Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatic water spray milling for cold planer
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Application No.: US16020275Application Date: 2018-06-27
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Publication No.: US10370802B1Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Lee M. Hogan , Eric S. Engelmann , Timothy J. Lindholm , Paul J. Koenen , Timothy Michael O'Donnell , Ryan Adam Enot
- Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Brooklyn Park
- Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Brooklyn Park
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull
- Agent Jeff A. Greene
- Main IPC: E01C19/00
- IPC: E01C19/00 ; E01C23/07 ; E01C23/088 ; E01C19/17

Abstract:
A cold planer machine may include a frame, a ground engaging member, a retracting vertical actuator system to raise and lower the frame, and a housing. The housing includes a vertical wall movable relative to the frame and a position detector to determine a relative vertical distance between the vertical wall and the frame. A drum in the housing is connected to the frame and rotates about a drum axis to plane the road surface. A spray bank disposed inside the housing is arranged to spray a fluid at the drum. A controller is configured to actuate fluid spray via the spray bank based at least in part on determining that the relative vertical distance is above a first threshold height value.
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