Cutters for forming highway paint receiving grooves
Abstract
Abstract A ROTATABLE CUTTER TO FORM GROOVES IN HIGHWAYS RECEIVING REFLECTIVE HIGHWAY PAINTS TO INDICATE SEPARATION BETWEEN HIGHWAY LANES. THE CUTTER HAS LONGITUDINALLY SPACED RIDGES NORMAL TO ITS AXIS WITH CONVEXLY CURVED CRESTS, TAPERED SIDES CURVING INTO ELONGATE ROOTS WHICH, PREFERABLY, HAVE INTERMEDIATE CYLINDRICAL SURFACES, THE CREST, SIDE AND ROOT PORTIONS HAVING DIAMOND CUTTING ELEMENTS EMBEDDED THEREIN. ROTATION OF THE CUTTER WHILE MOVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY PRODUCES GROOVES, VALLEYS OR TROUGHS IN THE HIGHWAY OF A DEPTH TO RAPIDLY COLLECT AND DRAIN RAIN WATER AND KEEP IT OFF THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE REFLECTING SIDES OF THE TROUGH, THE HIGHWAY CRESTS BETWEEN TROUGHS HAVING FLAT SURFACES INSURING VEHICLE CONTROL WHEN ITS TIRES PASS OVER THE GROOVED AREA.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald H Mabey
- 👤 Jack C Gledhill
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