Drive wheel for driving a feed chain for the dry feeding of livestock
AssigneeBig Dutchman International GmbH
InventorsAnders Gerhardt-Hansen, Hugo Styrbaek Holm, Christian Tobergte
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Abstract
A drive wheel for driving a feed chain for dry-feeding livestock includes a base wheel having an axial passage for receiving a drive shaft and a gear rim having a toothed external circumferential face, wherein the external circumferential face has a multiplicity of tooth elements. Each tooth element has two tooth tips and one chain clearance disposed between the two tooth tips. At least the gear rim composed of an elastic material.
Claims15
A drive wheel for driving a feed chain for dry-feeding livestock, comprising:
- a base wheel having an axial passage for receiving a drive shaft;
- and
- a gear rim having a toothed external circumferential face;
- wherein the external circumferential face has a multiplicity of tooth elements;
- wherein each tooth element has two upwardly extending tooth tips and a chain clearance that is disposed between the two upwardly extending tooth tips;
- wherein the gear rim including the tooth elements is composed of an elastic gear rim material;
- and
- wherein the elastic gear rim material is a plastics material.
A drive wheel for driving a feed chain for dry-feeding livestock, comprising:
- a base wheel having an axial passage for receiving a drive shaft;
- and
- a gear rim having a toothed external circumferential-face;
- wherein the external circumferential face has a multiplicity of tooth elements;
- wherein each tooth element has two upwardly extending tooth tips and a chain clearance that is disposed between the two upwardly extending tooth tips;
- wherein:
- the gear rim including the tooth elements is composed of an elastic gear rim material;
- the elastic gear rim material is a plastics material;
- a first lateral face of the base wheel is recessed in relation to the gear rim and forms a first receptacle for a first stabilizer disk;
- a second lateral face of the base wheel is recessed in relation to the gear rim and forms a second receptacle for a second stabilizer disk;
- a first stabilizer disk is disposed in the first receptacle of the first lateral face of the base wheel;
- and/or
- a second stabilizer disk is disposed in the second receptacle of the second lateral face of the base wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.