Skid Steer Slab Cutting Attachment
AssigneeSafety Technologies, Inc.
InventorCharles E. Fanslow
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Abstract
A cutting apparatus is described, capable of cutting hard materials including asphalt and concrete. The cutting apparatus is particularly well suited for attachment to a skid steer or other transportation implement. When attached to a skid steer the apparatus includes a frame that allows the cutting system to slide from side to side, slide up and down, or rotate about a vertical axis while held in a cutting position by the skid steer boom. The cutting apparatus also includes an airflow member that affectively creates an air turbulence to thereby confine debris and dust within a shroud and to direct the debris and dust against a surface of the shroud to a localized exit at a minimized velocity.
Claims22
An apparatus for cutting hard materials such as concrete or asphalt, the apparatus comprising:
- a cutting system including, a motor, a drive spindle coupled to the motor, and a cutting assembly coupled to the drive spindle, said cutting assembly having multiple cutters that rotate on independent spindles wherein the multiple cutters are aligned concentric to the drive spindle;
- an airflow generating member coupled to said cutting system;
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- a shroud surrounding at least a portion of said cutting assembly to direct cutting debris behind a downward travel of each cutter.
An apparatus for cutting hard materials comprising:
- a cutting system including, a motor;
- a drive spindle coupled to the motor;
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- a cutter assembly coupled to the drive spindle;
- an airflow generating member coupled to said cutting system;
- a frame having a rigid portion and a floating portion, said floating portion being coupled to said cutting system;
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- a shroud surrounding at least a portion of said cutter assembly to direct cutting debris behind a downward travel of a cutter of said cutter assembly.
An apparatus for cutting hard materials such as concrete or asphalt, the apparatus comprising:
- a cutting system including, a motor;
- a drive spindle coupled to the motor;
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- a cutter assembly coupled to the drive spindle, said cutter assembly having multiple cutters that rotate on independent spindles wherein the multiple cutters are aligned concentric to the drive spindle;
- an airflow generating member coupled to said cutting system;
- a frame having a rigid portion and a floating portion, said floating portion being coupled to said cutting system and said rigid portion being coupled to a mount that couples said frame to a transport implement;
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- a shroud surrounding at least a portion of said cutter assembly, wherein at least a portion of said shroud includes a relatively logarithmic spiral curvature, a surface of said shroud directs cutting debris behind a downward travel of a cutter of said cutter assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.