363 | Apparatus and method for improving the control of a concrete screed head assembly A soft landing control system for a screeding device is operable to automatically lower a vibrating member of a screed head assembly into engagement with a concrete surface at a time and place where the vibrating member is not positioned over an overlap area of alre... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164365 | Vehicle mounted travel surface and weather condition monitoring system A system and apparatus for detecting and evaluating surface conditions on a road surface and atmospheric conditions simultaneously from a vehicle includes a sensor for detecting the presence of deposited material on a road surface, a detector for determining one or ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7144191 | Apparatus and method for three-dimensional contouring A contouring machine control system, contouring/smoothing method, and kit for enabling a contouring machine to automatically contour three-dimensional surfaces includes a contouring member, such as a screed or dirt grading blade, a target either attached to the cont... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7108450 | Portable drag box with automated shearing device A drag box for use in applying cold mix asphalt paving material to a surface includes a pugmill for distributing the cold mix over the surface, a strike blade for shearing the asphalt mixture to a desired thickness, cylinders for raising and lowering the strike blad... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7073974 | Process and apparatus for highway marking A system for forming and applying a coherent refractory mass on the surface of a road wherein one or more non-combustible materials are mixed with one or more metallic combustible powders and an oxidizer, igniting the mixture so that the combustible metallic particl... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070358 | Comb gate and method of use An apparatus for applying a traffic stripe to a surface comprising a comb gate for permitting compound to be released from a tractive box through a comb for a contoured or profiled traffic stripe and a base gate for compound to be released for a standard or flat tra... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052202 | Process and apparatus for highway marking A process and apparatus for forming a coherent refractory mass on the surface of a road wherein one or more non-combustible materials are mixed with one or more metallic combustible powders and an oxidizer, igniting the mixture so that the combustible metallic parti... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044681 | Apparatus and method for improving the control of a concrete screed head assembly A soft landing control system for a screeding device is operable to automatically lower a vibrating member of a screed head assembly into engagement with a concrete surface at a time and place where the vibrating member is not positioned over an overlap area of alre... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037034 | Safety door system and method for a hopper body Accordingly there is disclosed a safety door system, comprising a hopper body containing a powered implement powered by a hydraulic control system, for dispensing liquid or granular materials or for agitating the liquid or granular materials; a safety door for cover... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033106 | Method and apparatus for sealing cracks in roads A roadway crack sealing apparatus (300, 314) which includes a crack sealing assembly having an emulsion container supported on a frame, wheels supporting the frame, a handle extending from the frame, a lever operable to control selectively open and close an e... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029199 | Automatic ground marking method and apparatus An automatic ground marking apparatus including a carriage (1) responsive to carriage control signals for traversing the ground (5), the carriage having a controllable steering and drive system, a controllable marking system and a position determining ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6977597 | Vehicle mounted travel surface and weather condition monitoring system A system and apparatus for detecting and evaluating surface conditions on a road surface and atmospheric conditions simultaneously from a vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises a sensor for detecting the presence of deposited material on a road surface, a detect... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6969214 | Process and apparatus for highway marking A process and apparatus for forming a coherent refractory mass on the surface of a road wherein one or more non-combustible materials are mixed with one or more metallic combustible powders and an oxidizer, igniting the mixture so that the combustible metallic parti... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6929420 | Apparatus and method for three-dimensional contouring A device and method for contouring three-dimensionally curved surfaces includes an elongated contouring assembly that is supported at opposite ends by height adjustment mechanisms. The height adjustment mechanisms raise and lower the ends of the contouring assembly ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6921230 | Closed loop control system for pavement surfacing machine Apparatus and methods for controlling the operation of a pavement surfacing machine are described. One embodiment that controls a pavement surfacing machine having a vehicle moveable in a preselected direction of travel along a pavement surface under the influence o... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913417 | Line striper sensor and display system Sensors (18, 20 and 22) and an interactive display (12) are added to an airless gas powered line striping machine (10) to provide the operator with a variety of information about the operating parameters. In addition to the pressure senso... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6846128 | Mobile soil compacting device whose direction of travel is stabilized The invention relates to a soil compacting device comprising a motion detection device for detecting an actual value for the travelling motion of the soil compacting device. Inside a travel control device, the actual value is compared with a set value that is predet... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6796740 | Method of and apparatus for applying visual indication means to a surface Dispensing apparatus (2) for dispensing reflective elements, such as glass beads (4), onto a surface, typically a road surface, the apparatus (2) being attached to a vehicle. The glass beads (4) are placed in an inlet means (6) and... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6749364 | Temperature sensing for controlling paving and compaction operations A pavement temperature monitoring system (10) is used on paver vehicle (12) that is capable of forming a pavement material mat (11) upon abase surface (13), as paver vehicle (12) travels generally in a single direction. A temperatu... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6729596 | Structure for support and positional regulation of automated levelling systems A structure to be coupled to a machine for treating surfaces, comprising a centre web (1) joined to a machine (2) in which are movably and tightly fined with the aid of bearings a pair of telescoping superposed arms (6-6′) whose segments can b... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729796 | Transducer arrangement for screed control A transducer arrangement and method that generates control signals indicating relative positions of the ends of a hydraulically movable screed head. The generated control signals of the present invention are used by a conventional control circuit controlling the hyd... | 05/04/2004 |
