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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2017
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Roger Allen Hedlund, Champlin, MN (US);
Brad Green, Siler City, NC (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A machine including a frame, a traction assembly and an actuator disposed between the frame and the traction assembly is disclosed. The actuator is configured to raise the frame to a serviceable height relative to the traction assembly. The machine further includes a support rod configured to be disposed between the frame and the traction assembly when the frame is at the serviceable height such that the support rod is magnetically held on one of the frame and the traction assembly and the support rod defines a gap with other of the frame and the traction assembly. The support rod is configured to abut the other of the frame and the traction assembly when a height of the frame relative to the traction assembly decreases to a height less than the serviceable height.