Tire skirt support assembly for compactor
AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorsAaron M. Case, Brian D. Nagel
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Abstract
A tire skirt support assembly for a compactor comprising a bracket and one or more skirt support members. The bracket can be oriented horizontally, and each skirt support member can have a body that is elongate with a first end and a second end opposite the first end. For each said skirt support member, the first end can be fixed to the bracket, and the second end can be below the bracket and is a free end configured to removably engage a skirt via an attachment opening in the skirt.
Claims20
A tire skirt support assembly for a compactor comprising:
- a bracket, the bracket being oriented horizontally;
- and
- one or more skirt support members, each said skirt support member having a body that is elongate with a first end and a second end opposite the first end,
- wherein for each said skirt support member:
- the body extends vertically from the bracket,
- the first end is fixed to the bracket,
- the second end is below the bracket and is a free end configured to removably engage a skirt via an attachment opening of the skirt, and
- the second end forms a bottom-most part of the tire skirt support assembly.
A tire skirt system for a compacting machine comprising:
- a skirt having a plurality of attachment openings;
- a bracket, the bracket being oriented horizontally;
- and
- a plurality of skirt support members, each said skirt support member having a body that is elongate with a first end and a second end opposite the first end,
- wherein for each said skirt support member:
- the first end is fixed to the bracket,
- the second end is below the bracket and is a free end removably coupled to the skirt via only one of the attachment openings, and
- the second end is at a height above a bottom edge of the skirt.
A pneumatic compactor comprising:
- a body;
- a front compactor member including one or more front pneumatic tires;
- a rear compactor member including one or more rear pneumatic tires;
- a front tire skirt system configured to protect the one or more front pneumatic tires;
- and
- a rear tire skirt system configured to protect the one or more rear pneumatic tires,
- wherein each of the front tire skirt system and the rear tire skirt system includes a tire skirt support assembly having:
- a bracket, the bracket being oriented horizontally, and
- a plurality of skirt support members, each said skirt support member having a body that is elongate with a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and
- wherein for each said skirt support member:
- the body extends vertically from the bracket,
- the first end is fixed to the bracket, and
- the second end is below the bracket and is a free end configured to removably engage a skirt via an attachment opening of the skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.