# US 12,110,640 B2 · Soil working roller for a soil processing machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,110,640 B2 - Document ID: US12110640B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/383,863 - Filed: 2021-07-23 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-03 - Assignees: Hamm AG - Applicants: Hamm AG - Inventors: Matthias Meier - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12110640B2 ## CPC - E01C 19/236: {Construction of the rolling elements, e.g. surface configuration, rolling surface formed by endless track} - E01C 19/26: self-propelled or fitted to road vehicles ({E01C19/231, E01C19/235} , E01C19/27 - E01C19/29 take precedence) - E01C 21/00: Apparatus or processes for surface {soil} stabilisation for road building or like purposes, e.g. mixing local aggregate with binder ({recycling in place or on the road involving soil stabilisation E01C23/065} ; stabilising soil under existing surfacing E01C23/10; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K17/00; soil consolidation in general E02D3/12) - E01C 23/127: {rotary, e.g. rotary hammers} - E02D 3/0265: {Wheels specially adapted therefor; Cleats for said wheels} - E01C: CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming roads or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H) - E02D: FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES {(tunnels, tunnelling, mining E21)} ## Abstract A soil working roller for a soil processing machine comprises a roller body (22), rotatable about a roller axis of rotation (W), with a support structure (28) for rotatable mounting of the roller body (22) and with a support sheath (34) supported radially outward on the support structure (22), further comprising a working sheath (38), which contacts a support sheath outer side (36) and provides a working exterior (46) of the soil working roller (20) and comprises a plurality of working sheath segments (40), following one another in the circumferential direction, wherein each working sheath segment (40) has a segment shell (42) and a plurality of radially inwardly projecting fastening means (76) are fixedly arranged on each segment shell (42) facing the support sheath outer side (36) of the support sheath (34) and/or on the segment shell inner side supporting the support sheath outer side (36), and wherein a fastening means through opening (78) is provided in the support sheath (34) in association with each fastening means (76), and each fastening means (76) engaging through a fastening means through opening (78) projects on a support sheath inner side of the support sheath (34) for fastening to or with respect to the roller body (22). ## Claims ### Claim 1 Soil working roller for a soil processing machine comprising a roller body, rotatable about a roller axis of rotation, with a support structure for rotatable mounting of the roller body and with a support sheath supported radially outwardly on the support structure, further comprising a working sheath, which contacts a support sheath outer side and provides a working exterior of the soil working roller and comprises a plurality of working sheath segments, following one another in the circumferential direction, each working sheath segment having a segment shell, a plurality of radially inwardly projecting fastening means being fixedly arranged on a segment shell inner side of each segment shell facing the support sheath outer side of the support sheath and/or supported at the support sheath outer side, wherein in association with each fastening means a fastening means through opening is provided in the support sheath for receiving the associate fastening means such as to engage therethrough, and wherein each fastening means engaging through a fastening means through opening projects on a support sheath inner side of the support sheath for fixing to or with respect to the roller body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Soil working roller according to claim 1, wherein no openings penetrating the segment shells are provided on the segment shells in the area of the fastening means. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Soil working roller according to claim 1, wherein fastening means, engaging through a fastening means through opening, of at least two working sheath segments which directly follow one another in the circumferential direction, are pretensioned to one another in the circumferential direction by a circumferential clamping means arranged radially inside of the support sheath. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Soil working roller according to claim 1, wherein the working sheath comprises at least four working sheath segments, and/or the working sheath segments provide a substantially closed, unstructured working exterior of the working sheath or that roller tools projecting radially outwardly are arranged on the working sheath segments to provide a structured working exterior of the working sheath. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) Soil working roller according to claim 1, wherein at least one fastening means is fixedly arranged in each case on the segment shells in at least three connecting regions located spaced apart from one another in the direction of the roller axis of rotation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) Soil working roller according to claim 5, wherein a fastening means is fixedly arranged in at least one center connecting region located between the axial end areas of a respective segment shell. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) Soil working roller according to claim 5, wherein at least two fastening means, arranged spaced circumferentially apart from one another, are fixedly arranged in end connecting regions located on axial end areas of a respective segment shell. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) Soil working roller according to claim 7, wherein a circumferential spacing of the fastening means to one another in the end connecting regions is greater than a circumferential spacing of a respective fastening means to a segment shell longitudinal edge directly adjacent to the same. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) Soil working roller according to one claim 1, wherein a fastening area is fixedly arranged on the support sheath inner side of the support sheath in association with at least one fastening means. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) Soil working roller according to claim 9, wherein each fastening area is fixedly arranged on the support sheath axially following a fastening means through opening. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) Soil working roller according to claim 9, wherein at least one fastening area comprises a fastening projection projecting radially inwardly on the support sheath inner side of the support sheath. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) Soil working roller according claim 9, wherein a fastening means is fastenable on at least one fastening area by a screw connection. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) Soil working roller according to claim 9, wherein at least one fastening area, provided in association with a fastening means arranged in a center connecting region, is provided on the support structure. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) Soil working roller according to claim 13, wherein the support structure comprises at least one support disk connected to the support sheath inner side of the support sheath, and that at least one fastening area, provided in association with a fastening means fixedly arranged in a center connecting region, is provided in a radially outer area of a support disk. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) Soil working roller according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the fastening means is designed as plate-like and is arranged extending in the circumferential direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) Soil working roller according to claim 15, wherein a fastening means is fixedly arranged in at least one center connecting region located between the axial end areas of a respective segment shell, and wherein at least one substantially circumferentially-extending, plate-like fastening means is arranged in at least one center connecting region. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) Soil working roller according to claim 15, wherein at least two fastening means, arranged spaced circumferentially apart from one another, are fixedly arranged in end connecting regions located on axial end areas of a respective segment shell, and wherein at least one substantially circumferentially-extending, plate-like fastening means is arranged in at least one end connecting region. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) Soil working roller according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the fastening means is designed as bolt-like and is arranged extending substantially in the radial direction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) Soil working roller according to claim 18, wherein at least one substantially radially-extending, bolt-like fastening means is designed with external threads. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) Soil working roller according to claim 18, wherein at least one substantially radially-extending, bolt-like fastening means has a bolt head located at a distance from the segment shell and interacts with a jaw assembly for fastening the segment shell to the support sheath. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) Soil working roller according to claim 20, wherein the jaw assembly comprises two clamping jaws, fastened to one another, opposite one another, surrounding the bolt head of at least one substantially radially-extending, bolt-like fastening means. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) Soil working roller according to claim 21, wherein the clamping jaws of a jaw assembly, surrounding at least one bolt head of a substantially radially-extending, bolt-like fastening means, are supported on the support sheath inner side of the support sheath and generate a force effect acting radially inwardly on the at least one bolt head surrounded by the same. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) Soil working roller according to claim 21, wherein at least one jaw assembly interacts with the bolt heads of two substantially radially-extending, bolt-like fastening means, arranged on the segment shells of working sheath segments directly adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) Soil working roller according to claim 18, wherein at least two fastening means, arranged spaced circumferentially apart from one another, are fixedly arranged in end connecting regions located on axial end areas of a respective segment shell, and wherein at least one substantially radially-extending, bolt-like fastening means, is fixedly arranged in at least one end connecting region. ### Claim 25 (depends on 1) Soil working roller according to claim 1, wherein at least one fastening means through opening is slot-like and/or elongated substantially in the circumferential direction. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) Soil working roller according to claim 25, wherein at least one of the fastening means is designed as bolt-like and is arranged extending substantially in the radial direction, and wherein at least one fastening means through opening, engaged through by a substantially radially-extending, bolt-like fastening means, is expanded in a longitudinal area transverse to its longitudinal extension to accommodate a bolt foot of the substantially radially-extending, bolt-like fastening means engaging through this fastening means through opening. ### Claim 27 Soil processing machine comprising at least one soil working roller comprising a roller body, rotatable about a roller axis of rotation, with a support structure for rotatable mounting of the roller body and with a support sheath supported radially outwardly on the support structure, further comprising a working sheath, which contacts a support sheath outer side and provides a working exterior of the soil working roller and comprises a plurality of working sheath segments, following one another in the circumferential direction, each working sheath segment having a segment shell, a plurality of radially inwardly projecting fastening means being fixedly arranged on a segment shell inner side of each segment shell facing the support sheath outer side of the support sheath and/or supported at the support sheath outer side, wherein in association with each fastening means a fastening means through opening is provided in the support sheath for receiving the associate fastening means such as to engage therethrough, and wherein each fastening means engaging through a fastening means through opening projects on a support sheath inner side of the support sheath for fixing to or with respect to the roller body.