Wireless remote-controlled pavement recycling machine
OwnerDavid R. Hall, David Wahlquistinventors
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Abstract
A pavement recycling machine is disclosed in one aspect of the invention as including a motorized vehicle to travel along a paved surface and having a direction of travel. A bank of substantially vertically oriented mill heads is connected to the motorized vehicle to break up the paved surface to create loose aggregate. These mill heads have axes of rotation that are substantially perpendicular to the paved surface. A controller is provided to control various operational parameters of the pavement recycling machine. These operational parameters may include, for example, the rotational speed and vertical height of the mill heads. A remote control device communicates with the controller to enable remote adjustment or monitoring of the operational parameters.
Claims20
A pavement recycling machine comprising:
- a motorized vehicle to travel along a paved surface, the motorized vehicle having a direction of travel;
- a bank of vertically oriented mill heads connected to the motorized vehicle to break up the paved surface to create loose aggregate, the mill heads having axes of rotation substantially perpendicular to the paved surface;
- a controller to adjust various operational parameters of the pavement recycling machine, the operational parameters comprising at least one of the rotational speed and vertical height of the mill heads;
- a remote control device in communication with the controller to enable at least one of remote adjustment and monitoring of the operational parameters;
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- at least some of said heads are adapted for independent movement relative to each other.
A method comprising:
- breaking up a paved surface with a bank of substantially vertically oriented mill heads to create loose aggregate, the mill heads having axes of rotation substantially perpendicular to the paved surface, at least some of said heads are adapted for independent movement relative to each other;
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- wirelessly controlling various operational parameters of the mill heads, the operational parameters comprising at least one of the rotational speed and the vertical height of the mill heads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.