Road structure – process – or apparatus – Apparatus – With in situ means for both comminuting and treating – e.g.,...
Patent
1998-07-13
1999-11-23
Lisehora, James A.
Road structure, process, or apparatus
Apparatus
With in situ means for both comminuting and treating, e.g.,...
24110174, 404 91, 404 92, E02F 700
Patent
active
059889373
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a crawler type soil improving machine for improving soft ground, at the time of land reclaiming works or general engineering works, and sticky soil dug during water supply works, drainage works, or gas pipe laying works, etc.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
At present, it is inevitable that civil engineering works, construction works, etc., are required to be performed on soft ground, such as reclaimed land, in order to promote efficient use of limited space. Such soft ground is usually dehydrated by scattering a hardening agent so that the soil is regenerated. Further, when water supply or drainage works or gas pipe laying works are carried out, the ditches for laying the pipes are usually refilled, using soil which has been dug by construction machines such as hydraulic shovels. However, watery clay or sticky soil, which has been dug and stirred up by the hydraulic shovels or the like, cannot hold itself. Therefore, soil which is not usable for filling the ditches has to be relocated using dump trucks.
However, there is a problem in that a lot of dust is generated when soft ground is dried by the hardening agent. Further, there is a problem in that when a construction site is narrow, construction machines, such as vehicles for scattering hardening agents and vibrating rollers for ramming the land, etc., cannot be simultaneously introduced there. Still further, construction cost is increased when a number of construction machines are used according to conventional methods.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication 54-58901 has proposed a soil improving method to overcome these problems. According to the publication, a predetermined amount of sticky soil, which is not applicable to filling ditches, is sequentially supplied, contacted with a soil improving agent having wet-hard characteristics in a predetermined ratio, and then crushed and mixed. The publication also discloses a soil improving machine, which comprises a conveyor for relocating sticky soil which is not usable for filling ditches, a cut screw for slicing the unusable soil into layers having a predetermined thickness and for removing surplus soil at an appropriate position, a device for adding a predetermined amount of wet-hard type soil improving agent to a preset amount of soil carried by the conveyor, and a crusher for crushing and mixing the soil and the soil improving agent.
This crushing/mixing machine is a stationary type machine and cannot be easily moved between construction sites. Therefore, the machine has to be disassembled and re-assembled when it is relocated, which means increases in working time and cost.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been conceived in order to overcome the foregoing problems of the related art, and is intended to provide a crawler type soil improving machine which can efficiently crush and mix watery clay or sticky soil and a soil improving agent, such as lime, and which has excellent mobility and operability even at a narrow construction site.
The crawling type soil improving machine comprises: a hopper section, disposed at an upper part of a vehicle body for receiving soil and soil improving agent; and a crusher, for crushing and mixing soil and soil improving agent. The hopper section includes a first hopper, which is for receiving soil, and which is arranged at one part of a vehicle body; and a second hopper, which is for receiving soil improving agent and which is disposed between the first hopper and the crusher. The first and second hoppers are independent from each other. The crusher is arranged substantially at the upper center of the vehicle body. The crawler type soil improving machine further includes a crawling member arranged under the vehicle body; a drive unit, which includes an engine as a driving source and hydraulic units and which is arranged at the other part of the vehicle body; and an intake conveyor which is for conveying soil and soil improving agent and which is positioned below the first and second hoppers.
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patent: 4676688 (1987-06-01), Caradot
patent: 5580004 (1996-12-01), Tamura et al.
patent: 5741085 (1998-04-01), Wirtgen
Fujino Taneaki
Komoriya Yoichi
Yoshida Yasuhiro
Komatsu Ltd.
Lisehora James A.
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