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US 12,503,179 B2Granted
Crawler-type vehicle
AssigneeCaterpillar SARL
InventorsTakayuki Naito, Yasutaka Genko, Manikandan Rajangam
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Abstract
To provide a crawler-type vehicle capable of efficiently scraping off mud from an upper road wheel. A pair of scraper members are disposed on one side in the front-rear direction and on other side in the front-rear direction of an upper road wheel. Each scraper member is formed with a claw that protrudes toward the upper road wheel. A right-left directional position of the tip of the claw of one scraper member and a right-left directional position of the tip of the claw of the other scraper member are different from each other.
Claims6
A crawler-type vehicle comprising:
- a crawler frame extending in a front-rear direction;
- a drive wheel mounted on one side end part of the crawler frame in the front-rear direction;
- an idler wheel mounted on the other side end part of the crawler frame in the front-rear direction;
- an upper road wheel mounted on an upper part of the crawler frame in between the drive wheel and the idler wheel;
- a lower road wheel mounted on a lower part of the crawler frame in between the drive wheel and the idler wheel;
- and a crawler belt wound around the drive wheel, the idler wheel, the upper road wheel and the lower road wheel, wherein
- a pair of scraper members formed with claws protruding toward the upper road wheel are disposed, on one side in the front-rear direction and on the other side in the front-rear direction of the upper road wheel, wherein
- a right-left directional position of a tip of a claw on one of the pair of scraper members and a right-left directional position of a tip of a claw on the other of the pair of scraper members are different from each other, and wherein the right-left directional positions of the tips of the claws of one of the scraper members do not overlap with any of the right-left directional positions of the tips of the claws of the other scraper member.
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