Soil processing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11519138-B2
Application number	US-201916715158-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2019
Priority date	Dec 17, 2018
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A soil processing machine includes a machine frame with two longitudinal beams substantially extending in the longitudinal direction of the machine and two transverse beams substantially extending transverse to the longitudinal beams. A soil-processing roller is supported in the longitudinal direction between the transverse beams on the longitudinal beams so that it can rotate about an axis of rotation of the roller. A coupling arrangement is provided on the machine frame for attaching the machine frame to a further machine frame of the soil-processing machine or to a further machine. A lifting/supporting arrangement is provided on the machine frame for lifting and/or supporting the machine frame in relation to the ground. One of the transverse beams is supported on the two longitudinal beams so that it can rotate about a swivel axis substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the roller.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Soil-processing machine, comprising:
a machine frame with two longitudinal beams substantially extending in the longitudinal direction of the machine and two transverse beams substantially extending transverse to the longitudinal beams,
a soil-processing roller supported on the longitudinal beams between the transverse beams so that the soil-processing roller is able to rotate about an axis of rotation of the roller,
a coupling arrangement provided on the machine frame for coupling the machine frame to a further machine frame of the soil-processing machine or to a further machine, and
a lifting/supporting arrangement for raising and/or supporting the machine frame in relation to a ground is provided on the machine frame,
wherein one of the transverse beams is pivotally supported on both longitudinal beams so that said one of the transverse beams is able to swivel about a swivel axis relative to the longitudinal beams, wherein said swivel axis is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the roller.

2. Soil-processing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the swivel axis is positioned in an upper region of the one of the transverse beams and the longitudinal beams in a height direction, so that said one of the transverse beams is able to swivel in the upper region of the longitudinal beams.

3. Soil-processing machine according to claim 1 , wherein a swivel drive is provided for driving said one of the transverse beams to swivel about the swivel axis.

4. Soil-processing machine according to claim 3 , wherein the swivel drive comprises at least one piston/cylinder unit.

5. Soil-processing machine according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one piston/cylinder unit is one allocated to the longitudinal beam in relation to a transverse beam and one supported on the longitudinal beams.

6. Soil-processing machine according to claim 3 , wherein said one of the transverse beams is driven by the swivel drive to swivel between a roller operational position and a roller installation position, wherein in the roller operational position said one of the transverse beams is at least partially removably connected with the longitudinal beams so as to be immobile in relation to the longitudinal beams, and, after being at least partially disconnected, is swivelled upwards to the roller installation position.

7. Soil-processing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the lifting/supporting arrangement comprises a chassis arrangement with at least one chassis unit height adjustably supported on the machine frame.

8. Soil-processing machine according to claim 7 , wherein the chassis arrangement at each one of the longitudinal beams includes a chassis unit height adjustably supported on the longitudinal beam.

9. Soil-processing machine according to claim 8 , wherein the chassis units supported on the two longitudinal beams are height adjustable independently from each other.

10. Soil-processing machine according to claim 8 , wherein each chassis unit is connected in a connection region to one of the longitudinal beams so that each chassis unit is able to swivel, and in a height adjustment region is supported by a height adjustment arrangement so that each chassis unit is height adjustable in relation to the one of the longitudinal beams, wherein the height adjustment region is arranged spaced in relation to the connection region in the longitudinal direction of the machine.

11. Soil-processing machine according to claim 10 , wherein the height adjustment arrangement comprises a piston/cylinder unit or a spindle unit.

12. Soil-processing machine according to claim 10 , wherein each chassis unit comprises a chassis girder attached in the connection region to the longitudinal beam such that the chassis girder is able to swivel and be connected to the height adjustment arrangement in the height adjustment region.

13. Soil-processing machine according to claim 8 , wherein each chassis unit exhibits a soil-processing machine support surface region extending in the longitudinal direction of the machine, wherein the axis of rotation of the roller is positioned in the longitudinal direction of the machine between a first longitudinal end of the support surface region and a second longitudinal end of the support surface region.

14. Soil-processing machine according claim 8 , wherein each chassis unit comprises a track chassis.

15. Soil-processing machine according to claim 12 , wherein each chassis unit comprises a track chassis, and wherein the track chassis is connected to the chassis girder substantially freely able to swivel.

16. Soil-processing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the soil-processing machine is able to be attached to a tractor for moving in the longitudinal direction of the machine by means of a coupling arrangement.

17. Soil-processing machine according to claim 16 , wherein the coupling arrangement comprises a drawbar unit for attaching to a counter-coupling formation provided for a tractor.

18. Soil-processing machine according to claim 1 , wherein on the further machine frame provided on the rear end of the soil-processing machine a drive unit is provided and that the coupling arrangement comprises a steering linkage arrangement for coupling the machine frame providing a front end of the soil-processing machine to the further machine frame so that the soil-processing machine can swivel about a steering linkage axis.

19. Soil-processing train comprising a tractor and a soil processing machine according to claim 1 attached to the tractor.

20. Process for removing a soil-processing roller from a soil processing, wherein the soil-processing machine includes a machine frame with two longitudinal beams substantially extending in the longitudinal direction of the machine and two transverse beams substantially extending transverse to the longitudinal beams, a soil-processing roller supported on the longitudinal beams between the transverse beams so that the soil-processing roller is able to rotate about an axis of rotation of the roller, a coupling arrangement provided on the machine frame for coupling the machine frame to a further machine frame of the soil-processing machine or to a further machine, and a lifting/supporting arrangement for raising and/or supporting the machine frame in relation to a ground is provided on the machine frame, wherein one of the transverse beams is pivotally supported on both longitudinal beams so that said one of the transverse beams is able to swivel about a swivel axis relative to the longitudinal beams, and wherein said swivel axis is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the roller, the method comprising:
a) Positioning the lifting/supporting arrangement in such a way that the machine frame is supported with the soil-processing roller supported on a floor by the lifting/supporting arrangement in relation to the floor,
b) After undertaking the measure a), releasing the soil-processing roller from the longitudinal beams;
c) Before or after undertaking measure b), swivelling one of the transverse beams to a roller-installation position, and
d) After undertaking measures b) and c), moving the machine frame in relation to the soil-processing roller substantially in the longitudinal direction of the machine frame.

21. Process according to claim 20 , wherein before undertaking the measure d), the machine frame may be raised by means of the lifting/supporting arrangement in such a way that when undertaking measure d) the machine frame can be

Assignees

• Hamm Ag

Inventors

• Meier Matthias
• Prechtl Christopher

Classifications

• B60G2500/30

  Height or ground clearance · CPC title

• B60D1/145

  consisting of an elongated single bar or tube · CPC title

• E01C19/266 Primary

  fitted to vehicles, road-construction or earth-moving machinery, e.g. auxiliary roll readily movable to operative position (E01C19/268, E01C19/4806, E01C19/488, E01C19/52, E01C21/00, E01C23/065 take precedence); provided with means for facilitating transport; Means for transporting rollers; Arrangements or attachments for converting vehicles into rollers, e.g. rolling sleeves for wheels · CPC title

• E01C19/281

  propelled by hand or by vehicles, e.g. towed (E01C19/285 - E01C19/288 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60G17/08

  Characteristics of fluid dampers (adjusting fluid dampers in general F16F9/44 - F16F9/53) · CPC title