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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419328 | Asphalt-removing machine having a plurality of blade members A work machine for removing asphalt from a roadway is disclosed. The work machine includes a plurality of blade members to remove asphalt from the roadway. The plurality of blade members are interconnected by way of hinges. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413376 | Asphalt-removing machine having a funnel-shaped ramp A work machine for removing asphalt from a roadway is disclosed. The work machine includes a removal device configured to remove asphalt from a roadway surface, and a grinding device configured to fracture the removed asphalt. The work machine also includes a funnel... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7287818 | Vertical milling apparatus for a paved surface A vertical milling apparatus for a paved surface has a rotary degradation element which has a top end connected to a carrier. The carrier is slideably attached to an underside of a motorized vehicle, and adapted to traverse the paved surface. The rotary degradation ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7201536 | Road patching equipment An improved asphalt patching machine which is mountable to a motor vehicle having a supply of asphalt patch material thereon. The patching machine comprises a dispensing and finishing assembly fed by a multi-part, articulatable conveyor which feeds asphalt patching ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178972 | Recycled material mixing machine A machine for combining powder material with cohesive site-won spoil has an input hopper which provides a preliminary breaking up step. Some lime is added from a lime feeder as the material is transported to a pan mixer. During transport a rotavator acts on the cohe... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179018 | Apparatus and method for working asphalt pavement A method and apparatus for working asphalt pavement, comprising one or both of a mechanical, hydraulic, electric, or pneumatic means for providing high-speed rotation; a rotary tool comprising a first end comprising a working surface and a second end adapted for con... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7140693 | Milling machine with re-entering back wheels A work machine includes a frame (2) supported by a plurality of wheels or tracks (5), at least some of which are associated with respective lifting columns (32) adapted to raise and lower the frame (2) relative to the respective wheels or... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134806 | Repairing road surfaces A method of repairing a road surface includes providing a hopper mounted on a spreading vehicle and means to spread material carried in the hopper over depressed areas of the road surface to fill them with the material. At ambient temperature, a batch of patching sl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131704 | Shiftable conveyor for road milling machine A material collection device for particles received from a processing device on a road processing machine. The material collection device comprises a guide having a material discard opening and an attachment face. A conveyor support is shiftably fixed to the guide a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7004675 | Pavement recycling machine and method of recycling pavement A pavement recycling assembly includes a frame defining a grinding chamber and a mixing chamber. The grinding chamber carries a rotatable laterally-extending toothed grinding drum and the mixing chamber houses at least one toothed rotatable mixing wheel. A screed as... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6971783 | Recycled material and mixing machinery Site-won spoil from an excavation which is a predominantly non-granular cohesive material can be converted into a material suitable for immediate use as a backfill material by a process of mechanically mixing the spoil with between 0 and 30% by weight or volume of a... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6939079 | Hot-in-place asphalt recycling machine and process A process and device for the recycling of asphalt including at least one one preheater unit. The preheater having a heater, scarifying rakes, and a bin to dispense aggregate. Also include is a recycling machine having a heater, scarifying rakes, a plurality of exten... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6874973 | Self-propelled soil modifying machine A machine body (1) having a traveling equipment (2) is provided with a mixer (3), a soil hopper (8), a raw soil conveying device (7) and a modified soil conveying device (10). Further, a soil conditioner supply device compri... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6802464 | Device for spreading liquid binder and roadstone behind a road making machine The device comprises a roadstone spreader having roadstone flap-doors which are juxtapositioned the transverse direction and which are of equal width, and a rail for spreading bituminous binder facing spreading zones for roadstone via the roadstone flap-doors. The r... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6769836 | Hot-in-place asphalt recycling machine and process A method for providing hot-in-place recycling and repaving of an existing asphalt-based pavement, in which the pavement is first heated. The heated pavement surface is then sacrified, and new aggregate is dispensed onto it, to form a recycled, preheated asphalt and ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6695530 | Mixing apparatus and method for blending milled asphalt with rejuvenating fluid A method and apparatus are provided for in situ rejuvenation of asphalt pavement. The apparatus and method provide for heating the underlying surface to form a preheated surface, passing a mill over the preheated surface and milling the preheated surface ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6695529 | Road material reclamation device and method A system for reclaiming displaced road surface material from along side a road. More specifically, the instant invention is a road material reclamation device including a movable fame capable of being attached to another machine. At least one cylinder dri... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6626608 | Mobile rock crusher A mobile rock crusher for crushing raw rock material which has been windrowed on a roadway in the translation path of the crusher includes a rigid supporting structure, which includes a frame, and translation means for allowing translation of the frame ov... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6565282 | Tractor implement for scarring pavement in paint line removal A tractor implement to grind surface pavement in removing paint lines is mounted on a tractor side and driven by a tractor power take-off. An implement first frame is supported rotatably on a rod extending orthogonally from the tractor. A rotatable tracto... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6439804 | Method and apparatus for controlling the mixing of milled asphalt aggregate with rejuvenating fluid A method and apparatus for controlling the mixing of asphalt aggregate with rejuvenating materials in an asphalt rejuvenating machine. According to the method, milled aggregate is discharged in a windrow of fixed width, and windrow height is compared to r... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6416249 | Mixing apparatus and method for blending milled asphalt with rejuvenating fluid A blending apparatus which forms part of an asphalt pavement resurfacing machine has first and second stages. The first stage receives milled material through an inlet and blends the milled material with a rejuvenating fluid. The first stage has a transve... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6220782 | Method and apparatus for altering an aggregate gradation mixture of an asphalt concrete mixture A method and apparatus for altering an aggregate gradation mixture of an asphalt concrete mixture. The apparatus includes a heater for heating a layer of existing roadway materials, a milling and mixing auger for milling the heated layer of existing roadw... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6192992 | Machine for soil preparation A machine for preparation of soil comprises a soil lifting device for lifting a layer of soil, a soil breaking device for breaking up the layer of soil, and a frame, the soil lifting device and soil breaking device being attached to the frame.... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6183159 | Automotive soil treating machine A vehicular automotive soil treating machine having a main frame structure provided on an automotive drive means to support thereon a soil feeding stage including at least a soil hopper and an additive hopper for feeding soil and an additive soil improvin... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6179519 | Device and a method for moving an object A device and a method for moving an object are based on the fact that the object (8) is pivotable in relation to a base portion (7) about an axis. There is an arrangement (18) for displacing, during pivoting motion of the object, the object substantially ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6149342 | Anti-bridging mechanism An anti-clogging or anti-bridging mechanism is disclosed which is structurally arranged to engage the nozzle ports in a cutting housing to seal the ports from pulverized road bed material. The mechanism further includes cable members which facilitate move... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5988937 | Crawler type soil improving machine The present invention provides a crawler type soil improving machine for efficiently crushing and mixing soft soil and a soil improving agent in order to regenerate such soil, and features excellent mobility and operability. The soil improving machine com... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5938373 | Apparatus for padding a trench including crusher for pulverizing excavated material into grades of material A method of padding a trench includes the steps of automatically gathering at least a portion of excavated material from the berm of a trench, auomatically pulverizing at least part of the gathered material to form a pulverized material, and automatically... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5893225 | Mobile device for working and/or moving heaps of materials (ricks), and clearing apparatus preferably provided for it The invention relates to a mobile device for working and/or moving heaps, preferably stacked in the manner of an embankment, of compostable materials (ricks) or of materials which are suitable for a landfill, comprising travelling gear which can be moved ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5864970 | Earth excavating apparatus An earth excavating apparatus is disclosed as operable to loosen earthen material and expel the loosened earthen material away from the apparatus. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a rotatable drum partially disposed within a housing and having a p... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5823707 | Self-propelled remote-controlled stone crusher designed to operate inside trenches A self-propelled stone crusher includes systems designed to operate the various machine functions by remote control (30), for operating on open ground or inside trenches, collecting and crushing rocks and stones which are then unloaded and levelled behind... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5791814 | Apparatus for recycling an asphalt surface A process for recycling the upper surface of an asphaltic surface. The process includes the steps of: (a) rupturing the upper surface to a depth of at least about 1.5 inches to provide a ruptured upper surface overlying the remaining unruptured portion of... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5762446 | Methods & means for on-roadway recycling of pavement and recovering steels therefrom Apparatus and methods for recycling concrete pavement in a coordinated procession include a breaker which turns the concrete into rubble first backhoe which rips up and cuts the concrete to rubble chunks, then another backhoe loads the chunks into a self-... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5741085 | Process and apparatus for the repair of damaged roads In a process and an apparatus for the stabilization or repair of damaged roads, the road surface is milled off and the material is crushed on the site. The surface material so obtained is added with binders of cement, cement sludge, water and/or bitumen e... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5695255 | Self-powered portable rock crusher There is disclosed a rock crushing device comprising a frame housing, a rock receiving and crushing chamber having a rotatable rotor, hammers having a generally clavate-shaped profile being releasably engagable with the rotor, mounted to a vehicle such th... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5582572 | Method and plant for rendering solid waste inert and for its subsequent definite storage The method for rendering solid waste inert and for its subsequent definitive storage and a plant which allows this to be done, provide an initial stage in which the waste is reduced and/or prepared so that it can be covered then enveloped in substances wh... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5544971 | Methods and compositions for recycling asphalt pavement A method is shown for recycling asphalt pavement. A high solids lime slurry is prepared by either slaking quicklime or by slurrying dry, hydrated lime. The high solids lime slurry is mixed with crushed aggregate which has been collected by scraping the to... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5443633 | Soil treatment with polymeric hydrogen siloxane The invention relates to the use of a composition which, in a liquid carrier, contains a polymeric hydrogen siloxane (or (H) siloxane) corresponding to the following general formula ##STR1## in which n is a number of from 1 to 70 and R is an alkyl, h... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5441361 | Field convertible apparatus for conducting either front load road planing operation or cold in-place recycling operation A roadworking machine can be converted from front load road planing capability to cold in-place recycling capability by replacing the secondary conveyor on the front end of the machine with a mixer such as a standard pugmill. The machine can be converted ... | 08/15/1995 |
