Patent ID: 8210770
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: E01C,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A melter and applicator comprising, in combination: a melter body including a first sidewall having a first hole, with the melter body adapted to receive liquefied paving material; a hose extending out of the melter body via the first hole for outputting the liquefied paving material; a first tube including first and second open ends spaced along a first longitudinal axis, with the first tube defining a first conduit between the first and second open ends thereof; a first pivotal connector pivotally mounting the first open end of the first tube to the first sidewall about a first pivot axis perpendicular to the first longitudinal axis, with the second open end of the first tube having two sides opposite the first longitudinal axis and the first pivot axis, with the first pivotal connector defining a first passage receiving the hose, with movement of the first tube relative to the first sidewall being limited to a pivot plane extending perpendicular to the first pivot axis and including the first longitudinal axis; a second tube including first and second open ends spaced along a second longitudinal axis, with the second tube defining a second conduit between the first and second open ends thereof; and a second pivotal connector mounting the first open end of the second tube to the second open end of the first tube about a second pivot axis perpendicular to the pivot plane and parallel to and spaced from the first pivot axis, with relative movement between the first and second tubes being limited to the pivot plane with the second longitudinal axis located in the pivot plane, with the first open end of the second tube pivotable about the second pivot axis relative to the second open end of the first tube at a first obtuse angle to each of the two sides of the second open end of the first tube, with the second pivotal connector defining a second passage receiving the hose, with the hose extending through the first and second conduits defined by first and second tubes and the first and second passages defined by the first and second pivotal connectors.