# US 6,719,066 B2 · Construction vehicle with a working appliance

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- Number: US 6,719,066 B2
- Document ID: US6719066B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/108,942
- Filed: 2002-03-26
- Published: 2002-10-03
- Granted: 2004-04-13
- Earliest claimed: 2001-03-29
- Assignees: macmoter S.p.A.
- Inventors: Alois Johann Haringer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6719066B2

## CPC

- E02F 3/7627: {with the scraper blade adjustable relative to the frame about a vertical axis}
- E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00)

## Abstract

A construction vehicle has a working appliance such as a blade, which is mounted on a vehicle frame such that it can pivot in the vertical direction about a first axis and it can pivot about a second axis substantially perpendicular thereto, for which purpose at least one hydraulic device is provided. The position of the axis about which the working appliance can pivot can be varied in relation to the vehicle frame.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A construction vehicle comprising a vehicle frame (5), a carrier (11) connected to the vehicle frame, a working appliance (2) mounted on the carrier (11) such that the working appliance can pivot about a vertical axis (14), wherein the carrier is connected to the vehicle frame such that the carrier can pivot in a vertical direction about a horizontal axis (17) and can pivot about an upright adjustment axis (15) parallel to the vertical axis (14), hydraulic devices arranged to selectively pivot the working appliance and the carrier, and a blocking device that selectively blocks and releases the ability of the carrier (11) to pivot about the adjustment axis (15), wherein a position of the vertical axis (14) about which the working appliance (2) can pivot is adjustable in a lateral direction between a vertical longitudinal mid-plane running along a vehicle longitudinal axis (13) of the vehicle and a longitudinal plane running at a distance from and parallel to the longitudinal mid-plane.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The construction vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the working appliance is a blade.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The construction vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment axis arranged displaced away from the longitudinal mid-plane.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The construction vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the blocking device comprises a hydraulic device (26).

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The construction vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the hydraulic device (26) comprises at least one hydraulically movable pin (25) and a retaining opening (27) for accommodating the pin (25) in a blocking position.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The construction vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the hydraulic devices include two hydraulic devices to pivot the working appliance (2) about the vertical axis (14), wherein the two hydraulic devices (23) each comprise a piston rod (21) and a cylinder (22) and are attached respectively on opposite sides of the longitudinal mid-plane, at one end to the vehicle frame and at another end to the working appliance, and wherein an attachment point (33) of one of the two hydraulic devices (23) is at least partly detachable in order to adjust the working appliance (2).

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The construction vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a projecting carrying piece (12) connected to the vehicle frame to pivot about the horizontal axis (17), wherein the carrier (11) is mounted on the projecting carrying piece (12), and thereby connected to the vehicle frame (5) via the projecting carrying piece (12).

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The construction vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the carrying piece (12) is arc-shaped.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The construction vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the working appliance (2) is attached centrally to the carrier (11), and the carrier (11) is mounted such that it can pivot off-center in relation to the vehicle frame (5).

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The construction vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the working appliance (2) is a blade (3) comprising a center piece (42) and extension parts (40, 41) removably secured laterally on lateral ends of the center piece.

### Claim 11

A construction vehicle comprising a vehicle frame (5), a carrier (11) connected to the vehicle frame, a working appliance (2) mounted on and attached centrally to the carrier (11) such that the working appliance can pivot about a vertical axis (14), wherein the carrier (11) is mounted on the vehicle frame (5) such that the carrier can pivot in a vertical direction about a horizontal axis (17) and the carrier can pivot off-center in relation to the vehicle frame (5), and hydraulic devices (20, 23) arranged to selectively pivot the working appliance and the carrier, wherein a position of the vertical axis (14) about which the working appliance (2) can pivot is adjustable in a lateral direction between a vertical longitudinal mid-plane running along a vehicle longitudinal axis (13) of the vehicle and a longitudinal plane running at a distance from and parallel to the longitudinal mid-plane.