Automotive road milling machine

US8985702B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8985702-B2
Application numberUS-96969810-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 16, 2010
Priority dateDec 18, 2009
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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In an automotive road milling machine ( 1 ) for milling ground surfaces ( 3 ), with a machine frame ( 2 ), a milling drum ( 4 ) with a quick-change system arranged at the machine frame ( 2 ) in a drum housing ( 11 ), a driving device ( 6 ) for driving the milling drum ( 4 ), a reduction gear ( 8 ) arranged between the driving device ( 6 ) and the milling drum ( 4 ), where the milling drum ( 4 ) is arranged between drum housing walls ( 12,13 ) of the drum housing ( 11 ) running orthogonally to the axis of rotation of the milling drum ( 4 ), where the quick-change system is provided with a basic drum body ( 14 ) and at least one milling tube element ( 10 ) capable of being pushed onto the basic drum body ( 14 ), where the drum housing wall ( 13 ) opposite the drive-side drum housing wall ( 12 ) is easily removable for the quick exchange of alternatively usable milling tube elements ( 10 ), it is provided for the following features to be achieved: the housing ( 9 ) of the reduction gear ( 8 ) is attached to the machine frame ( 2 ) in a torsionally rigid fashion, inside the machine frame ( 2 ), between the driving device ( 6 ) and the drum housing wall ( 12 ) at the drum housing ( 11 ).

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The invention claimed is: 1. An automotive road milling machine for milling ground surfaces, comprising: a machine frame; a drum housing attached to the machine frame, the drum housing including a drive-side drum housing wall and a removable drum housing wall opposite from the drive-side drum housing wall; a milling drum arranged between the drive-side drum housing wall and the removable drum housing wall, the milling drum having an axis of rotation, the drive-side drum housin…

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What does patent US8985702B2 cover?
In an automotive road milling machine ( 1 ) for milling ground surfaces ( 3 ), with a machine frame ( 2 ), a milling drum ( 4 ) with a quick-change system arranged at the machine frame ( 2 ) in a drum housing ( 11 ), a driving device ( 6 ) for driving the milling drum ( 4 ), a reduction gear ( 8 ) arranged between the driving device ( 6 ) and the milling drum ( 4 ), where the milling drum ( 4 )…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Busley Peter, Lehnert Thomas, Ley Herbert, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification E01C23/088. Mapped technology areas include Fixed Constructions.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).