Adjustable wear sole
AssigneeWirtgen GmbH
InventorsMarkus Reindorf, Willi Preis
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Abstract
A mold apparatus for a slipform paver includes front and rear frame members and a wear plate disposed below the front and rear frame members. At least one of the frame members includes a mounting flange. At least one adjustable fastener assembly is provided between the wear plate and the mounting flange. An adjusting nut drive may be either manually powered or automatically powered and provides access to the adjustable fastener assemblies from the interior of the mold apparatus.
Claims26
A mold apparatus for a slipform paver, the mold apparatus comprising:
- a front frame member;
- a rear frame member;
- at least one of the frame members including a mounting flange having a fastener opening and a drive access opening defined at least in part by the mounting flange;
- a wear plate disposed below the front and rear frame members;
- and
- at least one adjustable fastener assembly located inside the mold apparatus between the front frame member and the rear frame member and above the wear plate, the fastener assembly including:
- a threaded fastener attached to the wear plate and extending upward through the fastener opening of the mounting flange;
- a top nut attached to the threaded fastener above the mounting flange;
- and
- an adjusting nut attached to the threaded fastener below the mounting flange such that the adjusting nut is accessible from inside the mold apparatus through the drive access opening.
A mold apparatus for a slipform paver, the mold apparatus comprising:
- a front frame member;
- a rear frame member;
- at least one of the frame members including a mounting flange having a fastener opening;
- a wear plate disposed below the front and rear frame members;
- at least one adjustable fastener assembly including:
- a threaded fastener attached to the wear plate and extending upward through the fastener opening of the mounting flange;
- a top nut attached to the threaded fastener above the mounting flange;
- and
- an adjusting nut attached to the threaded fastener below the mounting flange;
- and
- a manually powered adjusting nut drive configured to extend downward through the drive access opening to engage the adjusting nut so that a position of the wear plate below the mounting flange is adjustable, the adjusting nut drive including:
- a pivot guide configured to be received over the threaded fastener to pivot about a longitudinal axis of the threaded fastener;
- a handle extending from the pivot guide;
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- a drive lug extending downward from the handle to engage the adjusting nut.
A mold apparatus for a slipform paver, the mold apparatus comprising:
- a front frame member;
- a rear frame member;
- at least one of the frame members including a mounting flange having a fastener opening and a drive access opening;
- a wear plate disposed below the front and rear frame members;
- at least one adjustable fastener assembly including:
- a threaded fastener attached to the wear plate and extending upward through the fastener opening of the mounting flange;
- a top nut attached to the threaded fastener above the mounting flange;
- and
- an adjusting nut attached to the threaded fastener below the mounting flange;
- and
- an automatically powered adjusting nut drive configured to extend downward through the drive access opening to engage the adjusting nut so that a position of the wear plate below the mounting flange is adjustable, the adjusting nut drive including:
- a drive motor;
- a drive shaft extending downward from the drive motor through the drive access opening;
- a drive bushing;
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- a drive gear attached to the drive shaft below the drive bushing and configured to engage the adjusting nut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.