Shift box for screed box and bead dispenser box deployment

Abstract

A thermoplastic line striper has a shift box assembly ( 10 ) which guides the screed box ( 12 ) and bead dispenser box ( 14 ) to following positions: 1) the deployed position where the screed box ( 12 ) is down and screed gate ( 18 ) is open and the bead box dispenser wheel is engaged; 2) non-deployed and down on ground where the screed box ( 12 ) is down, the screed gate ( 18 ) is closed and the bead box ( 14 ) dispenser wheel is disengaged; and 3) non-deployed and raised off the ground where the screed box ( 12 ) is raised up, the screed gate ( 18 ) is closed and the bead box dispenser ( 14 ) wheel is disengaged. In this third position, the stick shift ( 20 ) is locked for transport mode by hooking it behind hook ( 22 ) in shift plate ( 24 ).

1 . A shift box assembly for use with a thermoplastic line striper having a screed box moveable between up and down positions and a screed gate moveable between open and closed positions, said shift box assembly comprising:
 a shift lever attached to said screed box and said screed gate; and   a latch, said shift lever being moveable between:
 a first position wherein said screed box is down and said screed gate is open; 
 a second position wherein said screed box is down and said screed gate is closed; and 
 a third position wherein said screed box is up and said screed gate is closed. 
   
     
     
         2 . The shift box assembly of  claim 1  further comprising a bead dispenser box having a dispenser wheel and wherein said shift lever is further attached to said bead dispenser box:
 wherein in said first position said bead box dispenser wheel is engaged; (2) and the bead box  14  dispenser wheel is disengaged with the ground; and 
 wherein in said second position said bead box dispenser wheel is disengaged from the ground.