| 摘要 |
An adjustable width trail paver comprising a prime mover, an adjustable width paver, moveable and controllable materials conveyor, a controller, a base mold, and a trimmer; the control having pivot, tilt, raise, and fold features to move or control the materials conveyor around obstacles along the path to be paved; a prime mover with hydraulically telescoping frame; an adjustable width paver having interchangeable molds or hydraulically expanding pressure compensated side plates; and, methods for achieving continuous paving near or around obstacles along a path to be paved utilizing the adjustable width trail paver. |
| 主权项 |
1. A trail paver for paving a trail between obstacles, comprising:
(a) a frame having a first side, a second side, a front, and a rear; (b) a prime mover for steering and moving said frame between obstacles along an area to be paved in a paving direction; (c) an adjustable width paver having a width substantially equal to said frame; (d) a coordinating turn module for coordinating and operatively turning said adjustable width paver together with or in relation to said prime mover, wherein said coordinating turn module comprises at least: a pivoting connection member, for pivotally connecting said adjustable width paver to said prime mover; a steering drive, for coordinating or steering the pivoting of said adjustable width paver; and, a mounting assembly having a width substantially equal to said frame and having one or more parallel stabilizing member for maintaining the adjustable width paver at least at an angle parallel with a surface being paved and one or more vertical stabilizing member for maintaining a vertical center axis of the adjustable width paver substantially orthogonal to the surface being paved, said mounting assembly attached to the rear of said frame; (e) a material hopper having an input, an output, and a detector, said hopper output associated with said adjustable width paver for feeding paving material into said adjustable width paver, said hopper detector being operably connected to a computer for detecting amounts of paving material received; (f) a moveable and controllable paving material conveyor for delivering paving material to said material hopper input, wherein said paving material conveyor can be moved or controlled around obstacles such that paving material may be supplied to said trail paver from at least said first side and said second side and said paving material conveyor may be moved to a position avoiding an obstacle as said trail paver paves past said obstacle; and (g) a computer having at least a processor and a memory, the processor and the memory having programmable instructions configured to determine at least a first filling interval, a first paving interval, a second filling interval, and a second paving interval, wherein a difference between the first and second filling intervals or the first and second paving intervals is operably determined based on at least an amount of paving material received, discharged, or needed for one or more paving dimension. |
