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`US 8,690,474 B2
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`(45) Date of Patent:
`Apr. 8, 2014
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`(54) ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE,
`LEVELINGDEVICE, AS WELL AS METHOD
`FOR CONTROLLING THE MILLING DEPTH
`OR MILLING SLOPEIN A ROAD
`CONSTRUCTION MACHINE
`(71) Applicants: Silvia Tewes, Unkel/Rhein (DE)
`Wirtgen GmbH, Windhagen (DE)
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`US 2013/0294830 Al
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`2007, now Pat. No. 7,946,788.
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`switches over the control of the milling depth and/orslope to
`control based at least in part on a measurement made with a
`second sensor.
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