Container for a road paver assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11266236-B2
Application number	US-201816043885-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2018
Priority date	Jul 25, 2017
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

The disclosure refers to a container for storing and providing at least one modular road paver assembly designed for detachable mounting on a road paver. The container comprises a storage system by means of which individual components of the road paver assembly can be positioned within the container in a standardized arrangement, such that the components of the road paver assembly can be checked for completeness by an operator by means of a visual inspection along a sequence determined between opposite boundaries of the container in view of their assembly sequence on the road paver.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A modular road paver assembly storage arrangement for use with a road paver, the arrangement comprising:
individual components of a modular road paver assembly configured to be detachably mounted on the road paver; and
a container configured to store and provide the individual components of the modular road paver assembly, the container comprising a storage system configured to position the individual components of the modular road paver assembly within the container in a standardized arrangement that is based on a predetermined assembly sequence of the individual components on the road paver, wherein the standardized arrangement is configured to be checked for completeness of the individual components by an operator by a visual inspection along a sequence determined between opposite boundaries of the container in view of the assembly sequence of the individual components on the road paver, wherein the storage system defines the standardized arrangement based on a removal order of the individual components from the container according to the assembly sequence, and wherein the storage system positions the individual components of the road paver assembly one above the other in ascending or descending direction in view of their assembly sequence for removal.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the storage system is further configured to arrange the individual components of the road paver assembly side by side such that the individual components are provided along a direction determined between opposite side walls of the container for removal.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the modular road paver assembly comprises a measuring beam device which includes the individual components of the modular road paver assembly, and the storage system is configured to receive the individual components of the measuring beam device within the container.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the storage system is configured as a shelf unit.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the storage system comprises a plurality of profile plates for supporting the individual components of the road paver assembly.

6. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the individual components of the road paver assembly can be locked to the storage system without tools.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the container is accessible from at least one side wall.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein all the individual components are positionable in the container so that the individual components are directly accessible and visible in the storage system.

9. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the container has a fixed roof.

10. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the container is open from below.

11. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the container is designed to be stackable.

12. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the container comprises at least one eyelet for lifting the container.

13. The arrangement according to claim 12 wherein the container comprises a fixed roof, and the at least one eyelet is attached to the fixed roof.

14. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the container forms a standing area in a size and shape corresponding to two Euro pallets lying side by side.

15. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the container has at least one lighting unit for illuminating the storage system.

16. A modular road paver assembly storage arrangement for use with a road paver, the arrangement comprising:
individual components of a modular measuring beam device configured to be detachably mounted on the road paver, wherein the individual components comprise multiple beam components; and
a container configured to store the individual components of the modular measuring beam device, the container comprising a storage system configured to receive the individual components of the measuring beam device within an interior of the container in a standardized arrangement that is based on an assembly sequence of the individual components on the road paver, wherein the standardized arrangement is configured to be checked for completeness of the individual components of the measuring beam device by an operator by a visual inspection along a sequence determined between opposite boundaries of the container in view of the assembly sequence of the individual components of the measuring beam device on the road paver, wherein the storage system defines the standardized arrangement based on a removal order of the individual components from the container according to the assembly sequence, and wherein the storage system positions the individual components of the measuring beam device one above the other in ascending or descending direction in view of their assembly sequence for removal.

17. The arrangement according to claim 16 wherein the storage system is further configured to arrange the individual components of the measuring beam device side by side such that the respective components are provided along a direction determined between opposite side walls of the container for removal.

18. A modular road paver assembly storage arrangement for use with a road paver, the arrangement comprising:
individual components of a modular road paver assembly configured to be detachably mounted on the road paver, wherein the modular road paver assembly comprises an add-on module for widening a screed of the road paver; and
a container configured to store the individual components, the container comprising a storage system by which the individual components are positioned within the container in a standardized arrangement that is based on an assembly sequence of the individual components on the road paver, wherein the standardized arrangement is configured to be checked for completeness of the individual components by an operator by a visual inspection along a sequence determined between opposite boundaries of the container in view of the assembly sequence of the individual components on the road paver, and wherein the storage system defines the standardized arrangement based on a removal order of the individual components from the container according to the assembly sequence.

19. The arrangement according to claim 18 wherein the modular road paver assembly comprises a measuring beam device, and the individual components of the measuring beam device are positioned within the container based on the removal order of the individual components from the container according to the assembly sequence.

20. A method of storing individual components of a modular road paver assembly configured to be detachably mounted on a road paver, the method comprising:
positioning the individual components of the modular road paver assembly in a container, wherein the container includes a storage system by which the individual components are positioned within the container in a standardized arrangement that is based on an assembly sequence of the individual components on the road paver, wherein the standardized arrangement is configured to be checked for completeness of the individual components by an operator by a visual inspection along a sequence determined between opposite boundaries of the container in view of the assembly sequence of the individual components on the road paver, and wherein the storage system defines the standardized arrangement based on a removal order of the individual components from the container according to the assembly sequence;
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Assignees

• Joseph Voegele Ag

Inventors

• Herzberg Ingo
• Hanfland Dennis
• Holfelder Jens
• Jenewein Christian

Classifications

• B25H3/00 Primary

  Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments (containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00; {nail dispensers B25C3/00}) · CPC title

• E01C19/48 Primary

  for laying-down the materials and consolidating them, or finishing the surface {, e.g. slip forms therefor, forming kerbs or gutters in a continuous operation in situ (E01C19/002, E01C23/065 take precedence; devices for guiding or controlling the machines along a predetermined path E01C19/004)} · CPC title

• E01C2301/14

  Extendable screeds · CPC title

• E01C23/01

  Devices or auxiliary means for setting-out or checking the configuration of new surfacing, e.g. templates, screed {or reference line} supports (form rails E01C19/50); Applications of apparatus for measuring, indicating, or recording the surface configuration of existing surfacing, e.g. profilographs (E01C23/07 takes precedence; measuring roughness or irregularity in general G01B) · CPC title

• B65D85/68

  for machines, engines or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form · CPC title