Patent ID: 9016798
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: E01C,E21C

Abstract:
1. A self-propelled construction machine, comprising: a machine frame; an operating drum for processing a ground surface; a downwardly open drum housing supported from the machine frame and having the operating drum positioned in the housing, the housing including an edge protector on at least one side of the housing; an actuator connected to the edge protector and configured to raise and lower the edge protector, the actuator including a floating setting in which the edge protector has a floating mounting, so that a height of the edge protector can be automatically adjusted; and a control unit including a sensor configured to detect a distance between a reference point on the edge protector and the ground surface, the control unit being configured such that when the distance is less than a predetermined minimum distance the actuator is actuated to raise the edge protector.