Construction machine with offset hopper rear walls
AssigneeJoseph Voegele AG
InventorsBernhard ERDTMANN, Stefan WEBER
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Abstract
A construction machine according to the disclosure comprises a material hopper for receiving bulk material. The material hopper comprises a first sub-hopper that is pivotable about a first axis and a second sub-hopper that is pivotable about a second axis, wherein the first and second axes extend parallel to each other. The first and second sub-hoppers each comprise a rear wall, and the rear walls are shifted with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the axes, whereby a collision of the rear walls is prevented when pivoting the first and/or the second sub-hopper.
Claims21
A construction machine comprising:
- a material hopper for receiving bulk material, the material hopper comprising a first sub-hopper that is pivotable about a first axis and a second sub-hopper that is pivotable about a second axis, wherein the first axis and the second axis extend parallel to each other, and wherein the first and second sub-hoppers each comprise a rear wall, the rear walls being shifted with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the axes, whereby a collision of the rear walls is prevented when pivoting the first sub-hopper and/or the second sub-hopper.
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A construction machine comprising:
- a machine wall;
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- a material hopper for receiving bulk material, the material hopper including a first sub-hopper that is pivotable relative to the machine wall about a first axis, and a second sub-hopper that is pivotable relative to the machine wall about a second axis that extends parallel to the first axis, wherein the first and second sub-hoppers each include a rear wall, the rear walls being located on one side of the machine wall and being shifted with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the axes, whereby a collision of the rear walls is prevented when pivoting the first sub-hopper and/or the second sub-hopper, and wherein the first sub-hopper further includes a first edge at a side located opposite from the rear wall of the first sub-hopper, and the second sub-hopper includes a second edge at a side located opposite from the rear wall of the second sub-hopper, and wherein the first and second edges are in a plan view from above aligned flush with each other.
A construction machine comprising:
- a material hopper for receiving bulk material, the material hopper including first and second sub-hoppers and first and second hinges attached to the first and second sub-hoppers, respectively, for allowing the first sub-hopper to pivot about a first axis and the second sub-hopper to pivot about a second axis that extends parallel to the first axis, wherein the first and second sub-hoppers each comprise a rear wall, and the first hinge is modified with respect to the second hinge so that the rear walls are shifted with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the axes, whereby a collision of the rear walls is prevented when pivoting the first sub-hopper and/or the second sub-hopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.