Implement with linkage assembly and work assembly wherein work assembly has dynamic skid shoe and a scraping edge
View Patent ↗An implement including a work assembly for clearing materials on a ground, the work assembly including an edge and at least one dynamic skid shoe. The implement may have a pair of dynamic skid shoes. The dynamic skid shoe includes a surface contact component for contacting a street surface, a dynamic component operably connected to the surface contact component for providing vertical movement of the surface contact component, and a hydraulic fluid circuit including a pressure providing component fluidily connected to the dynamic component. The implement includes a linkage assembly, wherein the linkage assembly and the dynamic skid shoe operate to provide the edge to be elevated above the ground surface in order to pass over an obstruction encountered by the edge even on uneven surfaces.
1. An implement attaching to a vehicle, comprising:
a snow blower with an edge;
a first dynamic skid shoe connected to a first side of the snow blower;
a second dynamic skid shoe connected to a second side of the snow blower,
the first side opposing the second side along a width direction of the snow blower,
the first dynamic skid shoe includes a first surface contact component for contacting a street surface, and a first dynamic component operably connected to the first surface contact component, and
the second dynamic skid shoe includes a second surface contact component for contacting the street surface, and a second dynamic component operably connected to the second surface contact component;
a fluid circuit including a pressure providing component, said pressure providing component fluidily connected to both the first dynamic component and the second dynamic component,
the first dynamic component being configured to be dynamic for providing vertical movement of the first surface contact component based on pressures from the first surface contact component and the pressure providing component, or be rigid, and
the second dynamic component being configured to be dynamic for providing vertical movement of the second surface contact component based on pressures from the second surface contact component and the pressure providing component, or be rigid;
a sensor connected to the fluid circuit, the sensor configured to detect the edge of the snow blower striking an obstruction, wherein when the edge strikes the obstruction, the sensor detects the edge striking the obstruction, the sensor communicates to the fluid circuit to close the fluid circuit so that the first dynamic component becomes rigid and the second dynamic component becomes rigid, and the edge is elevated to allow the edge to ride over the obstruction.
2. The implement according to claim 1 , wherein the first dynamic component includes a first hydraulic cylinder; and
the second dynamic component includes a second hydraulic cylinder.
3. The implement according to claim 2 , wherein the first hydraulic cylinder and the second hydraulic cylinder have same hydraulic cylinder diameters.
4. The implement according to claim 2 , wherein the first hydraulic cylinder and the second hydraulic cylinder have different hydraulic cylinder diameters.
5. The implement according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a control component that controls the pressure of the pressure providing component to and/or from the dynamic component.
6. The implement according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure providing component includes a hydraulic accumulator.
7. The implement according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure providing component is configured to provide a set pressure by a forward movement of the vehicle.