Patent ID: 8591141

Claim:
Mobile paving machine for the installation of ground covering material consisting of synthetic coatings, elastic base layers or ground pavement, the paving machine comprising: a smoothing board for stripping off the ground covering material and the smoothing board is adjustable in its vertical position by a height adjustment device and the paving machine has a probing unit with a probing foot, which probes the ground level next to the paving machine, and the probing unit acts on the position of the smoothing board via the height adjustment device so that the ground covering material is flush with the ground level, wherein the probing unit has a probing foot held by a probe support, and the probe support is articulated to a support joint, while a sensor or switch unit is provided, held by a switch support, and the switch support is articulated to a joint on the probe support, wherein a vertical position of the sensor or switch unit is changeable, and the probe support is elongated having the probing foot arranged at one end thereof and having the support joint at an opposite free end thereof for supporting the probe support from a frame of the paving machine, and wherein the vertical position of the support joint is changeable, wherein the height adjustment device raises or lowers the support joint, and wherein the probe support interacts with the sensor or switch unit depending on the position of the probe support and/or the position of the joint on the probe support.