Track shoe having integral, trapezoid-shaped teeth
OwnerModest Izrailevich Lyaskoinventor
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Abstract
A track shoe for connection to a chain link is disclosed. The track shoe may have a generally planar base portion configured to span two opposing elements of the chain link. The base portion may have a leading edge, a trailing edge, and opposing side edges connecting the leading and trailing edges. The track shoe may also have an integral grouser bar extending substantially perpendicularly from a ground-engaging surface of the base portion and extending transversely across the ground-engaging surface between the side edges. The grouser bar may have a plurality of integral teeth fabricated with a trapezoidal shape, when viewed from the leading and trailing edges.
Claims20
A track shoe for connection to a chain link, comprising:
- a generally planar base portion configured to span two opposing elements of the chain link, the base portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and opposing side edges connecting the leading and trailing edges;
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- an integral grouser bar extending substantially perpendicularly from a ground-engaging surface of the base portion and extending transversely across the ground-engaging surface between the side edges, wherein the grouser bar has a plurality of integral teeth fabricated with a trapezoidal shape, when viewed from the leading and trailing edges.
A track shoe for connection to a chain link, comprising:
- a generally planar base portion configured to span two opposing elements of the chain link, the base portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and opposing side edges connecting the leading and trailing edges;
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- an integral grouser bar extending substantially perpendicularly from a ground-engaging surface of the base portion and extending transversely across the ground-engaging surface between the side edges, wherein the grouser bar has a plurality of integral teeth having a width at a tip end of each of the plurality of integral teeth in a direction substantially parallel with the grouser bar in the range of about 1.6-3.3 times greater than the distance between the tip ends of adjacent ones of the plurality of integral teeth.
An endless track for a crawler-type machine, comprising:
- a chain having a plurality of links, wherein each of the plurality of links includes opposing elements connected to opposing elements of an adjacent one of the plurality of links;
- a first shoe having a generally planar first base portion configured to span the two opposing elements of one of the plurality of links, the first base portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and opposing side edges connecting the leading and trailing edges;
- a first integral grouser bar extending substantially perpendicularly from a ground-engaging surface of the first base portion and extending transversely across the ground-engaging surface of the first base portion between the side edges of the first base portion, wherein the first integral grouser bar has a first plurality of integral teeth fabricated with a trapezoidal shape, when viewed from the leading and trailing edges;
- a second shoe having a generally planar second base portion configured to span the two opposing elements of another of the plurality of links, the second base portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and opposing side edges connecting the leading and trailing edges of the second base portion;
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- a second integral grouser bar extending substantially perpendicularly from a ground-engaging surface of the second base portion and extending transversely across the ground-engaging surface of the second base portion between the side edges of the second base portion, wherein the second grouser bar has a second plurality of integral teeth having a width at a tip end of each of the second plurality of integral teeth in a direction substantially parallel with the second grouser bar in the range of about 1.6-3.3 times greater than the distance between the tip ends of adjacent ones of the second plurality of integral teeth.
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