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US 10,863,662 B2Granted
Pneumatic element for an agricultural tool comprising a rigid base
AssigneeOtico
InventorDenis Piou
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Abstract
An agricultural tool element includes a non-inflated tire with a tread and a pair of sidewalls each connected to the tread at a respective first end portion. The element additionally includes a rigid, generally annular base on which the tire is fitted on a rotary support of an agricultural tool. The sidewalls are each over-molded on a peripheral portion of the rigid base at a second end portion, opposite the tread.
Claims13
An agricultural tool element comprising:
- a non-inflated tire with a tread and a pair of sidewalls each connected to the tread at a respective first end portion;
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- a rigid, generally annular base, by which the tire is fitted on a rotary support of an agricultural tool,
- wherein the sidewalls are each over-molded on a peripheral portion of the rigid base at a second end portion, opposite the tread,
- wherein the second end portion of the sidewalls is formed at least partly in a radially inner groove in the tire, the peripheral portion of the rigid base comprises a rib, and the groove and the rib are arranged with correspondence of form relative to one another,
- wherein the rib projects from an outer face of the rigid base,
- wherein the rib includes first and second flanks extending substantially radial and a top connecting the first and second flanks,
- wherein the sidewalls abut the first and second flanks along an entire height of the first and second flanks of the rib, and
- wherein the tire includes a chamber delimited by the tread, the sidewalls, and a median portion connecting the sidewalls, and the median portion abuts the top of the rib such that the chamber is entirely disposed radially outward of the top of the rib.
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