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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Charles Colvard, Wilkesboro, NC (US);
Orie L. Beaver, Jr., Salisbury, NC (US);
Assignee:
Power Curbers, Inc., Salisbury, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 1/912 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 1/912 ;
Abstract
In a slip-form paving apparatus, a forwardly disposed pavement forming assembly, such as an auger assembly and a strike-off plate, are pivotably mounted to the apparatus frame for movement between an operative disposition disposed adjacent a ground surface for distributing and forming paving material thereon generally into a desired form of pavement and an inoperative position more elevated from the ground surface for permitting access beneath the apparatus for depositing a starting quantity of the paving material during an initial start-up of the apparatus.