Apparatus, system, and method for degrading and removing a paved surface
OwnerDavid R. Hall, Joe Foxinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for degrading and removing a paved surface is disclosed in one aspect of the invention as including a vehicle to travel across a paved surface, a pavement degradation tool coupled to the vehicle and adapted to degrade the paved surface while rotating about an axis substantially normal to the paved surface, and a vacuum device coupled to the vehicle and adapted to remove pavement fragments produced by the pavement degradation tool. The vacuum device may include several intake channels to draw in the degraded pavement fragments. In selected embodiments, these intake channels may be connected to two or more independently moveable banks.
Claims10
An apparatus for degrading and removing a paved surface, the apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle for traveling across a paved surface;
- a pavement degradation tool coupled to the vehicle, the pavement degradation tool adapted to degrade the paved surface while rotating about an axis substantially normal to the paved surface;
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- a vacuum device comprising a plurality of independently movable intake channels is coupled to the vehicle and adapted to remove pavement fragments produced by the pavement degradation tool.
A method for degrading and removing a paved surface, the method comprising:
- directing a pavement degradation tool across a paved surface, the pavement degradation tool adapted to degrade the paved surface while rotating about an axis substantially normal to the paved surface;
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- removing pavement fragments produced by the pavement degradation tool using a vacuum device comprising a plurality of independently movable intake channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.