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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US);
Jacob Sevits, Pella, IA (US);
Peter C. Rozendaal, Pella, IA (US);
Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US);
Abstract
A positionable carriage assembly including an actuation device, such as one or more linear hydraulic cylinders, that is linked to a linear drive element. The linear drive element can include a first and second gear racks. The positionable carriage assembly may also include a first carriage member having a third gear rack and a second carriage member having a fourth gear rack. A first gear structure may be provided that operably intermeshes with the first and third racks while a second gear structure may be provided that operably intermeshes with the second and fourth racks. In operation the actuation device imparts a linear movement in a first direction onto the linear drive element which in turn imparts a synchronized linear movement in a second direction orthogonal the first direction onto the carriage members via the intermediate first and second gear structures.