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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2010
Ty Hartwick, Pella, IA (US);
Casey Dean Berg, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Oleg Khalamendik, Pella, IA (US);
Karl D. Maasdam, Pella, IA (US);
Joseph W. Nelson, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Ty Hartwick, Pella, IA (US);
Casey Dean Berg, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Oleg Khalamendik, Pella, IA (US);
Karl D. Maasdam, Pella, IA (US);
Joseph W. Nelson, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an excavation machine that is configured to minimize or otherwise account for the unintended stoppage (i.e., jamming/stalling) of a digger tool. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure a machine is provided with one or more drive systems that automatically stop and reverse to avoid excavation tool jamming. The machine and methods of the present disclosure provide an efficient method and machine for excavation operations.