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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2021
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Jameson Michael Smieja, Mound, MN (US);
Nicholas B. Johnson, Dayton, MN (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A milling machine can include a frame; a milling assembly coupled to the frame and including a drum housing and a cutting rotor located within the drum housing, the cutting rotor including a plurality of cutting bits configured to cut into a surface to define a cut surface; and a secondary edge cutter separate from the plurality of cutting bits and located to cut an edge of the cut surface such that the edge of the cut surface cut by the secondary edge cutter defines a sharper edge than the edge of the cut surface cut by the plurality of cutting bits.