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US 2009/0256018 A1Published application
Mobile system and method for crushing rock while isolating electronic components from excessive vibration
AssigneeCedarapids, Inc.
InventorsGREGORY YOUNG, RICHARD SADLER, DAN GARLAND
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Abstract
A mobile rock crushing vehicle with a detachable electronic control box which can be automatically lifted, by a pair of hydraulic pivoting arms, off the vehicle, lowered and set upon any vibration damping and isolating mass, such as the earth, all by moving a hydraulic lever. The pair of pivoting arms further automatically configure a reduced-vibration transmitting connection when the electronic control box is set upon the ground.
Claims16
A mobile rock crusher system comprising:
- a frame having a longitudinal axis;
- wheels coupled to the frame, and configured to allow the frame to roll in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis;
- a rock crusher coupled to said frame;
- an electronic control box, having a bottom surface, the electronic control box configured to provide electronic control of said rock crusher;
- a first pivoting boom, coupled to said frame, and configured to provide force for lifting said bottom surface of said electronic control box up off an elevated location, automatically moving the electronic control box in a direction away from said frame, and controllably lowering said electronic control box below the elevated location so as to allow the bottom surface of the electronic control box to be supported by the earth;
- a non-rigid connection mechanically coupling said electronic control box to said pivoting boom;
- said non-rigid connection is configured so that said non-rigid connection supports said electronic control box from above when said bottom surface is not supported from below at said elevated location and further not supported by the earth;
- said non-rigid connection further configured to automatically increase a looseness characteristic after the electronic control box 120 contacts the ground;
- an actuator configured for causing said first pivoting boom to lift in a first plane of movement, said electronic control box up, move, in a second plane of movement, said electronic control box away from the frame, and lower, in a third plane of movement, the electronic control box down to be supported by the earth;
- and cause the non-rigid connection to end support of the electronic control box from above, all in response to movement of a control member in a single direction.
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A mobile rock crusher system comprising:
- a mobile frame;
- means for crushing rock coupled to said mobile frame;
- means for controlling crushing operations of said means for crushing rock;
- means for lifting said means for controlling up off an elevated location, automatically moving the means for controlling in a direction away from said mobile frame, and controllably lowering said means for controlling below the elevated location so as to rest upon a mass which tends to isolate the means for controlling crushing operations from vibrations caused by the means for crushing;
- means for non-rigidly mechanically coupling said means for controlling to said means for lifting and for supporting said means for controlling from above when said bottom portion of said means for controlling is not supported from below at said elevated location and further not supported from below by a vibration damping mass;
- means for controlling lifting operations of said means for lifting so that said means for lifting is further configured to lift, move away from the mobile frame and controllably lower said means for controlling all in response to a control movement.
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A mobile rock crusher vehicle comprising:
- a mobile rock crusher trailer structure configured to transport a rock crusher down a public roadway;
- a rock crusher coupled to said mobile rock crusher trailer structure;
- an electronic control box support member coupled to and supported by said mobile rock crusher trailer structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.