Wheel support member for compactor
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorSteve K. Yates
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Abstract
A mobile, ground compacting vehicle includes a front row of compacting wheels and a rear row of compacting wheels. The rear row includes two spaced-apart, driven wheel assemblies, each wheel assembly carrying a pair of rims, with a and tire on each rim. A center wheel assembly carries a single rim and tire thereon and is positioned between the spaced-apart wheel assemblies. For replacement of an inner tire of the driven wheel assemblies, the center wheel assembly can be pivoted to the side to provide access to the adjacent wheel assembly lug nuts.
Claims14
In a mobile, steerable ground compacting vehicle having a body with a front frame portion and a rear frame portion, said body supported by a first row of laterally spaced wheels connected to said front frame portion, and a second row of laterally spaced wheels connected to said rear frame portion, the wheels of each row being aligned with the spaces of the other row, so that a ground engaging portion of said first and second rows overlap to cover an area between outermost wheels, said second row of wheels comprising:
- (a) first support means fixed to said rear frame portion, extending downwardly from said rear frame portion along a first vertical plane, and a first wheel assembly removably fastened to said first support means;
- (b) second support means fixed to said rear frame portion, extending downwardly from said rear frame portion along a second vertical plane parallel to said first vertical plane, said second support means spaced laterally from said first support means, and a second wheel assembly removably fastened to said second support means;
- (c) third support means extending downwardly from said rear frame portion, said third support means spaced intermediate said first and second support means, and a third wheel assembly removably fastened to said third support means
- (d) means for pivoting said third support means about an axis in a third vertical plane parallel to said first and second vertical planes, whereby spacing between said third support means and said first and second support means can be varied, to provide access to said first and second wheel assemblies for replacement thereof;
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- (e) said third support means being separate from, and unconnected to, said first row of wheels.
In a mobile, steerable ground compacting vehicle having a body with a front frame portion and a rear frame portion, said body supported by a first row of laterally spaced wheels connected to said front frame portion, and a second row of laterally spaced wheels connected to said rear frame portion, the wheels of each row being aligned with the spaces of the other row, so that a ground engaging portion of said first and second rows overlap to cover an area between outermost wheels, said second row of wheels comprising:
- (a) a first wheel support member fixed to said frame portion, extending downwardly from said frame portion along a first vertical plane, for supporting a first pair of wheels for rotation about a first horizontal axis perpendicular to said first vertical plane;
- (b) a second wheel support member fixed to said frame portion, extending downwardly from said frame portion along a second vertical plane, for supporting a second pair of wheels for rotation about a second horizontal axis perpendicular to said second vertical plane;
- (c) a third wheel support member extending downwardly from said frame portion, said third wheel support member spaced intermediate said first and second wheel support members, said third wheel support member for supporting a third wheel for rotation about a third horizontal axis perpendicular to said third vertical plane, said third wheel support member pivotable with respect to said frame portion about an axis in a third vertical plane, whereby spacing between said third wheel support member and said first and second wheel support members can be varied;
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- (d) said third wheel support member means being separate from, and unconnected, to said first row of wheels.
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