Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatically adjusting swing legs for mounting and aligning and reorienting crawlers
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Application No.: US15873757Application Date: 2018-01-17
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Publication No.: US10029749B2Publication Date: 2018-07-24
- Inventor: Ronald Guntert, Jr. , Gerald L. Dahlinger , Richard Wood Francis
- Applicant: GUNTERT & ZIMMERMAN CONST. DIV., INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Ripon
- Assignee: Guntert & Zimmerman Const. Div., Inc.
- Current Assignee: Guntert & Zimmerman Const. Div., Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Ripon
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
- Main IPC: B62D55/084
- IPC: B62D55/084 ; B62D7/06 ; E01C23/04 ; B62D11/20 ; B62D55/065 ; E01C19/48 ; E01C19/00 ; E01C19/42 ; B62D11/00

Abstract:
A paving machine for spreading, leveling and finishing concrete having a main frame, center module, bolsters laterally movably, and a crawler track associated with respective aft and forward ends of the bolsters. A bolster swing leg for each crawler track supports an upright jacking column. A worm gear drive permits rotational movements of the crawler track and the jacking column. A hinge bracket is interposed between each swing leg and a surface of the bolsters to enable pivotal movements of the swing leg. A length-adjustable holder engages the pivot pin on the hinge bracket and pivotally engages the swing leg. The holder permits pivotal motions of the swing leg in its length-adjustable configuration and prevents substantially any motion of the swing leg in its fixed-length configuration. A feedback loop cooperates with transducers keeping the crawler tracks position. The paving machine can be reconfigured into a narrowed transport configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180141597A1 AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING SWING LEGS FOR MOUNTING AND ALIGNING AND REORIENTING CRAWLERS Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
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