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US 11,077,732 B2Granted
Automotive construction machine, as well as lifting column for a construction machine
AssigneeWirtgen America, Inc.
InventorsPeter Busley, Gunter Tewes
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AssigneeWirtgen America, Inc.
InventorsPeter Busley, Gunter Tewes
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Disclosed is an automotive road construction machine, particularly a recycler or a cold stripping machine, comprising an engine frame that is supported by a chassis, a working roller which is stationarily or pivotally mounted on the engine frame and is used for machining a ground surface or road surface. The chassis is provided with wheels or tracked running gears which are connected to the engine frame via lifting column and are vertically adjustable relative to the engine frame. Each individually vertically adjustable lifting column is equipped with a device for measuring the actual vertical state of the lifting column.
A road construction machine, comprising:
A method of operating a road construction machine, the road construction machine including a machine frame, a working drum supported from the machine frame for working a ground surface or traffic surface, a plurality of ground engaging supports for supporting the construction machine on the ground surface or traffic surface, and a plurality of lifting columns, each one of the lifting columns being connected between the machine frame and one of the ground engaging supports, and at least one lifting column support connected to a lower end of at least one of the lifting columns, the at least one lifting column support being attached to at least one of the ground engaging supports, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.