Low impact turf wheel and wheel cleaning system
OwnerRyan Cmichinventor
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Abstract
A turf wheel having a wheel rim having an inner and outer surface, and an annular tread portion; a plurality of projections extending radially outward from the outer surface of the wheel rim, wherein each projection provides a stem, a ground contacting pad, and a ground engaging lug; and a hub. A wheel cleaning system having a frame provided by a wheeled apparatus; at least one turf wheel mounted to the frame; a turf wheel scraper assembly, the turf wheel scraper assembly providing a turf wheel scraper and an attachment mechanism, where the attachment mechanism is adapted to be mounted to the frame, and couples the turf wheel scraper to the frame.
Claims12
A turf wheel, comprising:
- a wheel rim having an outer surface, and an annular tread portion;
- and
- a plurality of projections extending radially outward from the outer surface of the wheel rim, wherein the plurality of projections maintain the wheel rim above an area of turf and provide a non-continuous tread, the non-continuous tread comprising a plurality of ground contacting pads and a plurality of tread voids.
A turf wheel, comprising:
- a wheel rim having an outer surface, and an annular tread portion;
- and
- a plurality of projections extending radially outward from the outer surface of the wheel rim, wherein each projection comprises a stem and a ground engaging lug, wherein the plurality of projections maintain the wheel rim above an area of turf and provide a non-continuous tread, the non-continuous tread comprising a plurality of ground contacting pads and a plurality of tread voids,
- wherein the ground contacting pads comprise 30% and the tread voids comprise 70% of the annular tread portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.