Traction shoe seal
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorJohn R. Bauer
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Abstract
An elongated resilient sealing strip for sealing the space between a pair of adjacent articulated traction shoes of a removable track for tires having a flexible belt on which the shoes are mounted. The sealing strip has a base with edge portions located between the shoes and belt. In addition, a rib extends from the base into engagement with the surface of at least one of the shoes. The sealing strip may have an edge portion clamped between one of the shoes and the belt, or an edge portion may be adhered to a surface of one of the traction shoes. The rib may extend from the base at an angle to the belt-engaging surface and having a sealing edge engageable with the surface of one of the shoes.
Claims8
A removable track for an annular resilient tire comprising an annular belt having a radially outer surface, a plurality of track members mounted on said radially outer surface at circumferentially spaced-apart positions, sealing members disposed between said track members, each of said sealing members including an elongated body of resilient material having a longitudinal base with a belt-engaging surface engageable with said radially outer surface of said belt, said base having transversely extending edge portions, said edge portions being disposed between said track members and said outer surface of said belt, and a longitudinally extending rib portion of said sealing member extending radially outward from said base for engagement with the surface of at least one of said track members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.