Replacement cap for compactor wheel
AssigneeCaron Compactor Company
InventorsJames O. Caron, Fred J. Caron, Norman F. Cady
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Abstract
A replacement cap for use on the tip of a compaction wheel foot. The cap includes a pair of half-caps weldable together on the end of the tip. The half-caps are generally rectangular and are formed with inner end portions having facets which abut to form V-shaped weld pockets. The half-caps are shaped so as to snugly fit on tips having varied wear patterns. Replacement time, weld material and replacement costs are thereby reduced.
Claims10
A replacement cap for use on the tip of a compaction wheel foot, said cap including a pair of half-caps, each half-cap comprising a body of generally rectangular shape having an outer end portion integral with an inner end portion, said inner end portion of each half-cap including upper and lower generally flat facets lying in planes extending transverse of the cap and which converge outwardly to form a wedge having an apex, and weld means for securing the half-caps to the tip and to each other with said apexes of the half-caps abutting one another intermediate the tip whereby adjacent upper facets on the half-caps diverge apart to form a V-shaped pocket for placement of weld material.
An article of manufacture for use on the tip of a compaction wheel foot, said article comprising a body formed of an abrasion resistant material, said body having outer and inner spaced-apart end portions joined integral with a pair of laterally spaced-apart side portions, said side and end portions forming a generally rectangular annulus having a width and length generally commensurate with the respective width and length of a half end portion of the tip whereby a pair of said bodies when welded on respective half end portions of the tip form a cap over the tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.