Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustable bolster swing legs for mounting and aligning and reorienting crawlers for slipform paving machines
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Application No.: US13897125Application Date: 2013-05-17
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Publication No.: US09359727B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Ronald M. 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: E01C23/04
- IPC: E01C23/04 ; B62D55/084 ; B62D11/20 ; E01C19/00 ; E01C19/42 ; E01C19/48

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.
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