Self-propelled Vehicle Patents (Class 241/101.74)
  • Patent number: 11472336
    Abstract: The invention discloses an electronic sound signaling system that generates warning sounds in the forward and reverse mode of operation of a vehicle. The signaling system incorporates an electronic circuit with a standard automotive horn or alarm device in place of mechanical contacts or circuit breakers. The electronic circuitry includes electronically powered programmable microcontroller, a horn driver circuit, voltage sensing circuit, on a printed circuit board (PCB) Assembly and one or more sensors. The sound signaling system uses the standard automotive horn device to generate warning sounds in response to one or more sensor signals. The system also performs multiple functions and is compatible to operate in different voltage ranges. The system has many advantages, including increased reliability, increased operating voltage range, reduced circuit complexity, reduced cost and reduced ambient noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Ramasamy Krishnaswamy
  • Patent number: 11364506
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to a plant trimming machine. Plants are placed in a tumbler. As the tumbler rotates, leaves are sucked through the tumbler by a vacuum assembly and cut by at least one rotatable blade adjacent to the tumbler. The tumbler and blade are housed in separate cartridges so that they can be easily removed and inserted. Thereby, it is relatively easy to clean and replace a tumbler or blade with minimal downtime to the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Faro
  • Patent number: 10674669
    Abstract: A bale unroller includes a longitude, a bale cutting assembly, and a dispersing assembly. The bale cutting assembly includes a cutting conveyor, and the bale cutting assembly configured to receive the bale on a first side of the cutting conveyor and to cut the bale into a mat. The dispersing assembly has a longitudinally rear end and an exit longitudinally forward from the longitudinally rear end. The dispersing assembly is coupled at the longitudinally rear end with the bale cutting assembly and is configured to receive the mat and feed the mat out the exit along the longitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Champion Mulcher 2000, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Champion
  • Patent number: 10494778
    Abstract: In a ground working machine for working ground surfaces or traffic surfaces, in particular cold recycler or soil stabilizer as a self-propelled machine or attachment unit, featuring a machine frame, featuring a milling/mixing drum rotating transversely to the working direction of the machine frame, featuring a drum housing enclosing the milling/mixing drum and resting on the ground surface during the milling operation that forms a mixing chamber for crushing the milled material and/or mixing the milled material with additives, where the milling/mixing drum is height-adjustable for adjustment of a selectable milling depth, featuring a pivotable drum flap arranged, as a minimum, at the front end of the drum housing as seen in working direction, and featuring a controller for, as a minimum, the working process, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: the drum flap is, as a minimum, of two-part design and comprises no less than one upper part and one lower part, in which design no less than one
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Menzenbach, Cyrus Barimani
  • Patent number: 9993827
    Abstract: A mineral material processing plant and a method for controlling thereof. The mineral material processing plant includes at least one motor, at least one actuator, a feeder device, a control system, and an arrangement for recognizing a need to switch off a standby-mode. The control system is configured to control the processing plant in such a way that the need to switch off a standby mode is automatically recognized. In response to the recognized need to switch off the standby mode the running speed of a motor or motors of the mineral material processing plant is raised from a stand-by speed (Rsb) to a process speed (Rf); and the feeding of mineral material into the processing plant is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Metso Minerals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Permi, Juho Tirranen, Paavo Nieminen, Juha Konttila, Jukka-Pekka Rantanen, Kai Yla-Outinen, Toni Kujala
  • Patent number: 9957690
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for controlling the operation of an industrial machine including one or more components. A method of controlling the industrial machine includes determining a position of at least one of the one or more components of the industrial machine during a digging operation, determining a hoist bail pull setting based on the position of the at least one of the one or more components and a relationship between component position and hoist bail pull, and setting a level of hoist bail pull to the hoist bail pull setting. The level of hoist bail pull early in the digging operation is greater than the level of hoist bail pull later in the digging operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Harnischfeger Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Colwell, William Powers, John Burant
  • Patent number: 9879392
    Abstract: In a ground working machine for working ground surfaces or traffic surfaces, in particular cold recycler or soil stabilizer as a self-propelled machine or attachment unit, featuring a machine frame, featuring a milling/mixing drum rotating transversely to the working direction of the machine frame, featuring a drum housing enclosing the milling/mixing drum and resting on the ground surface during the milling operation that forms a mixing chamber for crushing the milled material and/or mixing the milled material with additives, where the milling/mixing drum is height-adjustable for adjustment of a selectable milling depth, featuring a pivotable drum flap arranged, as a minimum, at the front end of the drum housing as seen in working direction, and featuring a controller for, as a minimum, the working process, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: the drum flap is, as a minimum, of two-part design and comprises no less than one upper part and one lower part, in which design no less than one
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Menzenbach, Cyrus Barimani
  • Publication number: 20150122926
    Abstract: A vertical combined shredding and mixing truck, adapted to shred fibrous products such as hay or straw and to mix them with ensiled and farinaceous products to provide the mechanized feeding of dairy cows and fattening cows, comprising, within an outer enclosure, at least one vertical motorized screw feeder, which is provided with applied blades and an outlet for discharging the mixed product; there is at least one device which comprises an idle rotor which is provided with tools adapted to come into contact with the product being processed and is integral with the at least one screw feeder, protruding from the outer edge of said screw feeder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicants: SOCIETA' AGRICOLA SACCHINA DI BONI DINO E BRUNO S.S, COMAG S.R.L.
    Inventors: Ivano Zaniboni, Dino Boni
  • Patent number: 8882008
    Abstract: A dual shredding system for a mobile document shredding vehicle produces either coarsely shredded material or finely shredded material. Unshredded material is first coarsely shredded by a coarse shredder. In a coarse shred mode, the coarsely shredded material is routed to a shredded material storage compartment in the vehicle. In a fine shred mode, the coarsely shredded material is finely shredded by a fine shredder, and then routed to the storage compartment. The position of a gate determines whether the system is in the coarse or fine shred mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventor: Peter Viveen
  • Patent number: 8876030
    Abstract: A mobile crusher (2) is provided that can be displaced on four caterpillars and that includes a supporting frame (20), a large hopper (31), an apron conveyor (32), a sizer (34) and an intermediate conveyor (36) for use in strip-mining. The material is received by the shovel (1) of a shovel excavator or a wheel loader, is fed to the crusher (2), crushed and is then transferred onto a conveyor plant via a discharge conveyor system. The crusher (2) has to follow at the same cycle in which the shovel excavator moves forward during an advance in mining. In order to obtain a good maneuverability of the crusher (2), the two front caterpillars (22) are driven and can be steered like a two-caterpillar chassis. As the crusher (2) is subject to high loads, all components have to have a robust design. For this purpose, the individual functional groups are accommodated in a stable supporting frame (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: TAKRAF GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Hubrich, Dieter Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20140263785
    Abstract: A mobile wood chipper that is mounted to a motor vehicle. The wood chipper has an input hopper that during operation is desirably located at a convenient height for a user. In the case of mounting in a station wagon or van, a slidable structure may be used to allow the wood chipper to be slid into an operational position with the wood chipper at least largely outside the vehicle, and a stowed position with the wood chipper at least largely inside the vehicle. In the case of mounting in a truck, a lift mechanism may be used to allow the wood chipper to be lowered into an operational position with the wood chipper at a convenient height for a user, and lifted up into a stowed position within the truck bed. A power generator is also included to supply power to the wood chipper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Richard Walter Finney
  • Patent number: 8789784
    Abstract: A mobile self-contained loading and crushing apparatus is described for processing concrete, rock, masonry waste and the like, which includes a crusher unit and a loading device affixed to a mobile carrier. The crusher unit has an inlet and an outlet. The loading device is capable of loading feed material into the inlet of the crusher unit. The crushing unit is capable of producing an output of crushed material, e.g., uniform crushed granular material with a diameter as small as one inch. The mobile self-contained crushing apparatus is useful for on-site or near-site recycling of concrete, rock, masonry waste and the like resulting from construction/demolition activities, and converts the solid crushable waste material into crushed product material that can be employed as a gravel base for streets and foundation structures, or as a recycled component for concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ange Construction Co.
    Inventor: Elton Russell Ange, III
  • Publication number: 20140124605
    Abstract: A machine for pulling out the cut-off vine branches (S) that are hanging on a tying wire (F), including a supporting frame (1), a gantry (2) comprising an arm set mounting so as to swivel and having an overhanging end, a gripping device (3) for the cut branches (S) including at least one gripping disk (23) connected to the overhanging end and showing notches (24) for gripping and dragging along the cut branches (S), a transfer device (4) comprising a transfer element (28) showing notches for gripping and dragging along the cut branches (S) gripped by gripping disk (23), and a detaching device (5) for the cut branches (S) arranged at the outlet of transfer device (4) and including a device for capturing the cut branches (S) and pulling them in the direction opposite to transfer device (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Dezé, Didier Andelfinger
  • Patent number: 8695904
    Abstract: A mobile crushing station for receiving and comminuting excavated material from earth moving vehicles provides at least one moveable skip connected to a chassis or frame for receiving material from vehicles, such as rear unloading vehicles like dump trucks. The skips are configured to move to dump material fed into the skips into a feed hopper. The feed hopper is positioned to guide material onto a feed conveyor, such as an inclined apron conveyor. The feed conveyor is configured to transport material to a feed orifice of a crushing device, such as a sizer, a crusher, or a crushing circuit. The crushing device is configured to crush material fed into the crushing device. The crushing device also has a discharge orifice that is positioned above a portion of a discharge conveyor. The mobile crushing station is moveable so it may be repositioned closer to an excavation site as excavation activities progress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: FLSmidth A/S
    Inventors: Glenn Davis, Thomas Steele, Jacob Culley
  • Publication number: 20130313351
    Abstract: An apparatus and a system directed to a towed device powered by a tow vehicle. The apparatus and system include a woodchipper configured to be mounted on a towed vehicle, with the towed vehicle configured to be towed behind the tow vehicle. Additionally, a motor may be coupled to the woodchipper to provide power to the woodchipper. A power converter obtains power from the tow vehicle from a power takeoff coupled to the tow vehicle. Further, one or more power transfer lines connect the power converter with the motor to communicate motor-operating power from the power converter to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Altec Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis A. Beam, III
  • Patent number: 8583322
    Abstract: A mobile crusher includes: a crusher that crushes raw material; a discharge conveyor being disposed on a downstream side of the crusher to discharge the material crushed by the crusher; an engine that serves as a driving source at least for the crusher and the discharge conveyer; a fuel injection quantity controlling unit that controls a speed of the engine; a crusher pressure sensor that determines a change in a load of the crushed material in the crusher; and a pressure sensor that determines presence or absence of the crushed material to be discharged on the discharge conveyor. When the crusher pressure sensor determines that the load on the crusher is reduced and the pressure sensor determines that the crushed material is not present on the discharge conveyor, the fuel injection quantity controlling unit lowers the speed of the engine to a decelerated speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaho Yamaguchi, Yasutaka Nishida, Mitsunobu Yamada, Tooru Nakayama, Ryouichi Togashi
  • Patent number: 8528845
    Abstract: A chip discharge chute having a flexible chute main section having an upstream end connectable from a chipping machine output, a main section elevation mechanism connected to the downstream end of the chute main section for controlling a height of the downstream end of the flexible main section with respect to a chip receiving area, and a chute deflector section pivotably connected to the downstream end of the flexible main section for receiving chips from the downstream end of the chute main section and a downstream end with a downwardly directed ejection opening for discharging chips into the chip receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: Anders Ragnarsson
  • Patent number: 8517294
    Abstract: A motor vehicle for collecting paper for shredding including an electric motor configured to at least assist in propelling the motor vehicle; a compartment configured to receive paper; at least one of a bin lifting device, a shredder mechanism, a conveyance device, and a dumping device; and at least one battery. The bin lifting device is configured to lift a bin and deposit the paper in the compartment, the shredder mechanism is configured to shred the paper in the compartment, the conveyance device is configured to transport the paper from a first location to a second location within the compartment, and the dumping device is configured to discharge the paper from the compartment. The at least one battery is configured to power (i) the electric motor and (ii) the at least one of the bin lifting device, the shredder mechanism, the conveyance device, and the dumping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Shred-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: David Yamamoto, Allen Petten, Justin Johns, Sid Vandermeulen, Derek Pepino, Constantin Vasilescu, Laszlo Garda
  • Publication number: 20130206885
    Abstract: A crushing device comprises a crushing mechanism for crushing an object, the crushing mechanism performing the crushing operation by a stationary blade and a crushing rotor which is rotationally driven by a crushing motor; a conveying mechanism for pressing and conveying the object to the crushing mechanism by a conveying roller rotationally driven by a conveying motor; a pressing mechanism for pressing the conveying mechanism to the object by an arm cylinder; and a hopper for receiving the object. The drive force of the arm cylinder is controlled according to the drive load of the conveying motor, and the rotational speed of the conveying motor is controlled according to the drive load of the crushing motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Toshiharu Ueda, Kuniyuki Ueda
  • Patent number: 8500051
    Abstract: An articulating flexible overhead boom disposed on one aggregate processing plant and configured to pivot so as to hold a power cable connecting two adjacent aggregate processing plants at an elevation above the ground so as to permit walking and/or driving a vehicle between the adjacent plants while the connection power cable remains overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Terex USA, LLC
    Inventor: Edwin J. Sauser
  • Patent number: 8469298
    Abstract: A crushing machine including a crushing means, a feed conveyor for feeding material to the crushing means, a detector for detecting metal in the material on the feed conveyor, and a bypass chute for the crushing means, the feed conveyor being movable between a normal operating position in which the material is fed to the crushing means and a bypass position in which the material is fed to the bypass chute, the arrangement being such that on detection of metal in the material, the feed conveyor is stopped and moved from the normal operating position to the bypass position so that the material with the metal is discharged into the bypass chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Terex GB Ltd.
    Inventors: Karl Robinson, Jonathan Nevin, Anthony Devlin
  • Publication number: 20130153699
    Abstract: An overburden removal system receives, comminutes and transports excavated material. Two laterally spaced apart pivotal crawler track assemblies (21) (21a) and rearwardly spaced crawler track assembly (22) provide for advancement using serpentine turns. Two opposing feed assemblies (24) (25) each have a feed hopper (67) (76) and an elongately movable feed conveyor (69) (77) for feeding a medial rock crusher (23) carrying two parallel oppositely rotatable rock crushing drums (59). Discharge conveyor (38) carries comminuted material from rock crusher (23) to telescoping conveyor (27) pivotally attached to rearward edge (35) of mobile sizer (19) for transfer to a mobile hopper (28) supported by bridge conveyor (29) operatively communicating with a movable conveyor (105).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: FLSMIDTH A/S
    Inventor: Glenn Irl Davis
  • Patent number: 8434706
    Abstract: An overburden removal system receives, comminutes and transports excavated material. Two laterally spaced apart pivotal crawler track assemblies (21) (21a) and rearwardly spaced crawler track assembly (22) provide for advancement using serpentine turns. Two opposing feed assemblies (24) (25) each have a feed hopper (67) (76) and an elongately movable feed conveyor (69) (77) for feeding a medial rock crusher (23) carrying two parallel oppositely rotatable rock crushing drums (59). Discharge conveyor (38) carries comminuted material from rock crusher (23) to telescoping conveyor (27) pivotally attached to rearward edge (35) of mobile sizer (19) for transfer to a mobile hopper (28) supported by bridge conveyor (29) operatively communicating with a movable conveyor (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: FLSmidth A/S
    Inventor: Glenn Irl Davis
  • Publication number: 20120305138
    Abstract: A tree processing vehicle comprising a prime mover and a pair of tracks for propelling the tree processing vehicle, the prime mover being in a driving relationship with the tracks. The tree processing vehicle also comprises an operator cabin comprising a front side, a rear side, and a pair of lateral sides between the front side and the rear side. A first one of the lateral sides defines an access opening allowing an operator to enter or exit the operator cabin. The operator cabin also comprises a door for closing the access opening and a set of controls for allowing the operator to control the tree processing vehicle. The tree processing vehicle also comprises a pair of arms pivotally movable across a range of angular positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Stéphane Bergeron, Martin Roy, Pierre Chagnon, Jonathan Thibault
  • Patent number: 8201760
    Abstract: An articulating flexible overhead boom disposed on one aggregate processing plant and configured to pivot so as to hold a power cable connecting two adjacent aggregate processing plants at an elevation above the ground so as to permit walking and/or driving a vehicle between the adjacent plants while the connection power cable remains overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Terex USA, LLC
    Inventor: Edwin J. Sauser
  • Publication number: 20120091236
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for managing drip tape. A vehicle is configured to move across a field. A drip tape collection system is associated with the vehicle configured to raise a portion of the drip tape from the ground in a field. A chopper is configured to separate the portion of the drip tape received from the drip tape collection system into a plurality of pieces and enable the plurality of pieces to decompose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Noel Wayne Anderson
  • Patent number: 8118246
    Abstract: A mobile crusher includes: a crusher for crushing raw materials; a discharge conveyor provided on a lower stream of the crusher for discharging the raw materials crushed by the crusher; a work implement provided on an upper stream of the crusher for producing the crushed materials; a conveyor sensor and conveyor pressure comparing unit for determining whether the crushed materials to be discharged are fed on the discharge conveyor or not; a crusher pressure sensor and crusher pressure comparing unit for determining whether the raw materials are present in the crusher or not; and a flow rate controller for controlling the speeds of the crusher, discharge conveyor and work implement based on determination results of the conveyor pressure sensor, conveyor pressure comparing unit, crusher pressure sensor and crusher pressure comparing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaho Yamaguchi, Yasutaka Nishida, Mitsunobu Yamada, Tooru Nakayama, Ryouichi Togashi
  • Publication number: 20120018558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of rock crushers, in particular, rock crusher attachments for earth moving equipment or the like. The rock crusher attachment includes a front bucket portion configured for scooping rocks to be crushed and a rear crusher portion connected to and in communication with the rear of the bucket portion. The crusher portion includes a housing and a crushing assembly accommodated within the housing. The housing including a pair of spaced apart side panels. The crushing assembly has a lower jaw fixed between the side panels of the housing and an upper movable jaw mounted opposite and spaced apart from the lower jaw. The upper movable jaw assembly includes a support, an upper jaw plate attached to the underside of the support and a jaw-actuating drive assembly operable to urge the upper movable jaw assembly to move between an open jaw setting and a closed jaw setting. The support is pivotally connected between the side panels adjacent the front of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph Lucien Fernand Gervais, Nicholas Scott Dickson
  • Patent number: 8042753
    Abstract: A mobile crusher includes: a crusher having a fixed jaw and a swing jaw and adjusting an outlet gap between lower ends of the fixed jaw and the swing jaw, the crusher crushing raw materials by swing movement of the swing jaw toward the fixed jaw and discharging the raw materials crushed by the crusher from the outlet gap to produce crushed materials; a work implement disposed on an upper stream or a lower stream of the crusher to produce the crushed materials; and a controller that controls a work implement speed of the work implement depending on the outlet gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaho Yamaguchi, Yasutaka Nishida, Mitsunobu Yamada, Tooru Nakayama, Ryouichi Togashi
  • Patent number: 8020800
    Abstract: A mobile rig for processing mineral material, comprising a feeder including a feed device for receiving mineral and a feeder conveyor arranged to convey mineral. The mobile rig includes a main chassis supporting a mineral breaker; and a discharge conveyor. The mineral breaker has an infeed region via which it receives mineral and a discharge region via which it discharges mineral after processing in the mineral breaker. The feeder conveyor is such as to convey mineral from the feed device to the infeed region of the mineral breaker and the discharge conveyor is such as to convey mineral from the discharge region of the mineral breaker. The rig includes a primary transport carriage on which the main chassis is supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: MMD Design & Consultancy Ltd.
    Inventor: Alan Potts
  • Publication number: 20110174907
    Abstract: A mobile crushing station for receiving and comminuting excavated material from earth moving vehicles provides at least one moveable skip connected to a chassis or frame for receiving material from vehicles, such as rear unloading vehicles like dump trucks. The skips are configured to move to dump material fed into the skips into a feed hopper. The feed hopper is positioned to guide material onto a feed conveyor, such as an inclined apron conveyor. The feed conveyor is configured to transport material to a feed orifice of a crushing device, such as a sizer, a crusher, or a crushing circuit. The crushing device is configured to crush material fed into the crushing device. The crushing device also has a discharge orifice that is positioned above a portion of a discharge conveyor. The mobile crushing station is moveable so it may be repositioned closer to an excavation site as excavation activities progress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: FLSmidth A/S
    Inventors: Glenn Davis, Thomas Steele, Jacob Culley
  • Patent number: 7971817
    Abstract: A compact mobile crushing and screening apparatus for disintegrating solid feedstock and further processing the disintegrated feedstock comprises a hopper, a feedstock feeder system, a pre-screen (aka dirt screen), a crushing mechanism with a feed inlet opening, at least one side conveyor, a discharge conveyor having a front elevating section, a magnet and a screening/separator all on one track mounted framework that is radio remote controlled. The track mounted framework of the compact mobile crushing and screening apparatus provides the skeleton of the entire apparatus. The compact mobile crushing and screening apparatus comprises a crusher frame that carries the crushing mechanism and is integrated into the framework, which is configured and disposed to support and strengthen the crusher frame and thus reduces the mass and overall weight of the crusher frame. The feed inlet opening is at least about 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Inventor: Robert R. Rossi, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7942355
    Abstract: A self-traveling crushing machine includes: a traveling device; a crushing device that is provided on the traveling device and crushes a to-be-crushed object supplied; an overload escaping section that escapes an overload of the crushing device; and a controller that controls the crushing device. In the self-traveling crushing machine, the crushing device is a jaw crusher in which the to-be-crushed object is supplied to a V-shaped space formed by a fixed jaw and a movable jaw and the movable jaw swings relative to the fixed jaw to crush the to-be-crushed object, and the controller includes: an escape-operation determining section that determines whether or not the overload escaping section has operated; and an information output section that sends the escape operation information to an outside when the escape-operation determining section determines that the escape operation has been conducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Yukinori Maeda, Ryoichi Togashi, Yasutaka Nishida, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7931221
    Abstract: A mobile crusher unit is provided having a supporting framework (12) which is includes at least a crusher unit (13), a feed conveyor (11), and a dumping conveyor unit (14), and which can be relocated by means of a crawler undercarriage. To minimize construction height and weight the supporting framework and the traveling gear are configured as one unit, with parts of the supporting framework (12) serving as parts of the traveling gear, and with the crawlers (16) of the crawler vehicle protruding into recesses of the supporting framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Horst Kolleth
  • Patent number: 7909278
    Abstract: An auto vehicle capable of processing waste matter cuts pet bottles made of PET, which is a recyclable material, into chips while collecting the pet bottles, and an aligning portion configured to align the pet bottles fed therein via a loading portion, a processing portion configured to apply chipping to the pet bottles aligned by the aligning portion, and a chip storing portion configured to store chips formed by the processing portion, are provided on the deck. Waste matter can be thus automatically subjected to chipping without any involvement of manpower by merely loading collected waste matter into a collective hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventor: Susumu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110062261
    Abstract: A mixer attachment for use with a skid steer. In one embodiment, the mixer attachment includes a mixing tub with a circumferential wall extending between a floor and a rim to define an interior compartment for holding a quantity of material. An auger may be provided that mixes the materials and is driven by a hydraulic drive unit. In some embodiments, one or more material retarders extend into the interior compartment to impede movement of the material within the interior compartment. A discharge chute allows discharge of material from the interior compartment. The mixing tub is movable between a scooping position and a mixing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: MARK A. MILAM, MAX D. MEYER, AUSTIN M. CARROTHERS, ROBERT L. HAECKER
  • Patent number: 7891592
    Abstract: A mobile shredder has a shredder mounted in a truck box in combination with a vibratory hopper. The vibratory hopper is open on one side and opens into a fixed hopper. The fixed hopper is mounted on the shredder and is shaped to direct material to be shredded into the shredder. The vibratory hopper and the fixed hopper are located immediately adjacent to one another, but slightly apart from one another, so that vibration of the vibratory hopper does not cause vibration of the fixed hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Shred-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: David K. Yamamoto, James A. Leitch
  • Publication number: 20110000992
    Abstract: An overburden removal system receives, comminutes and transports excavated material. Two laterally spaced apart pivotal crawler track assemblies (21) (21a) and rearwardly spaced crawler track assembly (22) provide for advancement using serpentine turns. Two opposing feed assemblies (24) (25) each have a feed hopper (67) (76) and an elongately movable feed conveyor (69) (77) for feeding a medial rock crusher (23) carrying two parallel oppositely rotatable rock crushing drums (59). Discharge conveyor (38) carries comminuted material from rock crusher (23) to telescoping conveyor (27) pivotally attached to rearward edge (35) of mobile sizer (19) for transfer to a mobile hopper (28) supported by bridge conveyor (29) operatively communicating with a movable conveyor (105).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: FLSMIDTH A/S
    Inventor: Glenn Irl Davis
  • Publication number: 20100282882
    Abstract: A mobile wood chipper a vehicle having a longitudinal axis and ground engaging wheels. A rotary bearing is supported by the vehicle and a wood chipper mounted to the rotary bearing for rotation about a substantially vertical axis between an axially oriented travel position and an off-axis operative position. A grapple arm is supported by the vehicle, the grapple arm being capable of feeding logs into the wood chipper when the wood chipper is positioned in the off-axis operative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Les Zeller
  • Patent number: 7810888
    Abstract: A portable rock crusher and scarifier for in-situ and on-site crushing, milling, grinding and preparation of road beds having a crusher frame defining a crusher channel journaling a reversibly rotatable arbor carrying plural automatically centering tooling implements in symmetrically spaced V-shaped axial keyways and a power pack releasably attachable to a road maintenance vehicle. An anvil weldment channel defined by spaced apart strongbacks communicates with the crusher channel and carries an adjustably positionable anvil weldment carrying two vertically spaced adjacent anvils proximate the arbor. A canting mounting structure provides attachment to a variety of road maintenance vehicles to provide carriage, support and movement. Milling implements may be installed on the arbor for grinding surfaces at depths below the crusher frame, and the crusher frame and power pack may be attached to a base for stationary operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventors: Cedric J. Clark, Cristan J. Clark
  • Patent number: 7806353
    Abstract: A crusher apparatus includes a crusher device having an inlet for receiving a supply of crushable bulk material, and an outlet for discharging crushed material; and a feeder device arranged to feed the supply of bulk material to the inlet of the crusher device in which the feeder device is adjustable between an operative feeding position in which the bulk material can be supplied to the inlet of the crusher device, and an inoperative position to discharge the material, without being fed to the crusher device, e.g. when undesirable material is present in the material for supply to the crusher device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Extec Screens and Crushers Limited
    Inventors: Paul Douglas, Terence Bratton
  • Publication number: 20100212459
    Abstract: A roof shingle stripper, grinder, and blower includes: a motor to power the device; self-propelled wheels that move the device forward and urge the shingles into the device; a lifting blade that lifts up and dislodges the shingles from the roof; a shredder having two rows of grinding wheels that grind the shingles into pieces and blow the pieces into a conduit; and the conduit has a side wall that, when the wall is in a first position, diverts the pieces in a first direction, and when the wall is in a second position, diverts the pieces in a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Jerry Francis Gould, Vivian Jane Gould
  • Patent number: 7740196
    Abstract: Device for implementing a method of granulating slag fines including a conveyable removable platform (1) on which there are arranged at least one device for the selective obtaining of fines (10) upstream of a feed hopper (5), a granulator (2) fed with the fines by the feed hopper (5), a storage reservoir (9) for a granulation aqueous phase feeding of the granulator (2) with the aqueous phase, a power source (4) and a monitor and controller (3) for producing granules from the fines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: S.A. Lhoist Recherche et Developpement
    Inventor: Etienne Van Tichelen
  • Patent number: 7708218
    Abstract: A jaw crusher includes: a crusher frame to which a cross member for connecting a pair of side wall plates is provided; a fixed jaw; a swing jaw swingably hung between the side wall plates; a pair of toggle link pins both of which are disposed along a common axial direction having a first outer end pivoted on the side plate and a second inner end pivoted on a main supporter provided to the cross member; and a reaction force-receiving link mechanism including a toggle link rotatably supported by the toggle link pin. The main supporter of the cross member on which the second end of the toggle link pin is pivoted is box-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tooru Nakayama, Ryoichi Togashi, Kentaro Ito, Kouzo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100090042
    Abstract: A mobile rig for processing mineral material, comprising a feeder including a feed device for receiving mineral and a feeder conveyor arranged to convey mineral. The mobile rig includes a main chassis supporting a mineral breaker; and a discharge conveyor. The mineral breaker has an infeed region via which it receives mineral and a discharge region via which it discharges mineral after processing in the mineral breaker. The feeder conveyor is such as to convey mineral from the feed device to the infeed region of the mineral breaker and the discharge conveyor is such as to convey mineral from the discharge region of the mineral breaker. The rig includes a primary transport carriage on which the main chassis is supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Alan Potts
  • Patent number: 7686241
    Abstract: In a jaw crusher, cheek plates are mounted on side wall plates of a crusher frame by mounting bolts, and the mounting bolt adjacent to the outlet of the jaw crusher can be covered with the swing jaw by adjustment of an outlet gap-adjusting link mechanism. When the jaw crusher is in operation, the mounting bolt is covered by the swing jaw to avoid contact with raw materials, so that abrasion of and damages to the mounting bolt can be prevented. Thus, a longer lifetime of the jaw crusher can be promoted. Besides, since abrasion of and damages to the mounting bolt can be prevented, a mounting structure of the cheek plate can be stronger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tooru Nakayama, Ryoichi Togashi, Kouzo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100071809
    Abstract: A tree processing vehicle comprising a prime mover and a pair of tracks for propelling the tree processing vehicle, the prime mover being in a driving relationship with the tracks. The tree processing vehicle also comprises an operator cabin comprising a front side, a rear side, and a pair of lateral sides between the front side and the rear side. A first one of the lateral sides defines an access opening allowing an operator to enter or exit the operator cabin. The operator cabin also comprises a door for closing the access opening and a set of controls for allowing the operator to control the tree processing vehicle. The tree processing vehicle also comprises a pair of arms pivotally movable across a range of angular positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Stephane Bergeron, Martin Roy, Pierre Chagnon, Jonathan Thibault
  • Patent number: 7681816
    Abstract: A wood crusher having a crushing apparatus includes a crushing rotor for crushing target wood to be crushed, a second screen detachably mounted on the outer peripheral side of the crushing apparatus and a screen support member disposed on the outer peripheral side of the second screen and holding the second screen in a position on the outer peripheral side of the crushing apparatus. A link mechanism is coupled to the screen support member, and a hydraulic cylinder is coupled to the link mechanism to advance and retract the screen support member relative to the crushing apparatus with extension and contraction thereof. Time and labor required for work of replacing the sieve member can be greatly reduced as a result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Masanori Shinooka
  • Patent number: 7648091
    Abstract: A movable wood crushing machine according to the present invention comprises a vehicle body 2 with a travel device provided therein; a rotary crushing device 6 provided at an edge of this vehicle body in the traveling direction for crushing the wood into wood chips; a tab-type feeder 7 provided on this rotary crushing device with an charging opening for charging wood to be crushed formed in an upper section thereof; a conveyer 4 extending from a position under the rotary crushing device 6 in the traveling direction of the vehicle body toward the other edge section of the vehicle body in the traveling direction for transferring and discharging wood chips crushed by the rotary crushing device 6 to the outside; and a drive unit 5 provided between the rotary crushing device 6 and the conveyer 4 for driving drive sources for the travel device 3, the rotary crushing device 6, the tab-type feeder 7, and the conveyer 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Umeda, Noriyuki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090302141
    Abstract: A mobile crusher includes: a crusher having a fixed jaw and a swing jaw and adjusting an outlet gap between lower ends of the fixed jaw and the swing jaw, the crusher crushing raw materials by swing movement of the swing jaw toward the fixed jaw and discharging the raw materials crushed by the crusher from the outlet gap to produce crushed materials; a work implement disposed on an upper stream or a lower stream of the crusher to produce the crushed materials; and a controller that controls a work implement speed of the work implement depending on the outlet gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masaho Yamaguchi, Yasutaka Nishida, Mitsunobu Yamada, Tooru Nakayama, Ryouichi Togashi