Patents in subclass Excavating/Automatic Leveling Excavators

Parent class: Excavating

Number Patent title Issue Date
07356949 Scraping device and a system and a method for collecting materials

A scraping device, a system and a method for collecting a material are provided. The scraping device may have a bowl having a first end and a second end. A lip may be positioned at the first end and may cover an opening at the first end....		 04/15/2008
07246456 Linked mode for a multi-axis machine control

A tool control system includes actuators to move the tool, a controller to permit either manual or automatic tool operation, and an output configured to display information pertaining to a position of the tool. In addition, the tool can...		 07/24/2007
07066276 Method and apparatus for excavating earth to a desired depth

A system and method of facilitating excavating a below grade opening at a construction site in a parcel of land includes a first vehicle having a motor operably connected to at least a pair of traction members and a second excavating...		 06/27/2006
06948267 Device for optimization of the thickness of an ice layer

An ice resurfacing machine laser control is used to optimize the ice layer on an artificial ice track, such as an ice hockey rink and is adapted for use in ice resurfacing machines. The thickness of an ice layer is optimized with a beam...		 09/27/2005
06910289 Scraping device and a system and a method for collecting materials

A scraping device, a system and a method for collecting a material are provided. The scraping device may have a bowl having a first end and a second end. A lip may be positioned at the first end and may cover an opening at the first end....		 06/28/2005
06655465 Blade control apparatuses and methods for an earth-moving machine

A method and apparatus for providing for real time automated control of the position of a blade on a earth-moving machine. The method includes providing a geography altering machine, including a blade and a computer, the computer having...		 12/02/2003
06484083 Tandem robot control system and method for controlling mobile robots in tandem

A control system for controlling mobile robots provides a way to control mobile robots, connected in tandem with coupling devices, to navigate across difficult terrain or in closed spaces. The mobile robots can be controlled cooperatively...		 11/19/2002
5953838 Control for hydraulically operated construction machine having multiple tandem articulated members

An apparatus and method for controlling a hydraulically operated construction machine having a plurality of tandem articulated members which move in a particular pattern, wherein movement of one of the articulated members is controlled in...		 09/21/1999
5951613 Apparatus and method for determining the position of a work implement

An apparatus for determining a position of a work implement of a work machine in a site coordinate system. The position of the work implement is defined as the position in the site coordinate system of two fixed points located on the work...		 09/14/1999
5941658 Cross-slope level control for mobile machinery

A cross slope level/torsion control for mobile machines is disclosed. At least two crawler tracks or four wheels or rail bogies are provided for transporting and elevating the frame with at least one crawler track or two wheels or rail...		 08/24/1999
5815826 Method for determining the productivity of an earth moving machines

A method for automatically determining the productivity of an earthmoving machine in real time using an onboard computer. The earthmoving machine operates in cycles having a first portion and a second portion. The earthmoving machine...		 09/29/1998
5806604 Apparatus for depth monitoring

The invention relates to apparatus for monitoring the depth of a layer of a filter media such as sand in a filter such as a slow sand filter, comprising a leveller, in the embodiment a box leveller with a trailing smoothing device, wheel...		 09/15/1998