Road structure – process – or apparatus – Apparatus – With surface marking
Patent
1996-08-28
1998-06-30
Lisehora, James
Road structure, process, or apparatus
Apparatus
With surface marking
474133, 156577, E01C 2316
Patent
active
057723591
ABSTRACT:
A self-propelled pavement marking tape applicator. A slip-clutch assembly allows the operator to accurately control power transferred from the engine to the drive wheel(s) of the marking tape applicator. One-way clutch bearings provide differential action to the drive wheels when negotiating turns by allowing the wheel on the outside of the turning radius to rotate at a faster rate than the wheel on the inside of the turn. The differential action provided by the one-way clutch bearings also prevents the wheels from dragging on the pavement surface and permit the operator to manually push the marking tape applicator faster than it is being driven by the engine.
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Catalog page -"Material Handling -Lane Marker/Tape Applicator and Reflective Warning Tape"; Wholesale Prices -Grainger; p. 1794.
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Also submitted are various 3M documents related to the application of pavement marking tape. Included are documents believed to be 3M technical notebook pages including photographs and descriptions of various marking tape applicators and tamping apparatuses. It is not known whether the apparatuses described were sold or otherwise publicly known, nor is it known whether the documents submitted or the apparatuses described and shown constitute prior art. Should the Examiner require additional information regarding these documents, the Examiner is requested to contact Applicants' undersigned representative, or so indicate in an Office Action, and a further investigation will be conducted. (10 pages)
Lisehora James
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Olson Peter L.
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