Abstract: A percussion drill and/or jack hammer has a handle that is spring-buffered against the hammer housing which has at least one straight guiding track running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hammer. The handle can be moved to a limited extent along the guiding track in relation to the hammer housing and is spring-buffered in such a way that its movement against the guiding track is limited on all sides.

Abstract: In a hand-held electric tool driven by an electric motor (2) and capable of being connected to a single-phase alternating current (4a), the electric motor (2) has no collector or slip ring, and its driving energy is supplied by control electronics (5) which are powered at their input by the single-phase alternating current (4a) and which supply at their output the type of current (4b) suitable for the motor. The control electronics (5) are arranged in a handle (1a) of the electric tool and are cooled by the cooling air flow (7) which also cools the motor (2).

Abstract: A double action pneumatic spring percussion mechanism has an air supply mechanism. A percussion piston is movable with a driving piston. In an air-supply position, ambient air is supplied through an air inlet to a front pneumatic spring. When the percussion piston and driving piston are moved accordingly relative to each other, a loading hole is opened, through which air under increased pressure can flow out of the front pneumatic spring into a rear pneumatic spring, ensuring an increase of pressure in the rear pneumatic spring. The air pressure increase in both pneumatic springs makes it possible to use the pneumatic spring percussion mechanism even in conditions of operation with a low ambient air pressure.

Abstract: An internal vibrator for compacting concrete and having a vibrator housing in which is disposed an eccentric mass and an electric motor for driving the eccentric mass. The electric motor is supplied via a power supply cord with electric current having a frequency that is greater than line frequency. The vibrator comprises a switch for controlling the electric motor, and also includes a transformer for supplying to the electric motor the electric current having the frequency that is greater than line frequency. The switch and the transformer are combined in a common housing to form a miniaturized built-in unit on the power supply cord.

Abstract: A tool having an operating element that is driven by an integrated power drive for the percussive, pounding or vibratory loading of a material to be worked, in particular a tamper, a vibration plate or a vibration roll for ground compaction or a hammer for breaking and/or drilling operations, can be guided using a handle. This handle is actively vibration-damped by at least one actively controlled or regulated compensation element, which counteracts the transmission of a vibration to the handle and which, depending on the vibration that can be transmitted to it and is produced in and/or on the tool, produces a compensating force and/or movement in the potential vibration transmission path from the location of production of the vibration to the handle.

Abstract: A tamper has a housing, a transmission in the housing converting rotary movement to reciprocating movement, and a tamper plate underneath the transmission and connected thereto for tamping material over which the tamper is moved. A gasoline-fueled engine mounted on the housing supplies rotary movement to the transmission and a fuel tank mounted on the housing adjacent the engine is connected with the engine for supplying fuel thereto. A dome-shaped and downwardly concave cover fixed to the handle is positioned above the engine. The cover is made of a sound-absorbing material and includes a rigid shell having an underside provided with a layer of sound-absorbing material.

Abstract: A vehicle for repairing a damaged road surface by filling depressions within the road surface with a filling material has, in a direction of travel, a heating and scraping unit for removing excess road surface material from the road surface. It further has a depositing device for a filling material. A first dynamic compacting device is arranged downstream of depositing device for compacting the filling material to a level higher than a level of an adjacent undamaged area of the road surface. A doctor blade unit is connected to the depositing device so as to act downstream of the first dynamic compacting device onto the filling material for removing excess filling material. The doctor blade unit pivots horizontally in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel. The doctor blade unit is vertically adjustable relative to the first dynamic compacting device and the depositing device. A second dynamic compacting device is arranged downstream of the doctor blade unit.

Abstract: A vibration roller has at least one roll tire having a double shaft vibration generator arranged therein. The vibration generator has a first and a second driven unbalance shafts arranged in the roll tire. The roll tire has an inner support at which the first and second driven unbalance shafts are rotatably supported. The first and second driven unbalance shafts are coaxially arranged relative to one another on a common rotational axis such that the second driven unbalance shaft is rotatable about the first driven unbalance shaft. The common rotational axis of the first and second driven unbalance shafts coincide with the drive axis of the roll tire.

Abstract: A vibration generator for generating directed vibrations in a compacting device includes a housing and a first and second flyweight shafts rotatably supported in the housing and extending parallel at a distance to one another. The flyweight shafts have a respective flyweight connected thereto. A first and second intermediate shafts are rotatably supported in the housing and extend parallel to and between the first and second flyweight shafts. Gear wheels positive-lockingly connect the first and second intermediate shafts to one another, the first intermediate shaft to the first flyweight shaft, and the second intermediate shaft to the second flyweight shaft. In this manner, the first intermediate shaft and the first flyweight shaft, respectively, the second intermediate shaft and the second flyweight shaft rotate in opposite directions. One of the intermediate shafts has connected thereto two gear wheels, with one being coupled to the first flyweight shaft and another coupled to the second flyweight shaft.

Abstract: A throttle actuating device for an internal combustion engine of a soil compacting device, the internal combustion engine having a diaphragm carburetor and a connection between the fuel tank and the diaphragm carburetor, includes a control mechanism for switching the diaphragm carburetor into different operating positions including a full load position, an idle position, an intermediate position, and a turn-off position for the internal combustion engine. The intermediate position is located between the idle position and the turn-off position in the travel path of the control mechanism. The control mechanism, when being moved from the idle position toward the turn-off position, shuts off the connection 32 for interrupting fuel flow from the fuel tank to the diaphragm carburetor when passing through the intermediate position.

Abstract: A vibrator for compacting construction materials has a housing having a housing mantle with a first end face and a cylindrical interior. The housing has an upper part for closing the housing at the first end face. The upper part is axially inserted into the housing mantle and secured in a closing position thereof against axial displacement. A radially inwardly extending support surface is connected within the housing mantle. An electric motor is drivingly connected to an unbalanced shaft. The electric motor has an inner rotor end an outer cylindrical stator pack end is inserted into the housing mantle from the first end face. The stator pack has a recess and is inserted into the housing mantle with sliding fit and secured against rotation. A spreading element made of spring steel for securing the stator pack is inserted into the housing mantle through the first end face and positioned on the stator pack before closing the housing to be clamped between the support surface and the upper housing part.

Abstract: An infrared remote-controlled soil compacting device is controlled such that the device cannot be set into operation as long as the operator with the sending unit is within close vicinity of the soil compacting device so that an accidental operation or propelling in the wrong direction is prevented. This is achieved by providing an infrared close range radiation in addition to the infrared control radiation required for the operational control of the device. The close range radiation has a substantially reduced intensity relative to the control radiation so that the close range radiation can be received within the receiving unit only within close vicinity of the sending unit. When the close range radiation is received within the receiving unit the generation or release of electric signals affecting propelling of the soil compacting device is suppressed.

Abstract: A method of determining and displaying during operation an actual degree of soil compaction achieved with a soil compacting device includes the steps of driving the soil compaction device with a motor and compacting the soil with the soil compacting device. The motor is secured against surpassing a predetermined maximum rpm limit by providing a protective rpm limiting circuit. The ignition impulse is delayed with the protective rpm limiting circuit, when the predetermined maximum rpm limit is surpassed. Within a time interval the average of the delay of the ignition impulse is determined as a base value for a display value of the actual degree of compaction. For a large surface area to be compacted it is possible to compact the soil within a test portion to the desired degree of compaction and save the corresponding display value as a reference value to be used during compaction of the remaining portions.

Abstract: The safety device for a drive unit of a vibration roller has a locking bar displaceable between a switch-off position and a locking position and is biased into its switch-off position. The drive unit is forcibly switched off when the locking bar is in its switch-off position. A switch lever is provided for manually operating the drive unit and can be coupled to a toothed rack with a coupling. The toothed rack is connected with a control cable to the drive unit and is biased into a position in which the drive unit is inoperative. A spring biases the coupling into a disengaged position in which the switch lever is disengaged from the toothed rack. The coupling is switchable from the disengaged position into an engaged position for operatively connecting the switch lever and the toothed rack and further into a locked engaged position.

Abstract: A vibrator including two axially parallel, interlocking, counterrotating unbalanced shafts. Both the phase relationship of the unbalanced shafts, and hence the direction of the vector of the directed vibrations, and the value of m.r., and hence the displacement of the vibrations of the compaction element connected to the vibrator, are variable. To this end, the unbalanced shafts are coupled by a hub that is disposed in a rotatable yet axially fixed manner on one of the unbalanced shafts and that has, in the wall surrounding the shaft, a groove that extends along the unbalanced shaft. A pin that is fixedly secured to the unbalanced shaft and that can be adjusted by a servomotor engages slidingly in the groove. The direction of operation of the driven unbalanced shaft is reversible. Each unbalanced shaft has an eccentric part that is fixedly mounted thereon and an eccentric part that is freely rotatable thereon over a predetermined angular range between extreme positions that are delimited by stops.

Abstract: The vibrating roll apparatus has a hydrostatic roll body drive drive. An internal-combustion engine drives a pump unit which includes an inclined disk pump of variable displacement and a filling pump. At least one hydraulic drive motor which is fed a pressurized medium by the inclined disk pump powers the hydrostatic roll body drive. An eccentric body in the roll body of the vibrating roll is driven by a mechanical power transmission device with a built-in clutch also powered by the internal-combustion engine. According to the invention the clutch is flanged to the pump unit and provided with a hydrostatically-operated clutch mechanism, which is connectable with the pressurized side of the filling pump by a clutch valve for engagement of the clutch. In this way a space-saving compact form for the drive for the eccentric body including means for its control with optimum conditions for clutch operation is attained.

Abstract: A vibratory roller having four drums that can be vibrated. The drums are driven individually, and are mounted in pairs in respective supports. One of the supports is attached to a front frame, and the other support is attached to a rear frame. The object of the invention is to improve the steering condition of vibratory rollers, and especially of trench rollers, in such a way that on the one hand changes in direction during normal travel, or small corrections in direction, can be rapidly undertaken without damaging the already compacted surface of the ground, and that on the other hand it is also possible to make sharp changes in direction practically on the spot. Previously known types of steering for vibratory rollers, namely fifth-wheel steering, transfer steering, articulated steering, and panzer steering, do not permit such a diversified steering condition. Pursuant to the invention, the desired steering condition is achieved by interconnecting the front and rear frames via a hinged or swivel coupling.

Abstract: A hand-guided impact hammer and hammer drill having a handgrip which is spring-mounted relative to the hammer housing. At the bottom, the handgrip is spring-mounted harder, with greater stability against lateral displacement relative to the hammer housing, than at the top. On the one hand, during normal operation of the hammer, an optimum vibration damping is provided, and on the other hand, even during great pressure on the handgrip, and during lateral twisting of the handgrip, no direct contact can occur between the parts of the handgrip and the parts of the housing. Furthermore, the hammer can be efficiently guided at all times, even with heavy tools.

Abstract: A handgrip, having dead-man-switch action, for mounting on the pole of construction equipment. The inventive handgrip is distinguished from known handgrips by increased operating comfort, simpler construction, and a more difficult-to-circumvent safety mechanism. The handgrip has a grip member that is displaceable in a support on the pole in its longitudinal direction and against spring force. At least one of the ends of the grip member has a limited freedom of movement in the radial direction. Also provided is a positively active slide coupling that displaces the grip member in the longitudinal direction relative to the support when the grip member is displaced in the radial direction relative to the support. The longitudinal displacement of the grip member is transmitted to a switching member for drive operation.

Abstract: A motor-driven hammer having an impact mechanism that is driven by the motor via a crank drive. The hammer has a protective cover that is provided with handgrips and is cushioned relative to the housing of the hammer. When viewed in the upright position of operation of the hammer, the cover is spaced from, and covers, the top, both sides, and the front of the motor and crank drive, at least relative to an operator. Two pairs of swing arms extend on both sides between the housing and the cover for positively guiding the cover parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hammer. The swing arms of a given pair of arms are disposed parallel to one another, and are spaced apart one above the other. Each arm has two ends, one of which is pivotably mounted on the cover, and the other of which is pivotably mounted on the housing. This pivotable mounting is effected by pivot mechanisms, at least some of which are embodied in the form of soft torsion springs.