Plate type compactor
AssigneeStone Construction Equipment, Inc.
InventorsChristian T. Tertinek, Alan J. Stone
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Abstract
A body of lubricant acting also as a coolant is confined by a housing to the base of a vibratory compactor, in direct contact with the planar bottom portion of the base. Upwardly inclined end portions of the base accommodate tilting of the machine in one direction for installation of wheel assemblies or in the other direction to drain all of the lubricant from the housing. A vibration generating, eccentric rotor within the housing mounts flow directing blades to effect misting of the lubricant during vibration and direct it toward critical lubricating points.
Claims16
A vibratory compactor, comprising a base having a planar bottom portion adapted to be in contact with material to be compacted, a forward end portion, a rear end portion and spaced lateral side portions, housing means connected to the base in spaced relation to said lateral side portions and extending between the forward and rear end portions for confining a body of coolant in direct contact with the planar bottom portion of the base, vibration generating means mounted within the housing means above the planar bottom portion of the base for imparting vibration thereto and to the body of lubricant, a power generator drivingly connected to the vibration generating means for operation thereof, and misting means mounted on the vibration generating means in out of contact relation to the body of lubricant in a static condition for laterally directing the coolant displaced by said vibration from said body of lubricant into lubricating relation to the vibration generating means.
In a vibratory compactor, a base having a planar bottom portion adapted to be in contact with material to be compacted, a forward end portion, and a rear end portion, housing means connected to the base for confining a body drivingly connected to the vibration generating means for operation thereof, one of said end portions of the base extending from the planar bottom portion at a predetermined upward inclination, and filler access means mounted on the housing means above said one of the end portions of the base for draining the coolant in response to tilting of the base by an amount equal to said predetermined inclination.
In a vibratory compactor having a base, housing means for confining a static body of lubricant in direct contact with the base, vibration generating means for imparting vibration to the base and the body of lubricant and misting means mounted on the vibration generating means in out of contact relation to the static body of lubricant for laterally directing the lubricant displaced by said vibration from the body of lubricant into lubricating relation to the vibration generating means.
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