Tire and antiskid net for vehicle tires
AssigneeSiepmann-Werke GmbH & Co. KG
InventorGunter Friedewald
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Abstract
A tire and antiskid net for vehicle tires, particularly for tires of heavy earth moving machines, has a plurality of vertical members arranged to extend substantially normally to a tire surface, a plurality of ring-shaped connecting members of a limited length engaging the vertical members and arranged to extend substantially parallel to the tire surface, and a plurality of sleeve-shaped closure members fitted onto the ends of each connecting member in their abutting position so as to hold together the abutting ends of each of the connecting members.
Claims13
A tire and antiskid chain for vehicle tires, particularly for tires of heavy earth moving machines, comprising a plurality of vertical members to be arranged substantially normal to a tire surface;
- a plurality of connecting rings of a limited length and arranged to extend substantially parallel to the tire surface and to engage said vertical members, said connecting rings being composed of a spring steel hardened to a required wear-resistance, each of said connecting rings having a ring part and two end legs abutting against one another, said end legs of each of said connecting rings having sides which abut against one another and are flat;
- and a plurality of closure sleeves each arranged to hold together the end legs of a respective one of said connecting rings, each of said closure sleeves being in a fitted on position on a respective one of said connecting rings and overlapping on the latter said two end and also overlapping said ring apart in its end portiosn adjoining said end legs.
A tire and antiskid chain for vehicle tires, particularly of tires of heavy earth moving machines, comprising a plurality of vertical members to be arranged substantially normal to a tire surface;
- a plurality of connecting rings of a limited length and arranged to extend substantially parallel to the tire surface and to engage said vertical members, each of said connecting rings having two end legs abutting against one another, said legs of each of said connecting ring extend in a circumferential direction and mirror-symmetrically engage in one another in an engagement region wherein one of said legs has an arresting projection which engages in an arresting recess of the other said leg;
- a plurality of closure sleeves each arranged to hold together the end legs of a respective one of said connecting rings, each of said closure sleeves being fitted over said end legs in said engagement region and having a curvature corresponding to the curvature of said connecting rings in said region;
- and means for securing the position of each of said closure sleeves, said securing means including an annular bead provided on one end and a clamping ring provided on the other end of each of said connecting rings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.