Grinding machine adaptable to ground contours
AssigneeCorning Research & Development Corporation
InventorsBrian Matthew Cole, David Montalion Dupuis, Cary Alan Kipke, Donald Kent Larson, Zachary Michael Thompson
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Abstract
Vehicle mounted grinding machines adaptable to ground contours have a vehicle mount configured to attach a housing body, including a grinding drum to a vehicle. The vehicle may include a pair of guides on opposing sides of a blade set of a grinding drum, where each of the pair of guides is horizontally aligned with the grinding drum. The housing body is configured to roll about a travel direction relative to the vehicle mount and the grinding machine includes an alignment motor configured to laterally translate the housing body relative to the vehicle mount and perpendicular to a travel direction.
Claims15
A grinding machine, comprising:
- a housing body;
- a grinding drum comprising an axle and a blade set mounted thereto, the axle rotatably coupled to the housing body;
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- a pair of guides on opposing sides of the blade set, each of the pair of guides horizontally aligned with the grinding drum;
- a vehicle mount attached to the housing body, the vehicle mount configured to attach the housing body to a vehicle;
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- a constant force piston attached to the vehicle mount and configured to impart a constant downward force on the housing body and the grinding drum.
A grinding machine, comprising:
- a housing body;
- a vehicle mount attached to the housing body, the vehicle mount configured to attach the housing body to a vehicle;
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- a grinding drum comprising an axle and a blade set mounted thereto, the axle rotatably coupled to the housing body;
- wherein the housing body is configured to roll about a travel direction relative to the vehicle mount;
- wherein the vehicle mount includes a lower mount, the housing body rotatably attached to the lower mount;
- wherein the vehicle mount includes an upper mount attached to the lower mount, the lower mount configured to laterally translate relative to the upper mount;
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- wherein the vehicle mount includes an intermediate mount attaching the lower mount to the upper mount, the intermediate mount configured to vertically translate relative to the upper mount, the lower mount configured to laterally translate relative to the intermediate mount.
A grinding machine, comprising:
- a housing body;
- a vehicle mount attached to the housing body, the vehicle mount configured to attach the housing body to a vehicle;
- a grinding drum comprising an axle and a blade set mounted thereto, the axle rotatably coupled to the housing body;
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- an alignment motor configured to laterally translate the housing body relative to the vehicle mount and perpendicular to a travel direction;
- wherein the vehicle mount includes a lower mount and an upper mount, the lower mount including a frontward slide support and a rearward slide support configured for free translation of the lower mount relative to the upper mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.