Track cleaning system for tractors
OwnerRobert John Haasinventor
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Abstract
An off highway vehicle having a plurality of track assemblies for supporting the vehicle for movement over terrains of various conditions. A track cleaning device is mounted on a chassis of the vehicle adjacent a powered roller of the track assembly. Each track cleaning device has an arcuate configured frame for supporting an endless chain assembly for movement in an arcuate path over an axel of the power driven roller of the track assembly for engaging, dislodging, and directing debris from the gap between the respective track assembly and chassis of the work vehicle.
Claims20
An off highway vehicle comprising a chassis containing a drive motor and transmission;
- a plurality of track assemblies supporting said chassis for movement over terrains of various conditions;
- said track assemblies each including a plurality of rollers, one of which is powered by said drive motor and about which an endless track is trained for driving movement of the vehicle;
- a track cleaning device between each track assembly and a respective side of the vehicle chassis;
- said track cleaning devices each being mounted on said chassis adjacent the powered roller of the respective track assembly;
- said track cleaning devices each including an endless chain assembly disposed for movement about forward and rear sprockets;
- and said track cleaning devices each having a motor for driving the chain assembly about the sprockets of the track cleaning device for engaging, dislodging, and directing debris from between the respective track assembly and chassis of the work vehicle.
An off highway vehicle comprising a chassis containing a drive motor and transmission;
- a plurality of track assemblies supporting said chassis for movement over terrains of various conditions;
- said track assemblies each including a plurality of rollers one of which is powered by said drive motor and about which an endless track is trained for driving movement of the vehicle;
- a track cleaning device between each track assembly and a respective side of the vehicle chassis;
- said track cleaning devices each having an arcuate configured frame mounted on said chassis above an axial of the powered roller of the respective track assembly;
- said track cleaning devices each including an endless chain disposed for movement about sprockets rotatably supported at opposite ends of the frame of the respective track cleaning device with said frame supporting the chain assembly for movement in an arcuate path over the axial of powered roller of the track assembly;
- and said track cleaning devices each having a motor for driving the chain assembly about the sprockets thereof and along the arcuate configured frame of the track cleaning device for engaging, dislodging, and directing debris from between the respective track assembly and chassis of the work vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.