Patent ID: 6390728
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
A concrete paving machine for leveling concrete along a paving path, said concrete paving machine comprising:a frame having a front end and a rear end, said frame having a maximum working width extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the paving path; and at least one dowel apparatus carried by said frame, said at least one dowel apparatus operating and arranged as a unitary unit including a device for supplying and inserting a plurality of dowels in a distributed manner over a predetermined width parallel to said maximum working width, said at least one dowel apparatus having a dimension shorter than the maximum working width of the paving machine, wherein said at least one dowel apparatus is arranged to be displaced along said maximum working width as said unitary unit such that said at least one dowel apparatus distributes dowels over different portions along said working width.