Abstract:
In combination a loader unit and haul unit for use in a block caving mining operation. Each of the loader unit and the haul unit comprise a removable bucket, which can be used for loading ore. In use the bucket carrying a load of ore can be transferred from the loader unit to the haul unit so that the haul unit can transport the ore from a loading site to a crusher. The loader unit and haul unit have a respective longitudinal axis extending from the fore end to the aft thereof, and the bucket is elongate with a longitudinal axis. In use when the bucket is mounted to the loader unit the longitudinal axis of the bucket is disposed orthogonally to the longitudinal axis of the loader unit. When the bucket is transferred to the haul unit, the bucket is placed upright on the haul unit with the longitudinal axis of the bucket parallel to the longitudinal axis of the haul unit.
Abstract:
A system and method of the type for quickly mobilizing a unit for dredging a layer of material from a water bottom is provided. The dredging system includes: a motorized, substantially self-contained vessel positioned above a borrow site, at least one dredging shoe extended from the vessel to a bottom of a water adapted for dredging a material from said bottom to a pre-selected depth, a power source positioned on the vessel in operational connection with the dredging shoe for drawing the material into the shoe and transporting the material through a conduit to a deposit site, and a dredging motivation system connected to the vessel for moving the vessel and the dredging shoe along a dredging path.
Abstract:
A mini-size universal hydraulic excavator capable of performing independently many operating processes, such as digging, pushing, grabbing, drilling and chipping, having essentially three main sections, namely, a chassis carrying traveling device pivotally connected with an earth-moving means, a complete swivel upper carriage provided with a power generator and a driver's seat, and an excavating arm having a boom, a bucket arm, and a bucket. A hydraulic chipper can be connected to the main machine without the necessity of removal of the bucket and the earth-moving means, so that chipping and site clearing can be carried on simultaneously solely by one single machine. A backhoe bucket carrying a scraper employs a multi-bar linkage mechanism having a bucket body, a scraper, and a bucket arm so that the bucket can have sufficient bucket capacity in a relatively greater excavating revolving angle range. Specially-set accessory operating equipment oil lines are used to drive all the hydraulic operation equipments except the bucket.
Abstract:
Mounted on a tractor is a sloper assembly which is adapted to push earth and debris away from a berm of a road. A support stand is pivotally connected to the tractor for rotation about a vertical axis. A first outrigger arm is pivotally connected to the support stand and extends outwardly therefrom. A first hydraulic cylinder is pivotally connected between the support stand and the first outrigger arm. A second outrigger arm is pivotally connected to the first outrigger arm and supports a sloper assembly. A second hydraulic cylinder is attached between the first outrigger arm and the second outrigger arm. A third hydraulic cylinder is operatively connected between the second outrigger arm and the sloper assembly. A fourth hydraulic cylinder, having overload protection, is operatively connected between the tractor and the support stand. Therefore, the entire support stand, first and second outrigger arms and the sloper assembly will pivot horizontally about the vertical axis when the sloper assembly meets an obstruction, to avoid damaging the tractor and the sloper assembly.
Abstract:
A bucket wheel assembly for excavating solid material from the ground which can be slurried with water has a series of buckets mounted on a framework rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis, the buckets, being secured to the framework at spaced positions around the periphery, and each bucket having a leading edge portion engagable with the ground as the framework rotates to cause material to be scooped from the ground into the bucket. Sets of nozzles are mounted around the framework, each set of nozzles being located between an adjacent pair of buckets and spaced in the direction of movement of the buckets from the leading edge portion of a following bucket. A rotary valve is connected to the nozzles and to a source of liquid under pressure. The rotary valve is operated by rotation of the framework to cause liquid under pressure to be selectively supplied from the source of liquid under pressure to each set of nozzles in turn when the set of nozzles and its following bucket are approaching the ground to cause liquid from the set of nozzles to impinge on the ground and form a slurry of the material which is subsequently scooped into a following bucket.
Abstract:
Planting mounds for afforestation purposes and the like are formed by an apparatus wherein a device having at least one mound-forming and compacting body is provided on a movable support arm or boom of a carrier vehicle adapted to be driven along the ground. The body has an elongate, longitudinally concave soil-pushing front surface of shape and dimensions suitable to define the upper surface of a planting mound, and preferably has digging teeth or the like at its lower forward edge. The body is supported for pivotal movement relative to the arm or boom and may be pivoted by a piston-cylinder assembly or the like. For mound formation, the body is placed in a digging position with the soil-pushing surface facing in a first direction substantially parallel to the ground. The body is then moved relative to the vehicle substantially in the first direction, while being maintained in substantially the same orientation so that the soil-pushing surface breaks loose, collects and preliminarily compacts soil material for the mound to be formed. The body is then pivoted to bring the soil-pushing surface to a downward facing position, thus forming the soil material into a planting mound and further compacting the same.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are described for injecting material into a waste sludge lagoon and mixing the material in the lagoon to solidify and stabilize the waste in-situ. The apparatus includes a slotted bucket adapted to be secured to the articulated arm of a backhoe or like equipment. The bucket has a manifold in the upper interior portion thereof which is coupled to a source of the additive or reagent material to be dispensed under pressure. In a preferred embodiment the material is a dry powder which is dispensed pneumatically through the manifold into the bucket and the waste as the bucket is moved back and forth through the waste lagoon. The manifold preferably is a cylinder having mutually spaced holes, slots or nozzles. The bucket also may have a vane structure across the scoop opening for further agitation of the sludge as it enters or leaves the bucket.
Abstract:
The pavement planer of this invention is carried on the front ends of the twin lift arms of a skid-steer front end loader. It has a drum with radially projecting picks, confined to rotation in a box-like housing that is open at its bottom and is supported at its front center on a heightwise adjustable roller. Secured to the lift arms, spanning the distance between them, is an upright plate-like frame member that rides on a roller on each of its ends. The housing is so connected to the frame member as to be laterally adjustable relative to it and also tiltingly adjustable about a fore-and-aft extending axis. Both of those adjustments are effected by a single hydraulic cylinder jack connected between the housing and the upright frame member. In use, a down load on the lift arms imposes part of the weight of the carrying vehicle onto the pavement planer, to be supported by the three mentioned rollers.
Abstract:
A trenching machine including a digging boom rotatably attached to a tractor and a digging chain rotatably mounted on the digging boom wherein a crumber assembly is provided that is rotatable between work and transport positions. The crumber assembly includes a support boom attached to the digging boom, a crumber rotatably attached to the support boom, and an actuator for rotating the crumber. The crumber may be folded toward the support boom so that the digging chain of the trenching machine can be moved into close proximity with a vertical wall, such as a building foundation, thereby minimizing or eliminating the need for manual excavation adjacent to the wall.
Abstract:
A compressed air nozzle for accelerating the flow of air from a compressor to supersonic speed has an axial passage which comprises a converging portion and a diverging portion interconnected by an elongated throat. The nozzle is useful in tools for dislodging earth for excavation.