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Subsoil temperature measurement by means of a road finishing machine

US9447549B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Joseph Voegele AG · DE

Inventors

Martin Buschmann · Neustadt, DE
Tobias Gotterbarm · Schifferstadt, DE
Arnold Rutz · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 10, 2014
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01J5/02
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A road finishing machine, comprising a screed for laying a paving layer on a subsoil and at least one temperature sensor. According to the disclosure, the temperature sensor is fixed to the road finishing machine and directed to the subsoil such that it may detect a temperature at least of a region of the subsoil which is located in front of the screed, seen in the direction of travel. In accordance with the disclosure, the temperature data of the subsoil region may be georeferenced and sent to a following compacting vehicle for determining a rolling pattern, said vehicle determining or adapting its rolling pattern based on said data.

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