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Road milling machine for working road or ground surfaces, as well as method for steering a road milling machine

US9194088B2 · kind B2 · utility

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38Claims

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Assignee

Wirtgen GmbH

Inventors

Christian Berning · Euskirchen, DE
Roland Lull · Bellinghauserhohn, DE
Günter Hähn · Rübhausen, DE
Oliver Thiel · Morbach, DE
Cyrus Barimani · Rübhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 2, 2014
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 2, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE01C23/127
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A road milling machine with a machine frame supported by a chassis with one front axle and one rear axle with wheels or crawler tracks, with a milling drum mounted at the machine frame to rotate between the rear wheels, where said milling drum ends nearly flush with a zero-clearance side, it is provided that the wheels or crawler tracks of the front axle as seen in the direction of travel are arranged offset from one another in such a fashion that one of the front wheels or tracks is arranged in front of the other front wheel or crawler track as seen in the direction of travel.

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