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US 4,059,313 AGranted
Track belt assembly
AssigneeCaterpillar Tractor Co.
InventorsMarvin E. Beyers, Floyd S. Dadds
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Abstract
A track belt assembly is disclosed which includes an elastomeric belt, a shoe externally mounted on the belt, a keeper member internally mounted on the belt, a threaded bolt, and a removable retaining device which is interlockingly associated with the keeper member for screw threadably receiving the bolt therein and allowing the shoe and keeper member to be drawn clampingly together and tightly to the belt.
Claims5
A track belt assembly comprising:
- an elastomeric belt having an opening therethrough;
- a shoe having an opening therethrough, said shoe being externally mounted on said belt;
- a keeper member having an aperture therethrough, said keeper being connected to said belt;
- a threaded bolt extending through said opening in said shoe;
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- an internally threaded retaining element removably connected to said keeper member, said retaining element being nonrotatably disposed in said aperture, screw threadably receiving said bolt therein, and allowing said shoe and said keeper member to be drawn clampingly together and tightly to said belt, said retaining element extending through said opening in said belt and maintaining a preselected spacing between said shoe and said keeper member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.