US3541934A - Shoulder building apparatus - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
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- E01C19/185—Devices for distributing road-metals mixed with binders, e.g. cement, bitumen, without consolidating or ironing effect for both depositing and spreading-out or striking-off the deposited mixture
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- acorporafiyonofnelaware ABSTRACT Disclosed herein is a road shoulder paving device used in combination with a wheeled power-driven vehicle provided with an augered screw-type conveyor.
- the device detachably mounted on the side of a vehicle as described and rearwardly of the conveyor comprises a hydraulically controlled extendable or retractable scraper blade slidably sectioned for longitudinal adjustment during operation.
- the device also includes a hydraulically controlled telescoping rod for varying the pitch of the strike-off screed and thus the slope of the road shoulder during operation.
- the device further includes a forwardly extending scraper plate attached to the outer end of the scraper blade for controlling the L e M u o h S d a O I e h t f O h i M W 686 6 MM M 494 M4 9 4 9 c 9 4 09 E [5 4] SHOULDER BUILDING APPARATUS 5 Claims, 7 Drawing Figs.
- the road construction industry has long been in need of an apparatus for building and paving road shoulders which is economical to operate-easy to move from place to place, durable, and which forms high quality road shoulders in the sense of safety, appearance, and durability.
- the construction industry in an attempt to meet these characteristics, has designed various forms of strike-off screeds or, by another name, scraper blades, which extend outwardly from the side of a road construction vehicle to scrape and spread paving material delivered forwardly of the blades by various types of conveyor belt systems.
- strike-off screeds or, by another name, scraper blades
- the unique road shoulder paving device contemplated by this invention basically includes a scraper blade or strike-off screed having at least two scraper sections, at least one of the sections being slidable, i.e. longitudinally adjustable, with respect to the other sections.
- the spreader also includes means for longitudinally adjusting these sections while the strike-off screed is in operation without shutting down or stopping the formation of road shoulders.
- the spreader also includes a guide plate or other guide means attached to the outer end of the scraper blade. This plate, which extends forwardly of and from the scraper blade, serves to control the width of the road shoulder being formed.
- an automatically controlled telescoping rod means attached to the scraper blade for varying the slope of a road shoulder.
- a device or apparatus which is capable of continuously and automatically forming paved road shoulders of high quality and widely differing widths and slopes.
- a device is easily transported by merely detaching it from the side ofthe vehicle and carrying it thereon.
- FIG. I is a perspective view of a preferred form of road shoulder paving device as contemplated by this invention wherein the strike-off screed is illustrated in extended position.
- FIG. 2 is a top plane view of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1 wherein the strike-off screed is shown in closed position.
- FIG. 3 is a front plane view of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of a preferred embodiment of an adjustable strike-off screed as contemplated by this invention.
- FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the first section of the strike-off screed illustrated in FIG. 4.
- FIG. 6 is a fractional front plane view of a slidable pipe attachment contemplated herein for attaching the front boom to the guide plate.
- FIGS. 1-3 a preferred embodiment of a road shoulder paving device as contemplated by this invention.
- Power driven road construction vehicle 1 is provided with a paving material bin 2, a power and hydraulic plant 3 and an operators section generally represented at 4.
- Operators section 4 is provided with a seat 5, a steering wheel 6 and operator pedals 7.
- Paving material bin 2 may be provided with any conventional conveyor means to deliver paving material to the shoulder of a road, but in a preferred form as illustrated the conveyor means used is an augered screw-type conveyor 9 journaled to vehicle I by sup port structure 10.
- Road construction vehicle I is conventional in the art. The particular type of vehicle shown in these drawings is illustrative only, it being clear that other well known types of road construction vehicles could also be used. Likewise, road construction vehicle 1, of whatever type chosen, may be powered by any conventional means. Preferably, however, vehicle 1 is powered by hydrostatic drive since such power provides a much smoother motion, control of alinement, and easily provides variable speeds.
- road construction vehicle 1 is provided with hydraulic controls 8 of conventional design and connection, preferably located in operators section 4 or at least within easy reach of an operator when he is driving vehicle 1. As shown, an especially preferred location for controls 8 is adjacent to seat 5. Extending from controls 8 and connected thereto in conventional fashion are hydraulic lines A, B, C and D which run through the chassis of vehicle 1. Lines A, B, C and D extend to their respective positions as hereinafter more fully described. It is understood, of course, that lines A, B, C and D will be long enough so as to allow the road shoulder paving device of this invention to be fully extended or fully closed.
- forward or front boom 12 which is slidably adjustable in its housing 12, and rear boom 13.
- Rear boom 13 is slidably adjustable in its mounting 13 which is conveniently journaled to the chassis of vehicle 1 by any conventional means.
- Road shoulder paving device 15 basically comprises a strike-off screed 16 formed of three longitudinally adjustable sections 16A, 16B and 16C.
- Device 15 also includes hydraulically controlled telescoping rod means 17 and dual acting telescoping support rod means 18.
- hydraulically controlled telescoping rod means 17 and dual acting telescoping support rod means 18 may be used, in practice it has been found most convenient to use a single hydraulically controlled rod 17 located between an upper and a lower support rod 18.
- Such a setup provides adequate rigidity and adjustability without unduly complicating the hydraulic controls 8 and conventional means connected therewith to effect hydraulic adjustment of the length of screed 16.
- screed 16 has been illustrated as having three sections 16A, 16B and 16C. It is realized, of course, that such a screed could be provided with just two sections or four or more sections. In practice, however, three longitudinally adjustable sections have proved quite adequate to handle almost any onjob contingency which may arise and thus a three section screed as illustrated, is preferred.
- sections 16A, 16B, and 16C are placed in slidable overlapping relationship with one another as illustrated.
- sections 18A of rods 18 only to section 16A of screed 16 by weld joints 19 and plate 21, in like fashion attaching sections 188 of rods 18 only to section 16B of screed 16, and sections 18C only to section 16C of screed 16, a setup is provided which allows for the adjustment of sections 16B and 16C individually with respect to section 16A. That is to say, in operation when telescoping hydraulic rod 17 .is actuated so as to extend screed 16 from a closed to an extended position, sections 18C of rods 18 extend until they reach the end of section 1813.
- each section of dual-acting support rods 18 are provided with conventional internal stop and catch means (not shown) at their terminal portion, further actuation of hydraulic rod 17 when section 18C is fully extended, causes section 18C to pull section 18B outwardly from section 18A and thus elongates screed 16 even further by extending section 168 with respect to section 16A. In a similar manner the screed may be closed from this extended position. It is therefore seen that by manipulating controls 8 mounted on vehicle 1, an operator may during a paving operation adjust strike-off screed 16 to any desired length and thus meet different road shoulder width requirements without discontinuing the paving operation.
- guide means 23 serves to limit the outward flow of paving material issuing from angered screw conveyor 9 and thus insures a road shoulder paving of constant width and high quality.
- guide means 23 may be of any suitable size or form it is preferably a plate beveled at its lower end so that it does not strike the ground.
- guide plate 23 is hingedly attached to section 16C of strike-off screed 16 by means of a conventional pin hinge 24. From pin hinge 24, guide means 23 extends forwardly from screed 16 where at its forwardrnost end it is attached to boom 12.
- Such a means generally comprises a boom connecting tube 31, a clevis 3t hinge pin 34, eye plate 36 welded to slidable tube section 3?. which encases pipe 311 and allows it to slide longitudinally.
- a sliding device of this type wherein pipe 3% is attached to plate 23, is used to prevent binding of the boom 12 and guide plate 23 during operation of the shoulder paving device generally or during adjustment of screed 16.
- Strike-off screed 16 is most conveniently attached to vehicle 1 by a detachable setup as best illustrated in FIGS. 1, 5, 2 and i. That is to say, section 16A of screed 16 is attached to hinge plate 10 by a single pin connection 32 of conventional design which allows screed 16 to be freely rotated about this point or pin.
- hinge plate 40 In hinge plate 40, there is provided retaining slot 49 which retains and guides retaining pin 63 located between and connected to bracket plates as. As will be more fully discussed hereinafter such a pin connection allows for the pitch or slope of a road shoulder to be adjusted during a paving operation.
- l-Iinge plate 40 as illustrated in FIG. 5- is hingedly connected by detachable hinge pin 14 to an inside guide plate 46.
- Plate 46 may be attached to the chassis of vehicle 1 in such a manner as to permit up and down adjustment thereof.
- plate 46' is attached to the chassis of vehicle 1 by a fulcrum pin 46A and retaining stud 468 as illustrated in FIG. 7.
- a combination may be of conventional construction such as where fulcrum pin 46A is attached by welding to the chassis of vehicle 1, plate 46 is attached to retaining stud 46B which passes through slot 17 cut in the frame of the chassis of vehicle 1.
- handle 54 of screwjack 56 connected to vehicle 1 by support 581 is turned, plate 46' pivots about fulcrum pin 46A while retaining stud 46B moves in slot 4'? and thereby adjusts the height of strike-off screed 16.
- Rod means so is connected at its top to slidable boom 13 by swivel bracket 64.
- rod means 61 may assume many forms it preferably comprises a support means 66, a clevis 63, a hydraulic cylinder provided with connecters '71 which attach to hydraulic lines A and B.
- Within hydraulic cylinder '70 there is slidably and rotatably journaled extender rod 72 which is attached in conventional fashion to screwjack 74 of known construction.
- Screwjack 74 is used in much the same manner as screwjack 56 in that it is used to initially set the height of section 16C from the ground in corresponding relationship to the height set by screwjack 56 in such a way as to render all slidable parts of the apparatus nonbinding and freely slidable.
- rod 72 is hydraulically adjusted so as to cause screed 16 to rotate about pin connection 42 and thereby automatically vary or adjust the slope of a road shoulder during paving operations and without shutdown thereof.
- the appropriate hydraulic controls 8 are actuated to send hydraulic fluid through hydraulic lines C and D connected to hydraulic rod 17 at connections 29 to thereby change the length of rod 17 which in turn causes dual acting rods 18 to change the length of screed 16.
- Hydraulic lines A and B and booms 12 and 13 are of sufficient length so as not to hinder this adjustment.
- appropriate controls 8 are actuated to send fluid through hydraulic line A and B and thus cause hydraulic means 60 to extend or retract which in turn effects a rotation of screed 16 about pin 42. in this manner the outer end of screed section 16C is raised or lowered while the inner end of screed section 16A remains at a substantially constant height as fixed by screwjack 56, thus changing the slope of the shoulder being formed.
- the above-described apparatus provides for the adjustment of road shoulder width simultaneously with or independently of the adjustment of road shoulder slope and vice versa. Such adjustment is accomplished through a unique screed, automatically controlled by hydraulic means without necessitating shutdown of operations in order to effect it.
- detachable road shoulder building device which comprises:
- a screed having a plurality of screed sections in slidable overlapping relationship with one another and extending outwardly from the vehicle;
- the innermost screed section hingedly attached to the vehicle for horizontal and vertical movement;
- a shoulder guide means extending forwardly from the screed and pivotally attached to an outermost screed section for movement about a vertical axis;
- upper and lower dual acting telescoping support rod means each having a plurality of sections with each section secured to the rear face of a corresponding screed section, said telescoping support rod sections having engaging stops whereby an extension force on the outer screed section causes the outermost screed sections to be extended in sequence as successive stops are engaged;
- telescoping hydraulically controlled rod means located between said dual acting means, said telescoping means being secured at one end to the innermost screed section and at its other end to the outermost screed section to effect hydraulic adjustment of the outward extension of the screed.
- a slidable boom means secured to the vehicle and rotatably connected to the other end of said vertical telescoping rod means to adjust the longitudinal pitch of the screed.
- bracket means extending from the innermost screed section and secured thereto, said bracket means being connected to the hinge means to allow the screed to be raised and lowered in a vertical plane.
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