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US 4,786,113 AGranted
Farm equipment stabilizer disc
OwnerDouglas N. Vandenberginventor
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Abstract
A stabilizing disc for farm equipment used in muddy fields or loose soil which has a circular plate-like body with a centering ring of one diameter fastened to, and extending away from, one side of the disc and a second centering ring of different diameter secured to, and extending away from, the other face of the disc. Both centered rings are concentric with the outer edge of the disc, and a plurality of fastening members are arranged within the centering rings for securing the disc to the wheels of crop-harvesting equipment.
Claims1
A stabilizing disk for attachment to wheels of a farm crop harvester, comprising
- a flat, rigid disc having on one side thereof a first ring concentric with the outer edge of the disc and extending laterally away therefrom to provide means for centering the disc with respect to a wheel of a first size, said disc further having a second ring concentric with both the outer edge of the disc and the first ring on the opposite side of the disc and extending laterally way therefrom to provide means for centering the disc with respect to a wheel of a second size, said second ring having a smaller diameter than that of said first ring,
- a first plurality of holes extending through the disc, disposed between the first and second rings for receiving means for fastening the disc to said first size wheel, and a second plurality of holes extending through the disc within said second ring for alteratively receving means for fastening the disc to said second size wheel, whereby the disc can be attached to either a wheel of the first size or a wheel of the second size,
- said disc having a diameter greater than that of either of said wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.