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US 12,404,639 · App. 17/575,745 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Tamper stroke adjustment

Inventors: Klaus Bertz (Dittelsheim-Hessloch, DE); Ralf Weiser (Ladenburg, DE); Tobias Noll (Roschbach, DE); Christian Pawlik (Neustadt, DE)
Assignee: Joseph Voegele AG
E01C19/40B06B1/162
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Patent No.
US 12,404,639
App. No.
17/575,745
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a road finishing machine with a screed for producing a paving layer, wherein the screed includes at least one compacting unit for precompacting paving material supplied to the screed. The compacting unit includes at least one eccentric bushing mounted on an eccentric shaft supporting the same and rotatable to a desired angle of rotation to thereby continuously variably set a desired tamper stroke of a tamper bar of the compacting unit. For rotating the eccentric bushing, the compacting unit includes at least one adjusting mechanism, wherein the adjusting mechanism includes an adjusting drive mounted on the eccentric shaft and rotatable along with the eccentric shaft. The disclosure furthermore relates to a method for a continuously variable tamper stroke adjustment at a compacting unit of a road finishing machine.

Claims (22)

1. A road finishing machine comprising a screed for producing a paving layer, wherein the screed includes a compacting unit for precompacting paving material supplied to the screed, wherein the compacting unit includes an eccentric bushing mounted on an eccentric shaft supporting the same and rotatable at a desired angle of rotation to thereby continuously variably set a desired tamper stroke of a tamper bar of the compacting unit, and wherein for rotating the eccentric bushing, the compacting unit includes an adjusting mechanism, wherein the adjusting mechanism includes an adjusting drive rotatable along with the eccentric shaft and mounted on the eccentric shaft.

2. The road finishing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting mechanism includes an adjusting transmission mounted on the eccentric shaft and activatable by means of the adjusting drive.

3. The road finishing machine according to claim 2 , wherein the adjusting drive and the adjusting transmission embody a function unit mounted on the eccentric shaft and rotatable along with rotary motion of the eccentric shaft.

4. The road finishing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting mechanism is arranged within a housing surrounding the eccentric shaft.

5. The road finishing machine according to claim 4 , wherein the housing is embodied as a hollow cylinder or a ring.

6. The road finishing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting drive is arranged on the eccentric shaft centrically or eccentrically.

7. The road finishing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting mechanism is connected to the eccentric bushing directly or by means of a positive clutch.

8. The road finishing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting drive can be actuated hydraulically, electrically and/or mechanically.

9. The road finishing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the compacting unit includes a plurality of independently adjustable unit sections, wherein for the respective unit sections, one adjusting mechanism each is provided.

10. The road finishing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting mechanism includes at least one accumulator for an energy supply of the adjusting drive.

11. The road finishing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting mechanism provides a sliding contact-induced power and/or signal transmission for the adjusting drive.

12. The road finishing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting mechanism provides a contact-free power and/or signal transmission for the adjusting drive.

13. The road finishing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting mechanism is connected to a controlling system for setting the desired tamper stroke.

14. The road finishing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting mechanism includes at least one sensor unit for detecting the angle of rotation set between the eccentric bushing and the eccentric shaft.

15. A method for a continuously variable tamper stroke adjustment at a compacting unit of a road finishing machine, the method comprising:

rotating an eccentric bushing on an eccentric shaft that supports the eccentric bushing to adjust tamper stroke, wherein for rotating the eccentric bushing, an adjusting drive mounted on the eccentric shaft and rotating along with the eccentric shaft is activated.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the adjusting drive is connected to an adjusting transmission mounted on the eccentric shaft and activatable by the adjusting drive.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the adjusting drive and the adjusting transmission embody a function unit mounted on the eccentric shaft and rotatable along with rotary motion of the eccentric shaft.

18. The method according to claim 15 , wherein sliding contact-induced power and/or signal transmission is provided for the adjusting drive.

19. The method according to claim 15 , wherein contact-free power and/or signal transmission is provided for the adjusting drive.

20. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the adjusting drive is connected to a controlling system for setting a desired tamper stroke.

21. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the adjusting drive includes at least one sensor unit for detecting the angle of rotation set between the eccentric bushing and the eccentric shaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: BERTZ, KLAUS; WEISER, RALF; NOLL, TOBIAS; PAWLIK, CHRISTIAN
To: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
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Priority Claims (1)
EP 21151612 · Jan 14, 2021 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220220674A1 · Jul 14, 2022
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