Automotive milling machine, as well as method for discharging milled material

US10100470B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wirtgen GmbH

Inventors

• Christian Berning · Euskirchen, DE
• Cyrus Barimani · Rübhausen, DE
• Philip Verhaelen

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 10, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E01C23/127
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

In an automotive milling machine, comprising a machine frame, comprising a controller for the travelling and milling operation, comprising a working drum, comprising a transport conveyor for discharging the milled material milled off by the working drum onto a loading surface of a transport vehicle comprising a rear wall, where the transport conveyor is slewable, relative to the machine frame, about a first axis extending essentially horizontally under an elevation angle, and sideways about a second axis extending orthogonally to the first axis under a slewing angle, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: a detection device is arranged on the bottom side of the transport conveyor, where said detection device is used to initiate an activation signal in case of the transport conveyor approaching an object, in particular, the rear wall of the loading surface.