Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like

Claim 2

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like which comprises: a mobile frame; equipment mounting means supported at one end of said mobile frame for height and cross slope adjustment; means including a sensing member adapted for operative association with an external grade reference for controlling the height adjustment of said mounting means; and means responsive to lateral angular deviation of said mounting means from a predetermined cross slope for controlling the cross slope adjustment of said mounting means; said equiPment mounting means including a first member mounted from said mobile frame for height adjustment; and a second member mounted from said first member for lateral pivotal adjustment.

Claim 3

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like according to claim 1 wherein said second member carries said grade-reference sensing member.

Claim 4

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like according to claim 1 which comprises universal means on said second pivoted member adapted to mount releasably a selected unit of sidewalk building equipment.

Claim 5

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like according to claim 3 wherein said universal means includes a hydraulically-actuated clamp.

Claim 6

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like according to claim 1 wherein: said cross slope control means includes a pendulum-actuated control means on said mobile frame; and feedback means connected between said second pivoted member and said pendulum-actuated control means.

Claim 7

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like which comprises: a mobile frame; equipment mounting means supported at one end of said mobile frame for height and cross slope adjustment; means including a sensing member adapted for operative association with an external grade reference for controlling the height adjustment of said mounting means; means responsive to lateral angular deviation of said mounting means from a predetermined cross slope for controlling the cross slope adjustment of said mounting means; said equipment mounting means being also arranged for lateral translational adjustment; and means including a sensing member adapted for operative association with an external lateral position reference for controlling the lateral translational adjustment of said equipment mounting means.

Claim 8

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like which comprises: a mobile frame; equipment mounting means supported at one end of said mobile frame for height and cross slope adjustment; means including a sensing member adapted for operative association with an external grade reference for controlling the height adjustment of said mounting means; means responsive to lateral angular deviation of said mounting means from a predetermined cross slope for controlling the cross slope adjustment of said mounting means; said equipment mounting means being also arranged for lateral translational adjustment; and means including a sensing member adapted for operative association with an external lateral position reference for controlling the lateral translational adjustment of said equipment mounting means.

Claim 9

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like according to claim 6 wherein: said equipment mounting means includes a first member mounted from said mobile frame for height adjustment; a second member mounted from said first member for lateral pivotal adjustment; and a third member mounted from said second member for lateral translational adjustment.

Claim 10

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like according to claim 7 wherein said lateral reference sensing member is carried by said third member.

Claim 11

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like which comprises: a mobile frame; a first member mounted from one end of said frame for height adjustment; a second member mounted from said first member for lateral pivotal adjustment; a third member mounted from said second member for lateral translational adjustment; and means operable to separately adjust the positions of each of said three members.

Claim 12

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like which comprises: a mobile frame; a first member mounted from one end of said frame for height adjustment; a second member mounted from said first member for lateral pivotal adjustment; a third member mounted from said second member for lateral translational adjustment; and means operable to separately adjust the positions of each of said three members.

Claim 13

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like which comprises: a mobile frame; equipment mounting means supported on said frame for height and lateral adjustment; a light-sensitive sensor means carried by said mounting means and adapted to sense lateral or height deviation of said means relative to a laser beam; means for adjusting the height and/or lateral position of said equipment mounting means responsive to the sensed information received from said sensor means; and said sensor means including a plurality of light-sensitive elements arranged in four quadrants, two of which lie above and below the quadrant center to sense vertical deviations, and the other two of which lie on opposite sides of the center to sense lateral deviations.

Claim 14

Mounting arrangement for sidewalk building equipment or the like which comprises: a mobile frame; equipment mounting means supported on said frame for height and lateral adjustment; a light-sensitive sensor means carried by said mounting means and adapted to sense lateral or height deviation of said means relative to a laser beam; means for adjusting the height and/or lateral position of said equipment mounting means responsive to the sensed information received from said sensor means; and said sensor means including a plurality of light-sensitive elements arranged in four quadrants, two of which lie above and below the quadrant center to sense vertical deviations, and the other two of which lie on opposite sides of the center to sense lateral deviations.