Devices for removing treads from wheels, and related methods
AssigneeSullivan Ag Services LLC
InventorSam Sullivan
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Abstract
A device for removing a tread from a wheel (e.g., a closing wheel of a planter, a gauge wheel of a planter, a gauge wheel of a cultivator, a gauge wheel of seed drill etc.) includes a body configured to support the wheel, and a fastener coupled to the body. The fastener is configured to engage the wheel when the wheel is supported by the body, and position the wheel on the body, and then compress the wheel against the body to thereby allow removal of a tread from the wheel.
Claims16
A device for removing a tread from a wheel of a machine, wherein the wheel of the machine includes first and second clam shells and a tread extending around a perimeter of the first and second clam shells, the device comprising:
- a body configured to support a wheel of a machine, wherein the body includes a cross member extending across an opening of the body and having a recess in a lower surface of the cross member, and wherein the wheel includes first and second clam shells forming the wheel;
- a fastener coupled to the body at the cross member, the fastener including a head disposed within the recess of the cross member, the fastener configured to engage the wheel when the wheel is supported by the body and position the wheel on the body;
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- a lock configured to engage the fastener and retain the head of the fastener in the recess of the cross member to thereby inhibit movement of the fastener relative to the body;
- wherein the fastener is configured to compress the wheel against the body to thereby allow removal of a tread from the first and second clam shells of the wheel while the wheel is supported on the body.
A method for removing a tread from a closing wheel of a planter, the method comprising:
- providing a tread removal device comprising a body, wherein the body includes a cross member extending across an opening of the body and having a recess in a lower surface of the cross member, a fastener coupled to the body at the cross member and a lock configured to engage the fastener and retain a head of the fastener in the recess of the cross member to thereby inhibit movement of the fastener relative to the body;
- actuating the lock of the tread removal device to secure the fastener of the tread removal device to the body of the tread removal device to inhibit movement of the fastener relative to the body:
- positioning the fastener of the tread removal device through an opening of the closing wheel;
- supporting the closing wheel on the body of the tread removal device, such that the closing wheel is disposed at least partly within an opening of the device;
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- actuating a clamp of the fastener to compress the closing wheel against the body, to thereby allow removal of a tread from the closing wheel while the closing wheel is supported on the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.