Excavating inventions 10/06

20060236565 - Ride-on snow blower: A ride-on snow blower is described that includes a cab for housing and protecting a rider of the snow blower from the elements, a seat, a door, cab windows, a front frame section, an adjustable snow chute operable for flexible snow disposal, a motor, a motor powered auger for transporting...

20060236566 - Device and method for dislodging and recovering dredging material of varying nature: Device for dislodging and recovering dredging material of varying nature, comprising a bearing housing (25), a drive shaft (11) mounted therein for rotatingly driving with a determined torque a cutter head (10, 10′) with a support ring (15, 15′), which cutter head is mountable on the drive shaft via a...

20060236567 - Insert for locking mechanism for ground engaging tools: The present invention is directed to an insert for use with ground engaging tools. It allows newer-type locking mechanisms to be used to lock wear members to older-styled support structures. The insert is comprised of an elongated body for insertion into a passage in the support structure. At one end...

20060230644 - Wheeled snowplow and sand or salt spreader: A manual snowplow and spreader to clear a path of snow and disperse melting agents in a single pass. This snowplow is wheeled and has two adjustable curved blades that move snow to both sides, only left side, only right side or straight ahead. The spreader storage tank disperses material...

20060230645 - Method and apparatus for satellite positioning of earth-moving equipment: A method and apparatus for using satellite positioning systems to more precisely locate the position of a portion of an attachment on an earthmoving machine is disclosed. More specifically, satellite positioning system antennas are mounted to an arm or other point relative to the arm of an illustrative excavator. A...

20060230646 - Sidewalk grader apparatus and method: A sidewalk grader provided for grading a sidewalk base disposed along a curb of an existing road structure. The sidewalk grader comprises a tracking assembly fixable to a vertically adjustable backfill blade of a compact excavator positioned to move forward over an existing road structure to advance the sidewalk grader....

20060230647 - Mini earth scraper: A mini earth scraper comprised of a bucket which is open at its front end with a scraping edge at the bottom of its open front end, and an open frame having wheels at its back end, wherein the bucket is pivotally attached within the frame. In addition the mini...

20060230649 - Actuator device, particularly for an orange-peel bucket: An actuator device, in particular for an orange-peel bucket, having a support, a hydraulic jack provided with a liner and a rod movable along an actuating axis, and a joint hinging in the jack to the support; the joint is provided with inner passages to feed oil to the jack...

20060230648 - Bucket or scoop with adjustable capacity: The invention relates to a bucket or scoop with adjustable capacity, comprising a fixed structure which forms an external rigid element and one or several mobile elements, complementary to the fixed structure, which slide inside the same by means of special devices. Said special devices can comprise actuators or pistons...

20060230650 - Working machine: A working machine includes a pipeline disposed along a side deck in a front-back direction and connecting a hydraulic pump and a control valve. The hydraulic pump is mounted at a back portion of an upper frame of an upper rotating body and the control valve is mounted at a...

20060225308 - Foundation construction device for making trenches in soil: The invention relates to a foundation construction device for making trenches in the soil comprising a frame, on which a soil-removing tool is arranged, and a control device for aligning the foundation construction device in the trench having two control flaps, which are supported pairwise opposite each other on the...

20060225309 - Actuating assembly for actuating a chute of a snowblower, snowblower including the same and method of operating associated thereto: An actuating assembly for actuating a chute of a snowblower having a frame. The actuating assembly includes a first gear, a second gear and a driving mechanism. The first gear is pivotably mountable onto the frame of the snowblower and rotatable about a pivot axis, said first gear being configured...

20060225310 - Work machine alignment system and method of maintaining alignment of a work machine: Maintaining alignment of a work machine with a predetermined work machine path over a relatively lengthy distance can be difficult. In order to maintain alignment of a work machine with a predetermined work machine path, the present disclosure includes a work machine alignment system that includes a laser generator operable...

20060225311 - Fixing device comprising a rotary drive for a gripper tool: A device for fixing and rotationally driving a gripper tool or the like on the arm of a crane, an excavator or a similar transporting and lifting machine is disclosed. The device includes a housing. An adapter plate including an annular flange is arranged on the housing, the flange being...

20060225312 - Trench wall ripper apparatus: An apparatus coupled to an excavation bucket for creating a trench sidewall having indentations formed therein....

20060225313 - Wear assembly: A wear assembly for excavating equipment which has a wear member overlying a leading edge of the excavating equipment, a removable lock for releasably holding the wear member to the leading edge, and a stabilizer, wherein (i) the wear member has a pair of legs to straddle the leading edge...

20060225314 - Excavator: An excavator (10) for excavating a selected material and conveying the excavated material to a selected location. The excavator (10) includes a mobile support (16) and a boom assembly (26) mounted thereon, with the boom assembly (26) having at least one extendable section (30). The excavator (10) also includes a...

20060218822 - Snow pusher: A snow pushing assembly includes a pair of spaced-apart side plates. Front skid shoes are affixed to or integral with a bottom of the side plates. Mold boards and mold board cross supports interconnect the pair of side plates. The mold boards and mold board cross supports define an open...

20060218823 - Snow blower apparatus: A snow blower has an adaptive speed control, optionally an open carrier differential, which is optionally selectively lockable. The auger is preferably chain driven. The engine output shaft optionally has a first fixedly secured pulley and a second clutched pulley. The discharge chute can be guided in rotation by an...

20060218824 - Cutting element supported on a drum: In a chain excavator including an excavation chain with links routed around a drive sprocket and an end idler with a base plate mounted to a link for supporting excavation implements, a stabilizing element extends rearwardly from directly behind the excavation implement in order to contact and be supported by...