Hydraulic and earth engineering – Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying – retrieving,... – By means advancing along terrain and guiding pipe or cable...
Patent
1994-03-01
1996-03-05
Britts, Ramon S.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying, retrieving,...
By means advancing along terrain and guiding pipe or cable...
405180, 371425, 172817, E02F 510
Patent
active
054961351
ABSTRACT:
A powered, wheeled vehicle for preparing a trough in crushed stone or similar material layed in a trench, and for covering over a field line drain pipe positioned in the trough with the material previously displaced therefrom, said vehicle comprising a body having a rear section and a front section pivotally connected for body articulation together in a substantially horizontal plane, a stanchion having a vertical position axis and a longitudinal axis, is mounted on the body by cooperating pivot elements on the stanchion and on an outer end portion of the front section, the pivot elements allowing the stanchion to be maintained in a generally upright posture on the front section while providing angular adjustability to the stanchion, the adjustability consisting of individual rotational and tilting paths of motion with respect to the vertical position axis, the stanchion further having a work shaft to which any of the implement means can be affixed, and cooperating elements of a first bearing on the work shaft and on the stanchion for allowing the work shaft to move substantially longitudinally of the stanchion in a generally up or down direction to provide a parallel path of motion with respect to the longitudinal axis for any implement affixed to the work shaft, the first bearing directing the work shaft and any implement affixed thereto to move coincidentally with the stanchion through each of the rotational or tilting paths of motion, first power device for selectively moving the work shaft in a generally up or down direction for providing the parallel path of motion to the implement, second power device engaging the stanchion for selectively rotating the same in either direction about the vertical position axis to provide the rotational path of motion, and third power devices engaging the stanchion for selectively rotating the same in either direction about the pivot axis to provide the tilting path of motion, a coupling device on the work shaft for removably affixing an implement means thereto, and individual control means on the vehicle for selectively actuating each of the power devices.
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Britts Ramon S.
Godsey C. Darrin
Godsey Clyde
Lagman Frederick L.
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