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Road planer with improved cutting drum suspension

US4154481A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 12, 1977
Grant dateMay 15, 1979
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Expiry dateAug 12, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE01C23/088
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention is a better road planing vehicle having an improved suspension system for supporting the rotary cutting unit under the vehicle chassis. The suspension includes a pair of lift and tilt cylinders connected in parallel spaced relation at one end to the vehicle frame and at the other end to the top of the cutter housing. Three parallel and triangularly arranged drawbars are connected at one end to the cutter housing and extend either fore or aft to connect at their other ends with the vehicle frame. A sideshift cylinder is connected between the frame and one of the drawbars. In the preferred embodiment the connections of the lift cylinders and the drawbars are ball joints.

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