Perfected vibrating drum for soil tamping machines
AssigneeBitelli SPA
InventorRomolo Bitelli
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Abstract
A vibrating drum for soil tamping machines, including a cylindrical tubular skirt adapted to be arranged in abutment against soil to be tamped to which is associated a first hydraulic motor which rotates the tubular skirt around a central shaft to move the tubular skirt forward, and a vibration mechanism to make the tubular skirt vibrate. The vibration mechanism includes a second hydraulic motor coupled to an end of the central shaft and a receptacle fastened to the central shaft which delimits a chamber for containing a liquid in which is partly immersed a draught pipe connected to a hydraulic circuit, which includes a pumping mechanism adapted to change an amount of liquid contained in the chamber so as to change the vibration amplitude of the drum.
Claims15
A vibrating drum for a soil tamping machine comprising:
- a tubular skirt adapted to be arranged in abutment against soil to be tamped;
- one or more structural elements radially fastened inside said tubular skirt;
- a central shaft in a through arrangement into said one or more structural elements, supported by rolling means;
- flanging means adapted to make said tubular skirt integral with a frame of said tamping machine;
- motorization means comprising at least a first hydraulic motor adapted to place said tubular skirt into rotation and vibration means adapted to make said tubular skirt vibrate,
- wherein said vibration means comprises at least a second hydraulic motor coupled to an end of said central shaft and a receptacle fastened to said central shaft which delimits a chamber for containing a liquid in which may be at least partly immersed at least one draught pipe connected through at least one duct to a hydraulic circuit, said hydraulic circuit comprising pumping means adapted to change an amount of liquid contained in said chamber so as to change a weight of liquid therein and thereby change the vibration amplitude of said drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.