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US 12,709,848 B2Granted
Material collection systems, vehicles, and related methods
AssigneeAlamo Group Inc.
InventorsSteven W. Craig, Jason David Hetcher
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Abstract
A material collection vehicle may include a vehicle body and a mounting system including a turret sealingly coupled to a boom mounting joint. The mounting system may be used for mounting a telescopic boom assembly. The boom assembly may include a bearing seal to provide for sealed fluid communication through the boom assembly. The mounting system and boom assembly may form a sealed fluid flow path from the boom assembly to the vehicle body through the mounting system.
Claims18
A material collection vehicle comprising:
- a telescopically extendable boom assembly including:
- a first boom section and a second boom section;
- a bearing seal coupling said first boom section and said second boom section;
- wherein said first boom section and said second boom section are sealingly coupled together by said bearing seal to provide a sealing engagement between said first boom section and said second boom section and to allow for telescopic extension of said second boom section with respect to said first boom section while maintaining the sealing engagement between said first boom section and said second boom section;
- and
- a mounting system configured for connecting said boom assembly to said material collection vehicle, the mounting system including:
- a turret including a turret housing;
- and
- a knuckle joint including a knuckle joint housing, the knuckle joint being sealingly coupled to said turret.
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A mounting system configured for mounting a boom assembly to a material collection vehicle comprising:
- a turret including a turret housing enclosing a turret chamber;
- and
- a joint including a joint housing shaped to form an opening providing for fluid communication along a fluid pathway including said turret chamber, the joint housing being pinned to the turret housing, the joint being sealingly coupled to said turret using one or more seal packings, the one or more seal packings forming a seal along a boundary between said joint and said turret;
- wherein the seal maintains sealing engagement between the turret and the joint over a range of motion of the joint;
- wherein said joint comprises a knuckle joint;
- and
- wherein the joint housing comprises a curved surface upon which at least one of said one or more seal packings is slidably engaged when said joint and said turret are sealingly coupled together.
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A material collection vehicle comprising:
- a telescopically extendable boom assembly including:
- a first boom section and a second boom section, the second boom section being configured for nested engagement with said first boom section;
- a mounting system configured for connecting said boom assembly to a body of said material collection vehicle, the mounting system including:
- a joint including a joint housing shaped to form an opening disposed along a sealed path of fluid communication extending from an interior portion of said boom assembly to said vehicle body through said joint;
- and
- a turret coupled to the joint, the turret including a turret housing;
- and
- an actuator connected to the turret housing and the boom assembly;
- the joint comprising a knuckle joint and being sealingly coupled to the turret using one or more seal packings, the one or more seal packings forming a seal along a boundary between said joint and said turret;
- wherein the seal maintains sealing engagement between the turret and the knuckle joint over a range of motion of the knuckle joint;
- wherein at least a portion of said seal is slidably engaged with said joint housing along a curved surface of said joint housing.
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A mounting system configured for mounting a boom assembly to a material collection vehicle comprising:
- a turret including a turret housing enclosing a turret chamber;
- and
- a joint including a joint housing shaped to form an opening providing for fluid communication along a fluid pathway including said turret chamber, the joint being sealingly coupled to said turret using one or more seal packings, the one or more seal packings forming a seal along a boundary between said joint and said turret;
- wherein the seal maintains sealing engagement between the turret and the joint over a range of motion of the joint;
- wherein said joint comprises a knuckle joint;
- wherein the joint housing comprises a curved surface upon which at least one of said one or more seal packings is slidably engaged when said joint and said turret are sealingly coupled together.
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A material collection vehicle comprising:
- a telescopically extendable boom assembly including:
- a first boom section and a second boom section, the second boom section being configured for nested engagement with said first boom section;
- a mounting system configured for connecting said boom assembly to a body of said material collection vehicle, the mounting system including:
- a joint including a joint housing shaped to form an opening disposed along a sealed path of fluid communication extending from an interior portion of said boom assembly to said vehicle body through said joint;
- the joint comprising a knuckle joint and being sealingly coupled to a turret using one or more seal packings, the one or more seal packings forming a seal along a boundary between said joint and said turret;
- wherein the seal maintains sealing engagement between the turret and the knuckle joint over a range of motion of the knuckle joint;
- wherein at least a portion of said seal is slidably engaged with said joint housing along a curved surface of said joint housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.