Wheel having rotating bodies
AssigneeKanto Auto Works, Ltd.
InventorsKazuo Bandou, Akitoshi Fukuda
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Abstract
A plurality of rotating bodies rotated in the direction orthogonal to the straight-forward direction of a wheel are disposed around the wheel in the wheel having rotating bodies provided with non-turning type rotating bodies. Each rotating body is rotatably supported around the axis of rotation across the radial direction around an axle, and each rotating body is formed in a shape in which an arc of the outer circumferential circle of the wheel is formed by a circumferential surface with the diameter of a tip portion smaller than the diameter of a base end portion. As a result, generation of a space between the rotating bodies can be suppressed.
Claims11
A wheel comprising:
- a rim having a center defined by an axis and a plane, said plane being orthogonal to said axis;
- and
- a plurality of rotating bodies disposed to define an outer circumferential circle about said axis of said rim, each of said rotating bodies having:
- an axis of rotation located within said plane and being supported by said rim to rotate about said axis of rotation;
- a base end portion formed with a recessed portion;
- a tip portion;
- and
- a circumferential surface defined by a diameter and defining an arc, said arc being a portion of said outer circumferential circle and said diameter at said tip portion being smaller than said diameter at said base end portion,
- wherein said tip portion of each of said rotating bodies partially penetrates said recessed portion of another one of said rotating bodies to define a space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.