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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
Martin G. Mayer, Racine, WI (US);
Rodney D. Wurgler, York, ND (US);
Putzmeister, Inc., Sturtevant, WI (US);
Abstract
An outrigger assembly useful for supporting and stabilizing a mobile work machine, such as a vehicle-mounted telescopic belt conveyor, while the work machine is operating. The outrigger assembly includes a stationary support housing mounted to the vehicle body and a telescoping inner housing that is movable into and out of the support housing. A leg assembly, in turn, telescopes into and out of the inner housing and includes a leg member that is pivotally mounted to a mounting beam of the leg assembly. The leg member includes a support pad that contacts the ground when the leg member is in its ground-engaging position and covers the opening to the inner housing when the leg assembly is in its fully retracted position.