Patent ID: 7357595

Claim:
A pavement removal machine comprising: a frame, a means for supporting and propelling the frame on either side of the frame, a leading edge pivotally attached to the frame, the leading edge for engaging and lifting a reinforced concrete pavement having reinforcement rods therein from a roadbed, an anvil pivotally attached to the frame proximate the leading edge for receiving the reinforced concrete pavement from the leading edge, at least one hammer pivotally attached to the frame, the hammer engaging the reinforced concrete pavement by impacting the top surface of the pavement perpendicular to the surface thereof while the bottom surface of the pavement is resting on the anvil thereby breaking the concrete into aggregate, and removing it from the reinforcement rods in the reinforced concrete pavement, a wedge between the leading edge and the anvil, a means for adjusting the angle of the wedge relative to the leading edge and the anvil and, a saw for sawing the reinforcing rods to desired lengths.