Road striping apparatus

Claim 1

IN A ROAD STRIPPING APPARATUS, A FRAME A PLURALITY OF GROUND-ENGAGING WHEELS ON SAID FRAME FOR MOVABLY SUPPORTING THE FRAME, A STRIPPING DIE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR APPLYING MATERIAL TO THE ROAD, A GLASS BEAD DISPENSER MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME REARWARDLY OF SAID STRIPPING DIE AND INCLUDING A DRIVEN ROLLER FOR DISPENSING BEADS ONTO SAID APPLIED MATERIAL, SELECTIVELY OPERABLE CLUTCH MEANS DRIVEN BY SAID WHEELS FOR DRIVING SAID DISPENSING ROLLER, A FIRST LINKAGE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID DIE, A SECOND LINKAGE FOR ENGAGING AND DISPENSING SAID CLUTCH, A HANDLE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID FIRST LINKAGE TO THE HANDLE FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH AND IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHEREBY AS THE HANDLE MOVES UP THE FIRST LINKAGE MOVES DOWN, SAID SECOND LINKAGE HAVING A ROD EXTENDING TOWARDS SAID HANDLE, MEANS URGING SAID ROD TOWARDS SAID HANDLE TO ENGAGE SAID CLUTCH WHEN SAID ROD IS EXTENDED, SAID HANDLE BEING OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID SECOND ROD WHEN RAISED TO ITS EXTREME POSITION FOR OPENING SAID STRIPPING DIE, LOWERING OF SAID HANDLE FIRST CLOSING THE STRIPPING DIE AND THEN ENGAGING AND DISPENSING SAID SECOND ROD TO DISENGAGE SAID CLUTCH.