Patents Represented by Law Firm Waddey & Patterson I.C. Waddey, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5722789
    Abstract: A modification of a cold milling machine used to remove concrete and asphalt from an existing highway is disclosed, including a milling drum segmented into two or more sections with the drive train for the milling drums passing through the core of the milling drum and supported via a journal or bearing to the outside of the machine. The width of the milling drum can be varied by replacing one section of drum with a segmented drum that is either wider or narrower. The sections of the milling drum can be added by bolting segments of the drum onto a driven sleeve which telescopes over the drive shaft of the machine. The segments of the milling drum can be readily removed by loosening a few bolts and removing the segments without having to slide a milling drum segment off of either end of a drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Wirtgen America, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart W. Murray, Gunter R. Hahn