Patent classifications
E02F5/32
WORK VEHICLE AND RIPPER DEVICE
A ripper device for a work vehicle includes a first cylinder, a shank, and a second cylinder. The shank is actuated by the first cylinder and is aligned with the first cylinder in plan view. The second cylinder includes a proximal end attached to the work vehicle and a distal end on the opposite side from the proximal end. The second cylinder actuates the shank. The proximal end and the distal end of the second cylinder are located higher than the first cylinder in side view. The diameter of the first cylinder is larger than the diameter of the second cylinder.
VIBRATING RIPPER
A vibrating ripper, according to the present invention, has: a main body portion; a vibrating body which is coupled to the main body portion and a vibrating body support unit and vibrates; and a vibration generating unit which is provided on the vibrating body, wherein the vibrating body support unit has a rotating member rotatably provided on the vibrating body or the main body portion for supporting the vibrating body, has first and second connecting members of which both end portions are rotatably connected to the upper and lower sides of the rotating member, with respect to the rotating center of same, and to the main body portion or the vibrating body, respectively such that the vibrating body can be supported in accordance with the main body portion, has a ripper blade provided on the vibrating body, thereby, when the vibrating body vibrates in accordance with the main body portion, offsetting, by means of the rotating of the rotating member, the change in coupling positions of the first and second connecting members and the vibrating body due to the vibration.
Accumulator
A hydraulic accumulator including an energy storage apparatus with a first piston face configured to reversibly compress an energy storage medium and a second piston face forming at least part of an inner surface of a corresponding second fluid chamber reversibly expandable by movement of the second piston face. A third piston face forms at least part of an inner surface of a corresponding third fluid chamber reversibly expandable by the third piston face. The first, second and third piston faces are coupled together.
Display system and work vehicle
Provided is a display system, which makes it easy for an operator to accurately grasp a traveling situation of a work vehicle. A front camera captures an excavating blade and topography in front of a crawler dozer. A rear camera captures a fuel tank and a ripper apparatus, and a topography behind the crawler dozer. A display image displayed on a monitor is generated by arranging a front image captured by the front camera and a rear image captured by the rear camera so that the excavating blade in the front image may face the fuel tank in the rear image.
Display system and work vehicle
Provided is a display system, which makes it easy for an operator to accurately grasp a traveling situation of a work vehicle. A front camera captures an excavating blade and topography in front of a crawler dozer. A rear camera captures a fuel tank and a ripper apparatus, and a topography behind the crawler dozer. A display image displayed on a monitor is generated by arranging a front image captured by the front camera and a rear image captured by the rear camera so that the excavating blade in the front image may face the fuel tank in the rear image.
POLYMER GEO-INJECTION FOR UNDERGROUND PIPELINE PROTECTION
A polymer geo-injection apparatus for protecting an underground structure is provided. The apparatus includes: a mechanized vehicle for moving on the ground in order to transport the apparatus while the apparatus forms a subsurface polymer layer that protects the underground structure; a polymer supply tank coupled to the mechanized vehicle and configured to supply solid polymer during the forming of the polymer layer; a polymer melting unit coupled to the mechanized vehicle and configured to receive and melt the supplied solid polymer and to supply the molten polymer during the forming of the polymer layer; and a subsurface ripper coupled to the mechanized vehicle and configured to move through the ground in response to the movement of the mechanized vehicle while receiving and injecting the supplied molten polymer into the ground above the underground structure in order to form the polymer layer and protect the underground structure.
ROBOTIC SUBSURFACE IMPACT PROTECTION SYSTEM
A robotic vehicle for moving above ground while fabricating a subsurface polymer layer to protect an underground structure is provided. The robotic vehicle includes: a body; a rotational member that contacts the ground and moves the body over the ground; a ripper assembly having a proximal end that moves with the body, and a distal end that moves underground at a fabrication depth in response to the movement of the proximal end while fabricating the polymer layer; a ground penetrating radar (GPR) that locates and measures a depth of the underground structure below the ground; and a computerized control system that controls the rotational member, the distal end of the ripper assembly, and the GPR to move the body over the located underground structure while tracking the location of the underground structure and fabricating the polymer layer at the fabrication depth and above the measured depth of the underground structure.
FARM AND AGRICULTURE EQUIPMENT
Tractor implements can work the ground in a proper and efficient manner to ensure the ground is ready for planting. The tractor implements can be arranged in various, specific manners, in series behind a tractor, depending on field conditions. For example, the tractor may pull a single disc positioned ahead of each ripper disposed on a ripper implement. Behind the ripper, a roller implement may be disposed for lifting, rolling and breaking up the soil. An optional disc may be provided forward of each roller blade assembly. Behind the roller implement, one or more finishers, such as a disc, a multi-disc, a chopper, a basket, a double basket, a knife, a deflector, or the like, may be used to finish the worked soil. Soil prepared by such implements have been shown to significantly increase crop yield.
FARM AND AGRICULTURE EQUIPMENT
Tractor implements can work the ground in a proper and efficient manner to ensure the ground is ready for planting. The tractor implements can be arranged in various, specific manners, in series behind a tractor, depending on field conditions. For example, the tractor may pull a single disc positioned ahead of each ripper disposed on a ripper implement. Behind the ripper, a roller implement may be disposed for lifting, rolling and breaking up the soil. An optional disc may be provided forward of each roller blade assembly. Behind the roller implement, one or more finishers, such as a disc, a multi-disc, a chopper, a basket, a double basket, a knife, a deflector, or the like, may be used to finish the worked soil. Soil prepared by such implements have been shown to significantly increase crop yield.
Ripper shank pocket with wear inserts
A ripper assembly is disclosed. The ripper assembly may include a ripper cross-member defining at least a first ripper shank pocket. The ripper cross member may include a front wall, a rear wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The front wall may connect to the rear wall, to define a perimeter of the at least first ripper shank pocket, the front wall, the rear wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall, and to also define a longitudinal axis and a free end disposed along the longitudinal axis adjacent the perimeter of the at least first ripper shank pocket. At least one of the front wall, the rear wall, the first side wall and the second side wall may define a retention boss aperture and a retention mechanism pocket in communication with the retention boss aperture.