Patent ID: 6712548
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
Apparatus for automatically serially applying a plurality of pavement markers to a roadway surface, as a result of said apparatus being attached to a roadwork vehicle and thereby moving along the roadway surface with the roadwork vehicle, comprising:means for attaching said apparatus to a roadwork vehicle whereby said apparatus can be moved along the roadway surface as the roadwork vehicle moves along the roadway surface; conveyor means for serially conveying a plurality of pavement markers, from an upstream end portion which is disposed at an upper elevational level so as to be accessible by an operator disposed upon the roadwork vehicle such that a plurality of pavement markers can be serially deposited upon said conveyor means by the operator disposed upon the roadwork vehicle, to a downstream end portion which is disposed at a lower elevational level disposed immediately above the roadway surface onto which the plurality of pavement markers are to be deposited, such that the plurality of pavement markers can be serially discharged from said downstream end portion of said conveyor means and serially deposited at predeterminedly spaced locations along the roadway surface; and applicator means disposed adjacent to said downstream end portion of said conveyor means for operatively engaging each individual one of the plurality of pavement markers, deposited onto the roadway surface by said conveyor means, so as to serially apply the plurality of pavement markers onto the roadway surface at the predeterminedly spaced locations along the roadway surface.