Low impact turf wheel and wheel cleaning system
AssigneeMTD Products Inc
InventorRyan Cmich
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Abstract
A turf wheel having a wheel rim having an inner and outer surface, and an annular tread portion; a plurality of projections extending radially outward from the outer surface of the wheel rim, wherein each projection provides a stem, a ground contacting pad, and a ground engaging lug; and a hub. A wheel cleaning system having a frame provided by a wheeled apparatus; at least one turf wheel mounted to the frame; a turf wheel scraper assembly, the turf wheel scraper assembly providing a turf wheel scraper and an attachment mechanism, where the attachment mechanism is adapted to be mounted to the frame, and couples the turf wheel scraper to the frame.
Claims20
A wheel cleaning system, comprising
- a frame provided by a wheeled apparatus;
- at least one turf wheel mounted to the frame;
- a turf wheel scraper assembly, the turf wheel scraper assembly having a turf wheel scraper and an attachment mechanism,
- wherein the attachment mechanism is adapted to be mounted to the frame, and couples the turf wheel scraper to the frame.
A method of operating a wheel cleaning system comprising:
- providing a wheel cleaning system having
- a frame provided by a wheeled apparatus,
- at least one turf wheel mounted to the frame,
- a turf wheel scraper assembly, the turf wheel scraper assembly having a turf wheel scraper and an attachment mechanism,
- wherein the attachment mechanism is adapted to be mounted to the frame,
- and couples the turf wheel scraper to the frame.
- mounting the attachment mechanism to the frame;
- coupling the turf wheel scraper to the frame using the mounted attachment mechanism;
- rotating the turf wheel with respect to the turf wheel scraper.
A wheel cleaning system, comprising
- a frame provided by a wheeled apparatus;
- at least one turf wheel rotatably mounted to the frame, the turf wheel having a non-continuous tread having a plurality of projections and a plurality of tread voids;
- and
- a turf wheel scraper assembly, the turf wheel scraper assembly having an attachment mechanism fixedly mounted to the frame, and a turf wheel scraper elongated to define a first scraper end and a second scraper end, the first scraper end connected to the frame by the attachment mechanism, and the second scraper end extending into and between the plurality of tread voids.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.